Community colleges aren't always the affordable option some hope they are:
Yet she is now struggling to afford to continue her education at a public four-year college.
Though Young’s college costs were covered during that period and she lived at home, she still worked in retail and as a barista to make sure she had enough money to deal with a financial emergency and to help her family afford groceries and other costs. “These are not the engines of college accessibility that we need them to be for individual and national success,” said Bill DeBaun, the director of data and evaluation at the National College Access Network, and the author of the report. “We’ve signaled to students that they should be considering post-secondary education and we don’t make it affordable for them.”
‘There are still so many affordability gaps and so many unaffordable institutions nationwide — it’s discouraging.’ —Bill DeBaun, the director of data and evaluation at the National College Access Network, In reality, it can be challenging for students to meet these requirements.
“We’ve been attacking the problem on several fronts as have other community colleges,” Reed said. “The biggest issue is flat funding from the state and county.”
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