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
Jan 20 Obama: Community college should be ‘as free and universal in America as high school’ By Kyla Calvert Mason As expected, President Obama outlined his proposal to offer two years of free community college tuition for students, first detailed two weeks ago in Tennessee. Or as he put it in the speech, "to lower the cost of community college… Continue reading
Jan 19 What exactly is in President Obama’s State of the Union proposals By Domenico Montanaro, Lisa Desjardins, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Obama unveils tax increases on wealthy, credits for the middle class It’s the latest round of economic populism from this president Here’s everything else he’s proposed over the last two weeks ahead of the… Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 7:08 Would free tuition boost student success at community colleges? By PBS News Hour President Obama’s plan to make the first two years of community college free could help up to 9 million students and add educated employees to the workforce. But it would cost the federal government billions and would have to pass… Continue watching
Jan 09 Obama to outline plan for free community college By Kyla Calvert Mason President Barack Obama will announce a proposal today to make two years of community college free for eligible students with the goal of making a two-year college degree as universal as a high school diploma. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch Grad rates double after reinvention of Chicago City Colleges By PBS News Hour Just 20 percent of community college students complete a degree in the U.S. Cheryl Hyman, chief of City Colleges of Chicago, is reshaping her school system to not only provide wide access to higher education, but to put students on… Continue watching
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Jun 21 Watch Community Colleges Struggling With Spreading the Knowledge Special correspondent John Tulenko reports on the struggle inside community colleges trying to help students at all learning levels. Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘Elegy VII (Last Moment)’ by Jason Schneiderman Jason Schneiderman reads "Elegy VII (Last Moment)" from his book, "Striking Surface."… Continue watching