Yet, in New York City, “most” Jews and Asians attend CUNY institutions (Brooklyn, Queens, Baruch, CCNY, etc.).
Trying to compare outcomes by comparing Community Colleges with Ivy League schools is quite shortsighted. How can you possibly compare 2-year and 4-year Colleges? What I am prepared to support is that a committed student who attends a 2-year Community College and then transfer to a “good” 4-year University can approximate the education that he or she could get at an Ivy League school.
I also think that Community Colleges have come a long way in the caliber of students they attract and the resources they garner from the State. One of my kids took close 50 Dual Enrollment credits at a local Community College and I was very surprised at their IT infrastructure and available CS courses, the Science Labs, along with the text book material (often times, only available to CC students) that their students used. Community Colleges these days have a good mix of very talented students and those that require a lot of remedial work. I also agree that the quality of Community Colleges varies from State to State or even intra-state.