I mean, you can do more than one thing at a community college.

For core undergrad prereq classes in Illinois, CC credits are as good as flagship credits. If you've got a physics prereq, take it at a CC, pay less for it, and probably get better instruction --- that's the experience my kids had.

If you need a GED, get your GED. Sounds pretty great!

Need a welding certification? The CC has the facilities and instructors.

It'd be one thing if they did a poor job at all (or any) of these things. But from what I can tell, they mostly do an excellent job at all these things.

I transferred from my “do everything” community college to a college that only offered one major and zero electives.

Every student took exactly the same classes.

The level of support was amazing!

All of the students were able to help each other, because they all had the same courses,

By the time I started a class, I’d heard a dozen stories about what we learn and do.

And then when I was in my senior year, I spent lots of time mentoring the incoming students on what to expect.

I don’t think you can realistically do so many things. Not well anyway.

We need more specialized schools.