Kapiolani Community College

Kapiolani Community College, formerly Kapiolani Technical School, is a public, co-educational commuter college in Honolulu, Hawaii situated on the slopes of Diamond Head in Waikīkī. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaii system anchored by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa.EstablishmentOriginally located at Pensacola Street and Kapiolani Boulevard, adjacent to President William McKinley High School in the Makiki community, Kapiolani Community College was established in 1946 as Kapiolani Technical College. The school was administered by the Territory of Hawaii as one of its chief vocational schools, specializing in food service. In 1965, its curricula was modified and became an open-door public college administered by the University of Hawaii. As part of the realignment of programs, the school adopted its current name.ExpansionExperiencing rapid growth in the 1970s, Kapiolani Community College needed larger facilities. In 1974, the Board of Regents acquired a 52-acre (210,000 m²) parcel of land on the slopes of Diamond Head in Waikīkī, formerly owned by the United States Army. Kapiolani Community College opened its second campus at Fort Ruger, the only college in the University of Hawaii system to have two campuses of its own. The Board of Regents then agreed to move with a complete transfer of programs to the Fort Ruger campus and close the Makiki campus. Kapiolani Community College finally completed the transfer in the late 1980s.