American Higher Education

mini
Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:12:14 +0000

The heart of the U.S. higher education system is the community college. The majority of U.S. students are in two-year institutions. The average age of students at community colleges is (last time I looked) 29, compared with just under 25 for four-year colleges. There is nothing like this anywhere else in the world. 18-year-old college students are somewhat the exception.

I think we do likely have the best higher education system in the world, but it doesn’t lie in the top 100 colleges (where only a small minority of students are attending).