Community College - I'm a Product of Community College

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Community college has a bad record of helping students achieve their goals. A bachelor's degree doesn't guarantee middle class income, but usually it's a good start. An associates degree will get you about 17 thousand dollars more a year than a high school diploma.

President Biden wants to give Americans four more years of free school: two years of pre-K and two of community college. In a two-part series, Today, Explained’s Haleema Shah explores the challenges of expanding public education.

This episode was reported by Haleema Shah, fact checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, edited by Matt Collette with help from Jillian Weinberger, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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