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Federal City College:
Federal City College (FCC), a four-year institution, was a center of educational innovation and controversy from the day it opened. Lacking a central campus, it held classes in rented quarters spread around downtown DC. That made it more accessible to students from around the city, but also meant it had no physical focal point for students, faculty, or the administration.
FCC was in the forefront of open admission, which offered immediate matriculation to those who held a high school diploma. It also became a center of Afro-American studies, a new discipline whose advocates wanted to reshape the curriculum to make it less centered on European traditions. |