For most of them,everything's rosy. Once dismissed as lowly junior colleges and commuter schools in urban areas where students could walk or take public transit to class, these two-year colleges are attracting tens of thousands of students who would normally enroll in four-year private or state universities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.14

If anything, the greatest advances in access have been to the benefit of lower-income and under-prepared students as there has been a proliferation of high quality two-year junior and community colleges that cater to such students.

ECONOMIST: Trade and Central America