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Universities are about a few things: 1. Education - Inspiration and job training 2. High-achieving peer groups 3. Prestige and signalling 4. Fun and independen
by screye 4y ago
Universities are about a few things:
1. Education - Inspiration and job training
2. High-achieving peer groups
3. Prestige and signalling
4. Fun and independence
Online courses do #1 better than CCs. Dorms are essential to #4, so CCs miss out on it. There is no prestige associated with CCs and the titular community isn't especially high achieving.
What value do CCs provide ?
- ghaff 4y agoI guess it's a fairly low cost degree of some sort that I assume has more value than a list of MOOC certificates, evening classes, and maybe an industry cert or two in the case of IT. But there are a variety of lower cost options and I'm not sure where a community college degree sits in the hierarchy and in terms of cost/benefit.
- nverno 4y agoThey are stepping stones to 4-year degrees for many people. As the article mentioned, most people in CCs are planning to graduate from a university, but stuff happens. They have some incredible transfer opportunities, where you can get half the cost of a state school for pennies on the dollar.
- endisneigh 4y agoThough I don't entirely agree, your premises are incorrect. 1. Online is not inherently better than a CC. A CC is not entirely in person, either. 2. High achieving peer groups are not necessary. They simply need to be good enough 3. Prestige and signaling is relative - again this is adjusted to the community. A community where there are not schools could still benefit from a CC. 4. You could certainly fun at a CC, but you're right that the dorms help a lot.