A [new study](http://wiscape.wisc.edu/Publications/Publication.aspx?ID=f067637b-c646-47c0-8361-c6e1aadf017e) by Jennie Brand, Fabian Pfeffer, and Sara Goldrick-Rab finds that while enrolling at a community college appears to decrease college completion rates among more-advantaged students who otherwise would have attended 4-year colleges, it has a modestly positive effect for disadvantaged students who otherwise would not have attended college — a group that represents the majority of community college-goers.

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