community colleges
Students prefer to take ‘important’ courses face to face
The independent nature of online courses has seemingly driven community college students to sign up for less challenging classes online while taking tough classes in a traditional classroom.
5 reasons community colleges make sense right now
Whether you're a parent or a high school student researching college options, community college should be high on the list, says U.S. News.
Report: Technology not the answer to bolstering community college access
More than 400,000 Americans were turned away from community colleges last year not because schools couldn’t keep up with the demand for online courses, but because deep state…
Obama looks to ‘educate our way to a better economy’
President Obama tabbed $8 billion in his new budget for online and in-person job training programs at community colleges in a move that Education Secretary Arne Duncan says…
Two-year colleges draw more affluent students
Julie Hong grew up in the sort of leafy Montgomery County suburb where college is assumed, the Washington Post reports.
Obama administration’s education program to focus on jobs
President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled an expansion of an administration program to improve industry partnerships with community colleges, Politico reports.
Opinion: Community colleges must commit to change
A new report documents abysmally low student transfer and completion rates at California's two-year schools. Two L.A.-area campuses have already begun to make changes, say directors at the…
$20 billion in ed funding slashed from student aid legislation
In last-minute maneuvering designed to get the measure to pass, lawmakers eliminated $20 billion in proposed education funding from the student aid overhaul enacted by Congress last week:…