{"id":6570,"date":"2010-06-24T15:30:25","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T19:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2010-06-24T15:37:37","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T19:37:37","slug":"community-colleges-cutting-back-on-open-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/06\/24\/community-colleges-cutting-back-on-open-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Colleges cutting back on open access &#8212; from the NY Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/24\/education\/24community.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Community Colleges cutting back on open  access<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from the NY Times<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In this economy, community  colleges are widely seen as the solution to many problems.  Displaced workers are registering in droves to earn credentials that  might get them back in the game. Strapped parents, daunted by the cost  of four-year universities, are encouraging their children to spend two  years at the local community college.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But for students and professors at overstretched colleges, these are hardly the best of times. With state financing slashed almost everywhere, many institutions have cut so deeply into their course offerings and their faculty rosters that they cannot begin to handle the influx of students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In some parts of the country, the budget stresses are so serious that  the whole concept of community colleges as open-access institutions \u2014  where anyone, with any educational background, can enroll at any point  in  life \u2014 is becoming more an aspiration than a reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Because of budget cuts, <strong>California community colleges, the largest  higher education system in the country, enrolled 21,000 fewer students  in the 2009-10 academic year than the previous year.<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Some districts  reported turning away about half of the new students who tried to enroll  for the 2009-10 academic year<\/strong><\/span>, said Jack Scott, the chancellor of  California\u2019s community colleges.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>From DSC:<br \/>\n<\/strong>In this game-changing environment, does anyone really believe we are going to go back to the way things were? Is it possible that these shut-out students will take a right-turn and try to accomplish their goals via different means &#8212; perhaps employing some non-traditional means even?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Related to this:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theother85percent.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">15% traditional students | 85% non-traditional students<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Colleges cutting back on open access &#8212; from the NY Times In this economy, community colleges are widely seen as the solution to many problems. Displaced workers are registering in droves to earn credentials that might get them back in the game. 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