A Look at the Future Learn more about the forces that will affect community colleges in the future - population shifts, technology, competition for funds and students, and others. A Tale of American Innovation provides a concise history of the community college movement, and is available in English, Spanish, French, and Russian. As you peruse the statistical information, you may wonder why the data shown are several years old. In research, there is a significant lag time that occurs between data collection and presentation due to the sheer volume of raw information that is being collected and analyzed. NCES annually gathers information from every post-secondary institution in the country.
All data presented here are most current available.