by rferguso | Aug 1, 1975 | Updates
As the Fall 1975 semester approached, nearly 10,000 students registered for fall classes– 60 percent more students than the previous spring. Fortunately, ACC enjoyed twice as much classroom space in which to teach them, thanks to the availability of the former...
by rferguso | Sep 1, 1974 | Updates
In April of 1974, William King Brown, administrator of the city-owned Brackenridge Hospital, recommended that the hospital transfer its highly regarded nursing school to Austin Community College. Cost was the main reason. Brown estimated that operating expenses,...
by rferguso | May 15, 1974 | Updates
by rferguso | Dec 9, 1972 | Updates
Voters Ok ACC On Saturday, December 9, 1972, Austin voters said “Yes” to a new community college. Whether Austin needed or could afford a community college had been debated for years. Three times, in 1963, 1965, and 1968, voters had scuttled plans for a...
