Why Community Colleges Are Underserving Their Students: Excerpted from Change.Edu: Rebooting for the New Talent Economy by Andrew S. Rosen

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OVERCROWDED COMMUNITY COLLEGES: Many community colleges are turning away prospective students and failing in their primary mission of educating nontraditional students.UNDERSERVED POPULATION Other community colleges have stopped serving their core student body and are falling prey to the same "mission creep" and "Harvard envy" of the traditional 4-year campuses.FALLING THRU THE CRACKS: How will tomorrow's workforce gain the skills they need to succeeed and prospure, a nd how will this lack of training mpact our country's ability to stay competitive in the global marketplace?EDUVISION: What will tomorrow's institutions of higher education look like 20 years from now? Find out about Rosen's vision for the future in "Change.edu: Rebooting for the New Talent Economy."