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June 10, 2010
Community Colleges
The estimable Joanne Jacobs is blogging at the Hechinger Report's Community College Spotlight:
Nearly half of college students in the U.S. attend community college, but they get little public discussion. We at The Hechinger Report are here to change that.
The further we get into the financial crisis the more important it is to pay attention to community colleges. For instance, I am afraid to find out what May's drop in the stock market will do to admissions melt (you know, the difference between the number of students who pay a deposit in May, indicating they will attend in the Fall, and the number who show up). Or the continuing housing market recession. Given that more students seem to be starting at CCs, places like this need to think about articulation. I'm glad to say we're doing some of that with our local CC, but we had all better get serious about it.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at June 10, 2010 8:43 AM
Comments
We have a very good articulation agreement with the DeKalb County system. One part of it is that we draw off the students from their honors program, which means we get the cream of the crop.
Meanwhile, may I just say that I hate assessment?
Posted by: Lucius Septimius at June 11, 2010 1:04 PM