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Article: How to look at community colleges: a legislator's response to those who say these schools are taking too long to educate students.(END NOTE)
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- University Business
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- August 1, 2006
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Recently, criticism has been lodged against community colleges for taking longer than three years to graduate some of their students. In neighboring Massachusetts, for example, where only 16.4 percent of community college students graduate within three years, shock waves have found their way into The Boston Globe, where misguided critics alleged that community colleges are taking too long to do their job.
Nothing could be farther off the mark. Using a three-year mark to judge the effectiveness of a community college is almost laughable. Using it to measure their value to society does a disservice to these vital schools and the work they are doing.
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