This is a presentation prepared for the "What College Students Think: Making Information Pay for Higher Ed Publishing" conference sponsored by the Book Industry Study Group on February 9.
Community colleges are the main sector in public Higher Education that is showing strong growth trends. Here are some interesting statistics from Carnegie Classification:1. Awards bachelor's degrees, but they represent less than 10% of degrees = 109 (2005) 162 (2010)+49% 2. Bachelor's degrees are at least 10% of degrees awarded, but less than half = 120 (2005) 147 (2010) +23%