October 31, 2007

A Glance at the October Issue of Community College Review: Community Colleges and Bachelor's-Degree Attainment

By Jason M. Breslow

Studies indicate that attending a community college can reduce a student's likelihood of earning a baccalaureate degree by as much as 20 percent, leading many experts to conclude "that the rational choice" for students desiring a bachelor's degree is to start college at a four-year institution, says Barbara K. Townsend, a professor of higher education at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Yet most researchers "do not typically consider many of the legitimate reasons students have for