From students’ perspective, community colleges are no longer able to offer the access to an education that they have long promised, says a report released on Wednesday… The situation may only grow worse, as two-year colleges have warned, amid repeated budget cuts and increased demand from a financially needy population. State community-college directors have predicted that their states’ contributions will continue to fall even as enrollment rises. A budget proposal in Texas, for example, threatens to deny any funds to four community colleges. In other states, including Iowa and South Carolina, community colleges are now getting more money from tuition than from state contributions. The national "Community College Student Survey" is new, so it’s unclear whether students are having a harder time getting classes than in the past. But it’s clear that many are feeling squeezed out.

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by Elyse Ashburn, The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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