Universities welcome transfer surge
Jasmine White transferred to Morgan State University, where she’s majoring in actuarial science. (Barbara Haddock Taylor, Baltimore Sun) Maryland universities are welcoming — and even recruiting —...
View ArticleCollege doesn’t pay for everyone
This chart explains why college isn’t for everyone, writes Chris Matthews on Forbes. “The bottom quarter of earners with a college degree don’t make more money than the average high school graduate.”...
View ArticleIt’s not a bargain education if you drop out
California’s community colleges are accessible and affordable, reports KCRA-TV. But completion and transfer rates are low. Are California’s community colleges a bargain? The post It’s not a bargain...
View Article‘Some college’ pays — for some
California faces a shortage of middle-skill workers with technical certificates and associate degrees, reports the Public Policy Institute of California. In some fields, workers with “some college”...
View ArticleCalifornia OKs 4-year degrees at 2-year colleges
Fifteen California community colleges will be allowed to offer bachelor’s degrees in vocational fields. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday to create the pilot program, which will launch on Jan. 1,...
View ArticleIf for-profits fold, where will students go?
When Corinthian Colleges was forced out of business, 72,000 students were displaced, write Mark Schneider and Jorge Klor de Alva on The Hill. Students and taxpayers will pay the “real cost of Obama’s...
View ArticleChicago: Free tuition for college-ready students
College-ready students will get a free ride to the City Colleges of Chicago‘s seven campuses, reports the Chicago Tribune. To qualify for a Chicago Star Scholarship, which covers tuition, books and...
View ArticleBeyond the skills gap
Job training has moved from employers to colleges — especially community colleges — writes New America Foundation’s Mary Alice McCarthy. The “skills gap” is a policy gap, she concludes. The Higher...
View ArticleIn Oregon, 13th grade = free year of college
Some Oregon students are signing up for a fifth year of high school — that’s really a first year of community college. The state pays the district about “$6,500 per student, and the district in turn...
View ArticleCandidates aren’t talking about community colleges
College costs are a major issue for Democratic candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, writes Rick Hess. Few Republicans are talking about college costs in their campaigns. Democrats running for U.S....
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