But if you have to move and get housing, how is community college any cheaper? Surely, the point of cc is that you stay in your OWN community.
Not necessarily. The tuition at many CCs is one fifth of that at a state or private school. Many students I know want to be on their own and share an apartment with one or two other students, much like a dorm. Some work part-time and go to school part time. The cost is still lower than room, board and tuition at a four year college.
For the parents in the article posted, yes living at home for the student is probably the best answer.
Well, yeah, I wanted to live away from my parents at 17. I also wanted to star in a b’way musical but I didn’t sing like Streisand. Luckily, my parents ignored my fantasies and made me commute to a very good private college. I didn’t get into trouble with ‘campus rapes’ or become a member of the radical left.
I do realize that cc is much cheaper than four year universities but I still think it should be local. To fly across the country to attend community college seems very weird to me. But America has gotten very weird!