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California spends billions on community college students who drop out
- 10-20-2011
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By Carla Rivera/Los Angeles Times
California and other states are spending billions of tax dollars on community college students who drop out before completing their studies, according to a report released Thursday. The report by the nonprofit American Institutes for Research found that from 2004 to 2009, federal, state and local governments spent nearly $4 billion on full-time community college students who dropped out after their first year. In California, expenditures on such students over the five-year period totaled $480 million, far more than any other state. The report highlights a nationwide trend of increasing community college enrollment and spending but declining completion rates at the same time that state funding for higher education has dropped. (more...)
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