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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by kop316 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @12:49PM (#26240327)
I think your comment misses my original intent. If people might value education for its own sake (which is what I was replying to), then I have found Community Colleges to be the perfect place for this.

But to address your point:

> The problem with community colleges is that you completely miss out on any meaningful networking. As long as all the best students see it as beneath them, you'll have a hard time meeting people in a community college who can actually help your career

Since the instructor I had was a well known local musician, he actually called me up a few times for a gig, and I have done quite a bit of networking that way. I think you would be surprised just what type of networking oppritunities are actually are at a decent community college.

Like I said in my comment:

> I have actually known quite a few professors who are in actual industry and teach a class or two.

One of the best entry-level folks I have ever met we found this way. He is an incredibly hard and smart worker, but did not have the money to go to a four year university. So he went to community college, and a colleague of mine who taught there offered him a job as he was a student. Now he has a four year degree (he was able to pay his way through college with that job) and is one of the best contrbutors to that group.

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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by medium_burrito on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @01:44PM (#26241081)
I suspect community colleges are a fantastic way to recruit people who one would not find otherwise. People taking classes at night and holding down a full time job, and doing well, just out of interest- that's someone who has potential.
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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by DC1350 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @01:02PM (#26240473)
Yea I missed the point. Everyone I’ve ever met who went to a community college did it specifically to learn job skills since those are what all the programs were for. I didn’t know they taught things just for the sake of knowledge or personal interest.
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Re:Interest surges in top colleges, while struggling ones sc... by mlyle on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @03:09PM (#26242241)
There's a massive number of people who as adults or even seniors take classes on a non-degree path at a CC-- whether it's a language, an arts class, or whatever.
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