In a New York Times article Eduardo Porter touches on the downside of community colleges. Community college director, Thomas Bailey makes an argument that “Community colleges have the students with the greatest problems-yet they get the least resources.”(Porter, New York Times) The article also pulls in a few statistics on graduation rates between community colleges and 4 year universities. Only 22 percent of these students graduated from a two year program within three years at community college, whereas 57 percent of the students graduated within six years at a four year university. These statistics show that more people graduate from a university than a community college, and by reading theses statistics, some students may feel it’s a safer bet to go straight to a
In a New York Times article Eduardo Porter touches on the downside of community colleges. Community college director, Thomas Bailey makes an argument that “Community colleges have the students with the greatest problems-yet they get the least resources.”(Porter, New York Times) The article also pulls in a few statistics on graduation rates between community colleges and 4 year universities. Only 22 percent of these students graduated from a two year program within three years at community college, whereas 57 percent of the students graduated within six years at a four year university. These statistics show that more people graduate from a university than a community college, and by reading theses statistics, some students may feel it’s a safer bet to go straight to a