Upper division college

They were developed primarily in the United States during the 1960s in response to the growing number of community college students seeking to continue their education.

[2] In 1914 Frank Johnson Goodnow became president of Johns Hopkins University and proposed eliminating the bachelor's degree by cutting the first two years of undergraduate work.

Upper division colleges were first established as mainstream institutions in the 1950s in the United States as a means to respond to the need for educated professionals to assist in the space race.

[7] Some commentators at the time saw the widespread development of upper division schools, in the same way community colleges had expanded in the prior decades.

Despite concerns of crowding out of community colleges, it was felt that offering only the upper-level courses resulted in a poor public image and prevented the establishment of a full university setting.