[sokoloff]

Do I believe that everyone should attend college? I do not. Of the people who should attend college, is it frequent that people can't grok single-variable algebra?

I'm not disputing your superior experience on this topic (hence "well-informed position"); I'm just saying that it's fairly depressing.

[syops]

In case you don’t know this, community colleges are generally required to accept everyone who applies that has a high school diploma or a GED. We are open enrollment institutions.

I understand now what you meant by fairly depressing. Thank you for the clarification.