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Education2026-04-13

OPINION: Too many community college students never finish what they started, and that must change

When policymakers debate whether community colleges should offer bachelor’s degrees, the arguments often sound abstract: mission creep, duplication, threats to university enrollment.  Yet for the students that community colleges serve and the industries struggling to fill essential roles, comm

By The Hechinger Report

OPINION: Too many community college students never finish what they started, and that must change

When policymakers debate whether community colleges should offer bachelor’s degrees, the arguments often sound abstract: mission creep, duplication, threats to university enrollment.  Yet for the students that community colleges serve and the industries struggling to fill essential roles, comm