Community Colleges have noted a sharp increase in their attendance in 2008 and this is mostly due to the economy. High School Students' parents cannot send them to a 4-year University right away, so they send they go get a 2-year degree and a job and then attempt to transfer later. Indeed, the fuel costs are also preventing folks from going to a University without living right near campus. Meaning more folks need to go to college locally. But what happens when even the community college is a far distance away?
With attendance up at the community colleges these colleges must expand. That coupled with the sluggish economy which is causing job lay-offs means more folks will need to be re-trained, however, if the classes are full more money must be pumped into the system for more instructors, teachers and professors, plus more buildings. Still, the buildings need to be scattered around to allow for all the students to get there, thus, the community colleges need more campuses.
This means that the community colleges need to do what some of the Universities are doing now and that is to put out satellite campuses in the suburbs. I remember when I attended college, I went to the community college first and it was 35 miles away, today that would be a little tougher with the price of fuel, and cause many students to re-consider, which means the community colleges are not doing their job for our society.
It's time to ramp up our community college system and that means more satellite campuses, more online options and more allotted taxpayer funds to see it to fruition. Please consider this, because if we fail to educate our next generation in this technology era we cannot sustain this civilization.
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