Obama wants community college to be free

[jmyrlefuller]

Maybe it was just my major (it required a great deal of specialized coursework), but what I saw in college was that if you were in a four-year institution you could (and often had to if your major was a STEM field, the kind of field they seem to love to push these days) take some of the higher-level (junior and senior level) courses during your sophomore year. Most community colleges don't offer those courses and even if they did, they generally wouldn't transfer them.

I took a couple of community college courses in high school (I was a somewhat advanced student, far from best in my class but good enough to qualify) that transferred without a problem.

[Relic]

Maybe it was just my major (it required a great deal of specialized coursework), but what I saw in college was that if you were in a four-year institution you could (and often had to if your major was a STEM field, the kind of field they seem to love to push these days) take some of the higher-level (junior and senior level) courses during your sophomore year. Most community colleges don't offer those courses and even if they did, they generally wouldn't transfer them.

I took a couple of community college courses in high school (I was a somewhat advanced student, far from best in my class but good enough to qualify) that transferred without a problem.

Maybe your major, or your bias? My degree was called BSET. It's BS in electrical/electronic engineering technology. Sort of a low grade EE, however I did many of the same rigorous circuit analysis courses, Laplace transforms, circuit design and programming. That was done with a 2+2. The fact that I couldn't take 3rd year classes in my 2nd year didn't really hold me back.

[musiclady]

The community colleges where I live are turning out graduates with REAL practical skills that serve them well in the labor market! Many of them wind up making far more money than most of those with advanced degrees from "REAL" universities.

The same is true where I am.  Community colleges are doing a great job to educate and train students for real life, and spend less time indoctrinating them with leftist groupthink.  (At least that's my perception).