History
The institution was founded in 1965 as Florida Junior College. With the growth of the community college movement it was renamed Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) in 1986. In the early 21st century, in recognition of a shortage of four-year colleges in the state the Florida Legislature passed legislation enabling some community colleges to become "state colleges", meaning they can offer more bachelor's degrees than traditional community colleges, but no graduate degree programs. FCCJ was one of the first community colleges to make the change, and in 2009 announced a name change to "Florida State College at Jacksonville".
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