Community colleges are, in many places, already straining at their capacity. I know a large number of people that I graduated high school with who got sort of

Community colleges are, in many places, already straining at their capacity. I know a large number of people that I graduated high school with who got sort of bait-and-switched by the local community colleges - they enrolled in a program, then it turned out that there weren't enough slots in that program, so the community college said, "Here, take your core classes this semester, we'll fit you in next time." Then next semester, the classes they needed to take the previous time aren't offered, so they do more useless "core" classes. Maybe the second year they get into some of their original program courses, but now they are slated for at least a third year, because they can't take their 2nd year fall courses (in their 2nd year), before they take the 1st year fall and spring courses they got squeezed out of.