Why community colleges aren't that great an idea

[12rmh18]

<p>Another fan of community colleges here.</p>

<p>And for those who are disparaging the quality of instruction at CC, this year’s [Maryland</a> professor of the year](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/for-maryland-professor-of-the-year-human-sexuality-courses-engage-beyond-books/2011/04/18/AFYo8WHE_story.html?hpid=z2]Maryland”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/for-maryland-professor-of-the-year-human-sexuality-courses-engage-beyond-books/2011/04/18/AFYo8WHE_story.html?hpid=z2) has outstanding credentials and chooses to teach at a community college.

Stearns taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, the University of Chicago, and Georgetown and George Washington universities before joining Montgomery College.

She says she expects the same from her current students as from her past charges, and she teaches at the same rigorous pace. She jokes that the only measurable difference is price: Montgomery College charges $171 a credit — a small fraction of the tuition at her former workplaces.
“I still have the students I would get at University of Chicago or Georgetown, it’s just that they’re mixed in with a whole lot of other students,” she said.

A diverse mixture of ages, abilities, income levels, and ethnic groups? Sounds like a normal college to me.</p>