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Deals with the efforts of Columbia University panel to provide enhanced access to 2-year colleges in New York City in April 2006. Implications of their efforts for the dropout rate in the city; Proportion of U.S. students enrolling in community colleges who do not complete their high school education; Challenges faced by community-college students in the country.

Focuses on a shortage in applicants for higher positions in community colleges in the U.S. Primary reason for the shortage according to Barbara Viniar, executive director of the Institute for Community College Development; Results of a study conducted by the State University of New York in Albany on the retirement of community college presidents between 2001 and 2007; Efforts of search committees to increase the applicant pool.

Focuses on the Exploring Transfer affirmative-action program offered by Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Goal of the program; Target groups; Benefits posed to students.