California's community colleges have grown unwieldy
Mar 24, 2008 11:27 AM
Intended to be pathways to bachelor's degrees, California's two-year
institutions instead are losing the majority of students who have enrolled with
expectations of transferring to universities. For students who want to transfer,
the community college road is fraught with obstacles. Counselors are in short
supply, a majority of students can't read or do math on a college level and
students' own lives derail their ambitions.
Click here to read The Contra Costa Times article.
Part 2: Community colleges nationwide labor under the weight of ill-prepared students. Some colleges estimate that nearly every student is unprepared in math, reading or writing--or all three. Click here to read The Contra Costa Times article.
RELATED: Community colleges in South Florida are enrolling thousands
more students at the same time they're facing millions of dollars in budget
cuts. It's a consequence of two major factors: the state's poor economy and a
decision by state universities to freeze enrollments. Now, community colleges
worry about how they're going to handle the increased demand.
Click here to read The
South Florida Sun-Sentinel article.
