Brookings report on community colleges

On May 8 Brookings released the paper "Transforming America's Community Colleges: A Federal Policy Proposal to Expand Opportunity and Promote Economic Prosperity," a plea for increased attention and support for community colleges. The Rodney Dangerfield of higher education, community colleges clearly deserve more respect. They educate about 45% of all college students and are growing faster than 4-year colleges. They are of particular importance to the poor, minorities, adults trying to change careers or upgrade their skills. Although there is still reason to debate whether it is wise to assign so many different missions to community colleges, there is no doubt that some of these missions are of vital importance but desperately underfunded.

See the report at:

http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/0507_community_college_goldrick_rab.aspx