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James "Jim" Rapp - Community College Project

Jim Rapp has served for many years as the attorney for the John Wood Community College in Quincy, Illinois. He has written numerous journal articles and has published a seven volume Educator Law Guide, and is a frequent public speaker on various school matters. This interview chronicles the history of John Wood Community College from 1974-2013, and explores its unique formation, its experiment with ‘School Without Walls’, and its transition to an extension campus serving western Illinois.