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far-reaching actions of this Commission in meeting enrollment demands and in establishing a system of higher education for North Carolina.

"(1) The recommendation that the state develop a system of public two-year post-high school institutions offering college-parallel, technical-vocational-terminal, and adult educational instruction tailored to the area needs, and that these comprehensive community colleges be supervised by the State Board of Education.

"This recommendation would merge, in those communities where possible, the community college and the industrial education center programs into a single institution, with representation from the community on their boards of trustees. The land for the facility, the buildings and their maintenance, plus 15% of the operating costs are to be borne by the local community. The balance of operating costs would come from student fees, state and federal sources. Equipment, furnishings and library acquisitions would be provided from state and available federal funds.

"Underlying this recommendation is the so-called "commuter principle" through which this type of educational opportunity is made available to students without burdening the state with the cost of dormitories and other supporting facilities, and the student with the cost of residential living expenses.

"The Commission states that evidence of 400 full-time equivalent students by the second year of operation of the academic parallel program would justify a community college.

"In its study of the enrollment problem, the Commission turned its attention next to the existing community colleges at Wilmington, Asheville, Elizabeth City, and the two established in Charlotte known as Mecklenburg College and Charlotte College. Since the College of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City and the Mecklenburg College decided to go under the State Board of Education as permitted by the recommendation I have previously discussed, I now turn to the institutions at Asheville, Charlotte, and Wilmington.

"After careful attention to the population figures, the growth potential of the areas and other factors, the Commission recommended:

"(2) That the junior year be instituted at Charlotte and Wilmington in the fall of 1963 and that the senior year be instituted