As with rich and poor Americans, the disparity between rich and poor colleges has never been greater.

So says this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education:

http://chronicle.com/article/College-Spending-Trends-Show/128972/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

It cites the Delta Cost Project to the effect, "'Community colleges bore the brunt of the downturn in higher-education spending,' the report says bluntly, a trend that endangers those institutions' ability to successfully serve the millions of students who depend on them."

I'm not surprised to read this. In a recent conversation, a colleague, who teaches part-time at my university and full time at a local community college, told me that his school isn't swamped with admissions applications. Those at the bottom of the economic food chain, who have been out of work the longest, can't even afford community college tuitions, he explained. If the colleges can't offer aid, what then?

So much for community college as the silver bullet to kill the unemployment bogey.
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