Politics Feb 07 Michigan governor’s budget promises free education, GOP says plan doesn’t provide ‘real value’ By Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press
Education May 09 Watch 8:28 Community colleges pay student expenses beyond tuition hoping to boost graduation rates Community colleges can be a catapult to economic mobility, dramatically increasing earnings and almost all are open admission. But most students that start degrees do not finish on time, and many don’t finish at all. Hari Sreenivasan reports on a… By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber
Education Apr 03 Community colleges face low enrollment, dismal completion rates Scant advising, labyrinthian financial aid and unclear career pathways are among the challenges facing two-year schools and their students. By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report
Education Mar 10 Why more Americans are skipping college Colleges nationwide saw undergraduate enrollments drop 8 percent from 2019 to 2022, with continued declines even after the return to in-person classes, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse. Economists say the impact could be dire. By Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Education Dec 26 What are ‘Promise Programs’ and how can they help make college more affordable? U.S. student loan debt totaled more than $1.7 trillion dollars in 2021. And while President Biden’s recently announced student loan payment extension helps relieve some of the pressure for some of those borrowers, it doesn’t address making secondary education more… By Cecilia Lallmann, Nicole Ellis
May 19 How one community college professor is fighting high pandemic dropout rates By Melissa B. Taboada, The Hechinger Report Amid higher dropout rates, a professor in Texas redoubles her efforts to lead students to success. Continue reading
May 03 WATCH: Biden pushes education spending at stops in Virginia By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Feb 09 Jill Biden pushes free access to community college, training By Darlene Superville, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 19 ‘It’s just too much’: Why some students are abandoning community colleges By Lawrence Lanahan, The Hechinger Report Fall enrollment at community colleges was down 10 percent from a year earlier, according to National Student Clearinghouse data. Continue reading
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