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Competition will award $1 million to a stand-out community college

April 26, 2011
Critics says attempt to rank community colleges is unfair

From USA Today: The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program has released a list of what it considers the 120 "best" community colleges in the country, kicking off a process for identifying a single institution to receive its $1 million award for "community college excellence." But critics argue that the selection process unfairly attempts to rank and compare community colleges using data systems that are inadequate to the task.

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