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
Feb 08 San Francisco becomes first city to offer free community college tuition to all residents By Dave Berndtson The new program comes as several other jurisdictions, including the states of New York and Rhode Island, are considering free tuition programs. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 5:31 Seeing need, Cleveland program trains steelworkers of tomorrow By PBS News Hour In Cleveland, a special school-to-work program leads community college students to jobs at a local steel plant where hundreds of workers are expected to start retiring. Special correspondent Amy Hansen from WVIZ/PBS Idea Stream reports in a preview of American… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 7:55 The free community college experiment everyone is watching By PBS News Hour Tennessee is expecting record enrollment at its community colleges this year, under a new program that guarantees two years of tuition for free for students who meet some simple requirements. But can schools keep the students enrolled? Special correspondent Yasmeen… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 54:21 PBS NewsHour full episode September 10, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Russia steps up military support for President Assad in Syria. Also: A memorial is dedicated to the victims of flight 93, a new ancient species could change our understanding of human evolution, how the business of… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch 6:53 How community colleges can help close the graduation gap By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch 7:13 Does early college for high school students pave a path to graduation? By PBS News Hour In a Texas border town where nearly all high school students live in poverty, the school district is trying an experiment to get more kids into college. Instead of waiting until students graduate to enroll them in higher education, the… Continue watching