In May 2004, the State Chancellor's Office issued an Executive Order 2004-01, and installed Arthur Tyler, Jr. The opening was delayed by almost seven years and with an additional $4 million spent due to violations in the building code. At that time it had a cost of $25 million.
Its opening was originally scheduled for 2007. Dills Vocational-Technology Center and the Math-Sciences building were constructed, and student enrollment approached 10,000.
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During President Williams' tenure the district has received full re-accreditation, the Ralph C. Williams as Interim President/Superintendent and in January, 1997 made this appointment permanent. The second major demographic shift occurred in the 1990s making the campus population 50% African-American and 50% Hispanic. The 1980s was a period of reduced funding and partial retrenchment for the institution, but by the early 1990s the college had once again stabilized. Child Development Center (named after him in 1995). Highlights during his 14-year administration included the construction of the first two new campus buildings since 1952: the Jane Astredo Allied Health Building and the Abel B. In 1970 the Board of Trustees appointed the institution's first African-American President/Superintendent, Dr. In the 1960s the composition of the student body changed dramatically from predominantly Caucasian to overwhelmingly African-American. Classes began on the new campus in the Fall of 1953. The new college campus was then constructed at the college's present site, 1111 East Artesia Boulevard. In 1950 voters approved a bond issue separating the college from the high school district. In the 1940s several thousand Compton College students entered the armed forces and during World War II the campus housed a military unit and a defense plant. Fortunately, no one on campus was killed. In 1933 the campus was devastated by a major earthquake which struck the region, leaving two buildings standing. From 1932 to 1949, it operated as a four-year junior college, incorporating the last two years of high school as well as the first two years of college. The Archer on the College Compton Center campus.Ĭompton Community College was established in 1927 as a component of the Compton Union High School District.
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