For the last few years, community colleges have seen an increase in pressure to focus more on career and training education.
The two-year institutions are being asked for more certificates, apprenticeships and other nondegree credentials that will push students into skilled professions quicker. Last week, President Trump stressed the need for more vocational schools and suggested that community colleges change their names and shift their focus to offering mostly work-force programs.
But there's another side of the community college coin that doesn't receive as much acknowledgment from policy makers -- transfer.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/02/05/community-colleges-emphasize-their-missions-beyond-career-training-and-including