Education Dec 26 What are ‘Promise Programs’ and how can they help make college more affordable? By Cecilia Lallmann, Nicole Ellis
Education May 19 How one community college professor is fighting high pandemic dropout rates Amid higher dropout rates, a professor in Texas redoubles her efforts to lead students to success. By Melissa B. Taboada, The Hechinger Report
Politics May 03 WATCH: Biden pushes education spending at stops in Virginia Biden and his wife, Jill, visited Tidewater Community College. The president has proposed $109 billion be spent to provide Americans with two years of tuition-free community college. By Associated Press
Politics Feb 09 Jill Biden pushes free access to community college, training A longtime community college professor and advocate, the first lady said people struggling to get by during the coronavirus-induced economic slump need access to these schools. By Darlene Superville, Associated Press
Education Jan 19 ‘It’s just too much’: Why some students are abandoning community colleges Fall enrollment at community colleges was down 10 percent from a year earlier, according to National Student Clearinghouse data. By Lawrence Lanahan, The Hechinger Report
Jul 14 Watch 7:19 How one community college is grappling with the pandemic, reckoning on race By Hari Sreenivasan, Cat Wise How will the fall of 2020 look for students, families and schools as the pandemic reshapes the education landscape? Community colleges, which educate about 40 percent of U.S. undergraduates, were already stretched thin. Now, their enrollment is expected to increase… Continue watching
Oct 08 Biden unveils plan for free community college By Bill Barrow, Associated Press The former vice president's $750 billion higher education plan represents a major expansion of the federal government's role in educating Americans beyond high school. Continue reading
May 09 Opinion: Part-time college students have been left out. Let’s help them By Karen Stout, Inside Higher Ed As colleges embrace strategies to bolster degree completion, this former community college president warns against creating a situation where part-time students become even more likely to drop out. Continue reading
May 04 Why community colleges can’t ignore the needs of part-time students By Ashley A. Smith, Insider Higher Ed If community colleges are going to close achievement gaps, they need to better accommodate part-time students, this report says. Continue reading
Jun 07 Did you leave college before earning your degree? The NewsHour wants to hear from you By Laura Santhanam Millions of college students are enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, but many won't finish their degrees. The NewsHour wants to know what stands between students and achievement and what higher education officials can do to remove those obstacles. Continue reading