May 9, 2008
Community Colleges in California Feel the Heat
Accreditors penalize cash-starved system
More than two years after Education Secretary Margaret Spellings stood on a podium in Washington and announced the formation of her Commission on the Future of Higher Education, some of its most powerful effects so far have been on a belt of community colleges nearly 3,000 miles away.
In the past year, at least 14 California community and junior colleges have been placed on a probationary or warning status by their accreditor, the Western
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