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Community college penalty? It’s how you read the numbers.
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about a study that said community college students are less likely to earn a bachelor’s degree than students who started out at a four year school.
The report also stated that associate-degree holders who did earn bachelor’s degrees were shown to earn less than their bachelor-degree-only counterparts.
I expressed surprise, as did a number of you who commented on the blog.
Clark State Community College President Karen Rafinski said she too read the report and found it both interesting and lacking when it came to describing the educational path of a community college student.
She said the report - Did not account for a student who decides to pursue an associate’s degree only: (such as in high paying fields such as nursing and engineering.)
Did not point out that many community college students are older, part-time students with families and therefore take longer to achieve a bachelor’s degree.
Did not say whether some of the students who obtained bachelor’s degrees without first getting an associate’s was counted as starting at a community college.
The full story is in the print version of today’s News-Sun.
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