Native American enrollment in community college has plummeted 60% in 20 years. Here’s why
LAist
In the 1997-1998 academic year, there were about 26,000 Native American students enrolled in California’s community college system. Twenty years later, that number was down to about 10,000.
Northwest Arkansas Community College board continues discussion of residence halls
NorthWest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
The college’s board, following a nearly hourlong discussion at its annual summer retreat meeting this week, directed President Evelyn Jorgenson to do additional study of the feasibility of a dormitory on campus.
They’re 16. They’re earning free college degrees. How’s it going for these Philly students?
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia’s school system is paying the Community College of Philadelphia $4 million over four years for as many as 500 Parkway Middle College students above and beyond the high school’s regular budget. Spots in the program are coveted; 2,500 students applied for 130 spots in this year’s freshman class.
