It's clear you don't know what you're talking about with the satellite community college level systems! They are providing regionally important job entry level training and access to career fields within the area. This is a huge geographic area  which in the past has always had to rely on outside lower 48 experts and specialists – the satellite system is letting us begin actual development of our own!  The satellites are the core, and a lot of the programs in Anchorage are available from private colleges, or from lower 48 schools. The rule college programs focus on rural regional needs - which no one else in the world does!