Jenna Ashley Robinson, campus outreach coordinator for the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, describes alternatives to the traditional four-year college plan. Robinson offered these comments during a presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society March 1, 2010. To watch full-length presentations of John Locke Foundation events, click here.
Opinion
Job needs propel college reforms
I’ve long been bullish on North Carolina’s community colleges. In the past, I’ve praised the system’s cost-effectiveness, its capacity to serve nontraditional students, and the impressive labor-market returns for associate degrees and certificates in such fields as industrial technology, home repair, computer sciences, and health care. Today, I’ll offer you three pieces of good news...