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Supporting public higher ed is the duty of the state, not strapped communities
Updated February 10, 2021, 2:30 a.m.
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Tiffany Wayland, a respiratory therapy student at Quinsigamond Community College, leaves Harrington Hospital in Southbridge after her shift on April 6, 2020.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
In her Feb. 1 op-ed âThey have a big local impact â and deserve local funding,â Marcella Bombardieri rightly notes the value of community colleges to the economy and in providing opportunities to students who otherwise may not have access to higher education. But she is wrong to ask strapped communities to pay for these colleges. Itâs the stateâs duty to support public higher education.