The California community colleges rank as one of the great educational achievements in the country. Many are seriously underfunded. Even so, for a very small cost, poor people get a chance, even a second chance. The benefit-cost ratio must be higher than any other form of higher education in the country.
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 10:50:41AM -0500, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> ...the California Community College System "integrated" with
> U of California and Cal State U before it came under the Repug assault in
> the 1990s - which offered truly excellent and very affordable education to
> _everyone_ not just those within a narrow age range - European education
> systems pale in comparison. Believe me, been there done that.
>
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929
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