<p>Huh, I have mixed feelings about this. Vocational services do serve their purpose, but community colleges’ first goal is education, not solely preparing people for the workforce. As gadad said, that’s what <em>technical</em> schools are for. There’s a massive difference between a student who wants to save money by taking the first two years of their degree at a community college and someone who wants to train for a different career by learning specific, employment-related skills. I’m not saying that vocational training is a bad thing, but that there’s a difference between preparing someone for the workforce and preparing someone for a bachelor’s degree.</p>