The Community College: Educating Students at the Margin Between College and Work
回顾美国社区学院的发展历史，综述其对教育程度和收入的影响，评估公共补贴对入学的作用，并探讨高等教育融资结构的缺陷及学生如何应对教育回报上升。
The authors provide background on the history and development of community colleges in the United States in the last half century and survey available evidence on the impacts of community colleges on educational attainment and earnings. They also weigh the evidence on the impact of public subsidies on enrollment at community colleges and explore some weaknesses in the current higher-education financing structure. Finally, the authors reflect on how students who have been responding to the rise in payoff to education are to be absorbed by our postsecondary training institutions.