October 19, 2007

A Glance at the September Issue of Growth and Change: Community Colleges in the Heartland

By Jason M. Breslow

Community colleges are an integral part of the nation's higher-education system, serving approximately two-fifths of all college students, writes Terance J. Rephann, an economist at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. “However, some parts of the country,” rural areas in particular, he says, “may not be adequately served" by those institutions.

Mr. Rephann argues that “the market for community colleges is not yet saturated and that

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