April 8, 2008

Reporters' Notebook: Talks at the Community Colleges' Meeting

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Philadelphia

Pressure on community colleges has been mounting for years. They must balance competition from the growing for-profit industry, demands from lawmakers for more accountability, and the shifting needs of an increasingly complex student body. Most recently, intense financial pressure has been added to the mix as states once again face billion-dollar deficits.

Those strains were the main topic as hundreds of community-college leaders met here Monday for the annual meeting of the

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