It has been instructive to watch how higher education leadership, including policy makers, work to improve how students transfer from community colleges to four-year colleges and universities. Everyone with "skin in the game" recognizes that the best approach is to create a seamless pathway, removing obstacles that students face when they transfer. The approaches run the full gamut, from local grassroots efforts with particular groups on specific problems backed by local corporate and foundation support, to grand bureaucratic solutions mandated by state governments. Advocates typically concentrate on public colleges and universities. Community colleges are overwhelmingly public by history,...
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