Colleges optimistic about Michigan governor's budget plan
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com
Jackson Community College is among the two-year colleges happy with the news they heard last week in Gov. Rick Snyder's $48.2 billion spending plan for fiscal 2013. The plan calls for $8.5 million for community colleges to improve degree completions.

Community colleges fear they're becoming unaffordable
Sun-Sentinel
In Florida, annual tuition and fees at state colleges, also called community colleges, have increased over the past five years from about $2,000 to about $3,000 for full-time students. At the same time, there have been cuts in financial aid programs