[7] In 1919, one of the college's founders was Jess Perlman, director of the Jewish Educational Alliance in Baltimore[8] and executive director of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies' School for Social Service in Montreal,[9] later a co-founder of the Grove School (Connecticut).
[11][12] In 1920, the Baltimore Labor College had professors from Johns Hopkins University lecture to its worker students.
Moran, a delegate of the Baltimore Labor College, asked the Workers Education Bureau of America whether a local Philadelphia union could affiliate directly with the Bureau as well as with the Philadelphia Labor College.
[17] According to a 1931 report, "control of the Baltimore Labor College rests in a board of trustees, which in turn, is elected by a board of control, composed of delegates of the Baltimore Federation of Labor.
In a 1980 oral history interview, William Ross stated: One of the things I was involved with was the establishment of the Baltimore Labor College.
In addition to it I had to develop a cooperative program with Johns Hopkins University – its economics department.