tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post3580657692561914454..comments2023-11-02T09:44:15.693-04:00Comments on The Center for College Affordability and Productivity: Recessions and CC EnrollmentCenter for College Affordability and Productivityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041956958538598371noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-12992444233862013032009-08-10T07:03:24.983-04:002009-08-10T07:03:24.983-04:00Interesting that our correspondent equates higher ...Interesting that our correspondent equates higher education to a "product" to be sold to "consumers" at the best price....<br />___________________<br />Julie<br /><a href="http://www.iwaaybpo.com" rel="nofollow">Online Marketing of your brand</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-16427510053062924852009-07-31T14:44:46.722-04:002009-07-31T14:44:46.722-04:00Interesting that our correspondent equates higher ...Interesting that our correspondent equates higher education to a "product" to be sold to "consumers" at the best price. But let that pass, I guess you learn to think that way if you're an economics student, at least one studying with the Doc. <br /><br />I wonder if our correspondent is himself a community college "product"? He could have informed us, but let that pass too. <br /><br />It looks to me like the curve for CC "market share" (as it is so crassly put) is topping out (invert the graph). <br /><br />It also bewilders me why anyone would be concerned -- nobody that I know is -- about 4 year college "market share" declining, in the face of rising overall college enrollments. There aren't exactly armies of high-quality students who aren't already going to 4 year colleges. <br /><br />Here why I work, a full-fledged public university, there has been gradual enrollment growth for many years. <br /><br />If anything, enrollment is growing too fast to suit the tate of some of us. We'd rather raise admissions standards. And "suffer" a loss of "market share", I suppose.<br /><br />Another thing: why wouldn't community college enrollment grow during recessions, and in general? <br /><br />In recession, people find out that the lunkhead jobs just aren't there anymore. That they need some kind of training in a marketable skill. CCs often fit the bill just fine. <br /><br />So who's concerned that they're "gaining market share"?<br /><br />Certainly not anyone I know!capemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327687293859434403noreply@blogger.com