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Community College Initiative Makes Slow Progress in Reducing Dropouts

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Community colleges have been in the spotlight recently as an affordable, accessible path to higher education. President Obama wants to make these two-year degrees free to anybody who wants one. But if that plan is going to work in California, community colleges need to address a big problem: low graduation rates.

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