The Community College Bachelor’s Degree Continues To Grow. Where Will It Lead?

[Jonnyeagle]

Arizona’s decision allowing community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees followed a debate similar to that heard in other states. Here, according to a 2020 brief from the Education Commission of the States, are the main arguments - pro and con - for the policy.

Advocates typically point to three factors favoring such expansion:

 

1. Community colleges are usually more nimble than four-year institutions and therefore can better develop degree programs that address changing workforce needs, particularly in high-demand fields.
2. Community colleges can offer bachelor’s degrees to more diverse student populations, especially in areas without a nearby four-year institution. They’re often designed to serve nontraditional groups such as low-income, first-generation and older students, as well as students of color.
3. A bachelor’s degree from a community college is usually much less costly than the tuition and fees charged by four-year institutions. Therefore, the policy helps reduce perennial concerns about affordability and student loan debt

read more:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2021/05/09/the-community-college-bachelors-degree-continues-to-grow/?sh=2c73de4d3dbb

[meangreen11]

Not sure if this will help or hurt UNT.

[El Paso Eagle]

1 hour ago, meangreen11 said:

Not sure if this will help or hurt UNT.

I think it's more likely to hurt and have an impact on the local "colleges" and "universities" that have popped up all over the place