D.C. residents suffer for the lack of a community college separate from the all-in-one institutional approach of the University of the District of Columbia, according to a report released by the Greater Washington Research arm of the Brookings Institution.

“It’s the only major city in the country without one,” said George Boggs, president and chief executive officer of the American Association of Community Colleges. “If there’s one place that needs a community college, it’s D.C.”