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George M. Miller, chairman. ; "This report was prepared with the aid of Works Progress Administration project number 274, with Dr. Hugh M. Woodward as supervisor." ; On cover: . Report of Sub-committee on education to the governor and state Legislature. December 1936 . ; At head of title: State of Utah. Investigating committee of Utah governmental units. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Photograph of Bob Sikes and Dr. Ted Booker on Sikes' visit to GCCC. ; Uploaded to CONTENTdm 2005-03-10. Moved to Islandora, November 2016.

Congressman Bob Sikes will speak at Gulf Coast Community College. ; Uploaded to CONTENTdm 2005-03-08. Moved to Islandora, November 2016.

A speech given in Window Rock by Raymond Nakai to discuss the need for a junior college on the Navajo Reservation. Nakai discusses the Navajo Reservation and the educational needs of the Navajo people including the need for a junior college to ease the transition of the Navajo people leaving home to attend universities. Nakai also talks about the the criticisms directed at the Bureau of Indian Affairs for their slowness in educating Navajo children, and the fact that they are bound by needed government funds for educational support. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The Raymond Nakai Collection contains material documenting his activities as Chairman of the Navajo Nation from 1963 - 1971. He was responsible for the founding of Navajo Community College and helped legitimize The Native American Church. The collection consists of speeches, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, news clippings, and reports.

"The need for junior colleges becomes more urgent from year to year. I would recommend that the legislature make provision for the establishment and maintenance of state junior colleges at such centers as it may deem advisable." This is a quotation from state Superintendent C. N. Jensen. The following study is intended to answer, to a degree at least, the two questions inherent in this statement: namely, Is there a need for state junior colleges in Utah? If there is a need, where should they be established.