College Missions

Community College Mission
I think a community colleges should offer classes to the masses. Low cost educational offerings, more than on a ‘continuing ed’ level, are useful in society; in fact, I think they are necessary.

That mission is difficut to accomplish because of the mix of students that end up at the cc. Remedial students in advanced classes who really couldn’t handle the work—not the reading (the content or the amount), not the writing assignments, or even keeping up with the discus...