December 3, 2004
Community Colleges Struggle to Foster 'Engagement,' Survey Finds
Most community-college students are not meeting their educational goals, according to a national survey released this week.
Twenty-seven percent of two-year-college students say that completing a certificate program is their primary goal, while 59 percent cite obtaining an associate degree, according to results from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement.
That means some 86 percent of students hope to complete a degree or certificate program. Yet only 25 percent of
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