Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

Dr. John L. Henderson graduated from Walnut Hills High School in 1950. He is a graduate of Hampton University (1955) and received master's and doctorate degrees in Education from the University of Cincinnati. He began teaching in 1966. He was appointed Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Cincinnati Technical College in 1983, where he also served as the vice president for institutional development. In 1988, he became the President of Wilberforce University. In 2000, he was selected to become a member of the Council of Presidents of the Associations of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities. He retired from Wilberforce University in June of 2002. He was named the Interim President of Cincinnati State Technical and Community College in November of 2007. He served as interim President until Dr. O'Dell Owens was appointed in the fall term of 2010.

From the guide to the Dr. John L. Henderson collection, approximately 1975-2011, 1975-2011, (Cincinnati State Technical and Community College)

Cincinnati State can trace its origins to the Cincinnati Cooperative School of Technology (CCST), a two-year technical institute for high school graduates that was established by the Cincinnati Board of Education in 1966. The function of the school was to train technicians in a program combining college-level classroom instruction and cooperative work experience. This program operated in a portion of the facility at 3520 Central Parkway, which at the time was also the home to Courter Technical High School and former home to Central High School. In its first year, the college offered only four degree programs.

Since all technical education programs in Ohio were to come under the authority of the Board of Regents, the Cincinnati Board of Education proposed that the Regents establish a Cincinnati Technical Institute District and approve CCST as the nucleus of the technical institute to serve that district. The proposals were approved by the Regents in May 1969.

The Board of Trustees of the new district held their organization meeting on September 15, 1969. At that meeting, they appointed Clifford House as the first President of the Institute and approved the institute operating plan and associate degree programs. They also changed the name of the school to Cincinnati Technical Institute, to conform with the designations of other institutes in the state.

In June 1970, the Board of Trustees of the Institute entered into a contract with the Cincinnati Board of Education to purchase the Courter Technical High School property, where the College is located today. In 1972, an Ohio Senate bill recognized the collegiate nature of Cincinnati Technical Institute, and its name was changed accordingly. It was briefly announced to be Cincinnati State Technical College, until the Board of Trustees made Cincinnati Technical College (CTC) the official name. Courter Tech continued to share the facility until the high school ended operations at the site in 1974.

The Cincinnati Technical College Board of Trustees voted to convert CTC to a state community college on July 27, 1993. The name was officially changed to Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (CSTCC) on September 1, 1994.

CSTCC changed to a semester system, starting on August 29, 2012, to meet the guidelines of Ohio's Strategic Plan for Higher Education, which was announced by Governor Strickland in 2008. When all state-assisted colleges and universities follow the same academic calendar, more cooperation is possible - leading to more effective use of resources.

From the guide to the Semester Transition Project 2012, 2009-2012, (Cincinnati State Technical and Community College)