[Spooky23]

Some kids get out of high school and find their way. They go to college, join the military, start working in a trade, etc. That's the "path" that I'm referring to.

Others don't. They end up working in marginal jobs or jobs without a good career path. In the meantime life goes on. They have children. They have ailing parents. Or any of a thousand other distractions.

Point is, for many, there isn't a "trap" in community college education. The ability to affordably take a couple of courses a year when you work one or two jobs and raise a child is success. Programs like ASAP are awesome and will help many, but the article implies that the overall concept of community college is a failure. That's an assertion that I do not believe to be true.