community colleges deserve real funding too

Let me tell you, I found this piece asking whether wealthy universities should share their endowments with community colleges and it got me thinking about all the people I know who started at a CC and changed their lives. I went back to school at 34 with two kids and community college was the only way I could afford it, but every semester felt like we were scraping by while I watched Ivy League schools sitting on billions. This question matters because community colleges are where most working parents, career changers, and people without family money actually go to transform their futures. If the wealthy schools shared even a fraction of their endowments, imagine what that could mean for affordable pathways and better support for the rest of us. It's a simple idea but it could be genuinely revolutionary for real people trying to build something better.