Great, taxpayers can pay to teach illegals how to make pottery. That’s pretty much all you get from a community college.
I disagree with this plan, but what you said is total bulls#it.
Obviously, you know “0” about community colleges.
Pull your head out of your ass. Both my Daughter and wife graduated from C.C. one works in a fortune 500 Company H.Q. and the other transfered to a top 10 Technical University. All but 3 credits Transfered. She had many job offers before she graduated
I have many issues with C.C. having worked at one for over 30 years but I have also seen future Lawyers, judges, Doctors, Nurses and even politicians come thru.
C.C. generally have smaller classes and are taught by either Profs. Or professionals in their field with a minimum of a 4 year degree. How many classes with >50 students are taught in Universities by Prof. Assistants that have never done anything but school?
You think so huh? Actually Knoxville has several community colleges with good reputations including Pellissippi State. You get a much greater for the dollar education in actual field related studies and you don't have to suffer the mindless mandatory PC classes the universities demand.
Pellissippi has courses on anything from engineering to welding. This is because the State Voc/Tech was incorporated into Pellissippi as well. If I were a parent in East Tennessee {I'm a resident but kids are grown} and I had a choice to send them to the University of Tennessee of a local CC I would without second thought choose the community college.
UT a year or so ago forced all freshman to attend a lecture on Gorebull Warming and buy the speakers book even though the speaker was a journalist and not a scientist. That would be like having an Agriculture professional come in and lecture the Mechanical Engineering Dept on HVAC design.
Here are some local community colleges. Carson Newman, Walter State, Lincoln Memorial, Roane State, and others. Lincoln Memorial has just become an accredited law school. A degree from any of these colleges can get you a good paying job here. One or two I know have excellent Nursing Schools. RN and even LPN's around here make great money. The best part is an adult or even a kid working sling burgers can afford tuition for classes at Pellissippi State right now. They come out usually debt free vs tens of thousands for a typical university diploma.
Now as for pottery? Yes some local CC's do also offer "Non Credit" Courses in arts etc where no degree or credit is earned. There is no misrepresentation to that fact by the schools and it is generally more of a hobbyist aimed curriculum for those who just want to learn something for their own pleasure. The students in this case but not the state taxpayer pays the entire cost of these type courses. There are no grants, no scholarships, etc for those courses nor should there be.