Today, they offer two-year degrees, corporate training and retraining, and noncredit courses. Nassau Community College was part of the boom when it opened in a courthouse in 1960 with about 700 students. Today, its enrollment is 20,000. I was able to brush up on a lot of things that I had forgotten. Statistically, he also has a better shot at completing a bachelor's degree.
Administrators cite such figures to rebut assumptions that open admission means lower standards.
Even though Ms. Ruibal's tuition is lower than the nearest state colleges, it's still a challenge. Her husband supports his family of three driving a truck. Eight hours later, she reverses the trip and goes to her night job clerking in a hospital emergency room. Ms. Ruibal said she found only low-paying jobs after graduating from high school in 1993, though she admits she was looking more for fun at the time. Today it's the future that catches Ms. Ruibal's attention.