Should community colleges offer 4-year degrees?

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<p>Should community colleges offer 4-year degrees?
Would you consider staying at one if the cost is cheap?</p>

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<p><em>puts on flame suit</em> Some of my community college teachers think CSU colleges are just that. XD</p>

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<p>It would saturate the bachelor degree market. I don’t think it’s a good idea. If someone wants to get a bachelors and not travel, there are online degrees that are/would be more credible than these quasi-colleges.</p>

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<p>I mean I think CC’s are just fine to save up a lot of money and get your gen eds out of the way, but as for a 4 year degree? I’m not sure. I mean I know that some of the CC’s in PA offer 4 year nursing degrees, and that’s it, and I’ve known people to go on from their program (which is surprisingly rigorous!) to get 6 figure jobs. SOOO I’m not sure!
I guess yes and no. lol</p>

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<p>No. Community colleges should remain as 2-year schools.</p>

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<p>I feel strongly that freshman and sophomore year at a CC can provide a higher quality education than some universities offer. </p>

<p>But, there are things that CCs won’t be able to do as well later on. The class selection at some community colleges is already limited and the network and name recognition of the community college would hurt job prospects after graduation. </p>

<p>You can already see that even in this community community colleges are looked down at. Most people never experiencing them. There is nothing any one will ever be able ot do for the prestige factor of community colleges. The education at a community college can surpass a large public university, in difficulty and education quality. But, I’m sure there are low quality community colleges in the less populated and poor parts of the country.</p>

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<p>I’m just fine with community colleges offering 4 year degrees. I mean seriously, many degrees don’t need the backing of a big university to teach their students what they need to know.</p>

<p>Lower cost degrees would certainly help people that got degrees that aren’t going to do much to help them earn a real salary–art and music majors. haha</p>