Community Colleges May Cost Some States More than Some 4-Year Universities

Conventional wisdom in higher education holds that educating students at two-year colleges will save both governments and students money. But a new study, by a former community-college administrator, challenges that assumption. His research concludes that it actually costs less to educate first- and second-year students at a four-year public master's-level university. At least one critic, however, says the study is flawed. Eric Kelderman, Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 10, 2010