Lit Review #4

Boswell, Katherine. "Building Bridges Or Barriers? Public Policies that Facilitate Or Impede Linkages between Community Colleges and Local School Districts." New Directions for Community Colleges 2000.111 (2000): 3-15. Print. 

Katherine Boswell is a higher education policy consultant and project manager with the Community Leadership Program at the University of Texas. 

Some quotes from this article that would support my arguement:

"... the individual with an associates degree will earn 20 to 30 percent more than the worker who only has a high school diploma."
"The worker with a bachelors degree will earn 40 percent more than the high school graduate."
"The structural shifts in the American Economy make post secondary education necessary for anyone who wants to command a living wage in today's labor market."
"Community college enrollements have increased 375 percent in a little over three decades, compared to 103 percent growth at public four year colleges and 72 percent at private four year colleges, according to the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education."
"Rising costs are driving increasing number of students to attend lower cost-institutions."
"Over the last few years, colleges and universities across the nation have raised tuition and fees to record levels as a result of draconian cuts in state support for public higher education."
"The AA and AS degrees are designed to provide the student with mastery of basic college-level skills and an introduction to a major disciplinary field in preparation for transfer to senior colleges."
"30 percent of first-year activity is the supposedly traditional two-year to four-year college movement by students."
"Still, far too many students enroll in community colleges and do not finish their bachelors degree in a reasonalble period of time, or waste time and money - both theirs and the resources of the states and institutions - having to retake courses at four year institutions that they already took at community college."
According to Jane Wellman, "...students who initially enroll in community college will be less likely to earn a baccalaureate degree, and those who do warn their degree will take longer and need more credits to do so" 
"...many students spend their limited eligibility for postsecondary financial aid on remedial courses at the community college that do not transfer to a four year institution."
"At least 27 states have now adopted various high stakes tests that secondary students must pass prior to high school graduation."..."reduce the need for remediation and improve student performance in postsecondary education."
"Community colleges have a critical role to play in providing access to the American dream."