One way to cope with college inflation: take the f...

2009-10-28T00:04:23.099-04:00

One way to cope with college inflation: take the first two years at a community college.

Employers and graduate schools notice only where you finished the bachelor's degree...they don't care that you took lower-division work at a cheaper school. Often instruction is better at community colleges, because faculty members focus mostly on pedagogy and are not distracted with the demands of governance and publishing. Too many lower-division courses in four-year universities are taught by graduate students, not the case at community colleges.

Another strategy is to take as many credits as you can stomach in summer school. This can cut a year or more off a typical four-year degree program.

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One way to cope with college inflation: take the f...