March 4, 2008

Fears and Administrative Hassles Deter Community-College Students in Their First Term, They Say

By Elyse Ashburn

Denver

Several students told a crowd here on Monday that complications with financial aid, doubts about whether they were college material, and concerns that they wouldn't fit in on a campus almost kept them from attending community college. But once the students made it through the door, they said, their experiences were largely positive.

"It was just so hard for me to get into college," Izeal Hill said at a packed session at the annual conference of the League for Innovation in the