Too busy to help
Sacramento News & Review
In his two years as homeless liaison, American River College’s Brett Sawyer says the group he supervises totaled between 40 and 50 homeless students. It’s difficult to know how many found housing because, while some students keep in touch, others virtually disappear.
Training ramps up for light rail technicians
Finance & Commerce
Hennepin Technical College awarded degrees Thursday to six graduates of its light rail technology program, the first of its kind in the Minnesota State system.
How college towns could benefit more from throngs of student volunteers
The Conversation
Nonprofits in college towns can get more from the students volunteers and students could benefit more from the experience if each side had a better understanding of what the other needs and made a bigger effort to accommodate those needs.
Too few guidance counselors, too little information
The 74
National rankings of high schools are based in part on how many graduates go on to four-year colleges or universities, exerting pressure on guidance counselors that can create an anti-community-college culture.
Commentary: Enrollments in Utah colleges will dip if access is not addressed
Salt Lake Tribune
The existing enrollment and completion gap in postsecondary education between minority populations and the white population at Utah’s public colleges and universities will only increase as the state’s demographic makeup changes and access is not addressed.
