Quote Originally Posted by <MADDOG> View Post
I see your point, but I think your argument is faulty. From my observation, the community colleges are well under maximum attendance, and struggle to compete against the the four year colleges. CC, CSU, UC, etc are doing well (hence the new dorms, new halls, etc).

Transfer credits from most of the community colleges in CO to the 4 year institutions named above is already in place. One can argue all day as to why those who attend the freshman & sophomore years at the 4 year colleges do what they do at a higher cost.

If indeed this model created a loss of revenue for the Universities, would it also not create a higher demand for the junior and senior years?

Not to mention, with a dash of a pen, these Universities could also go in to the AA/AS market.
Good points all. I have no data on CC attendance, and assumed that in a free market that supply should be close to demand, or they'd go out of business/be closed. I'm aware that most credits do transfer but any new schools created still have to be accredited. Interesting point on the 4 year schools creating their own AA/AS programs; that sure would make them a lot less will to accept transfer credits from their competitors in the CC market. I'm not sure that demand for junior and senior years would be increased sufficiently to cover the loss of revenue - folks that got free school for two years still need to pay for the remaining portions, especially if the job market didn't look promising. We don't have enough jobs for college grads now; what will we do with a few million more? It's an interesting thought game, however.