FTEs don’t equal students
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Innovation is key at new workforce centers
The newly renovated Applied Technology and Trades Center at Aims Community College in Colorado integrates learning into the actual walls of the building. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
Taking one more course can matter
A new report emphasizes the benefits of part-time students adding more courses — even just one — in helping them persist and complete a credential. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community…
N.M. mulls spending on dual enrollment
New Mexico officials are reconsidering whether increasingly popular college-level classes taken by high school students warrant growing public subsidies. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,…
Four-year itch
When Ohio in late June became the latest state to let community colleges award four-year degrees, Clark State Community College President Jo Alice Blondin was ecstatic. Dennis PierceDennis Pierce is an education writer based in…
Dual enrollment yields promising results
Nearly half of dual-enrollment students who first went to a community college earned a postsecondary credential five years after high school, according to a new report. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of…
The lasting impact of Mentor-Connect
Grant funding from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program can transform STEM (science, technology, education and math) programs at community colleges. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More…
Ky. governor: Cut college programs that don’t pay off
Gov. Matt Bevin bluntly suggested this week that some academic programs on Kentucky’s college campuses have outlived their necessity in times of tight state budgets. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This…
Fewer transfers to four-year institutions
Fewer students are transferring from community colleges to four-year colleges and universities, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community…
Calif. ‘transfer maze’ costly for students, economy
Despite recent reforms, transferring from California’s community colleges to one of the state’s public four-year systems is so complex and cumbersome that it’s costing students time and money — and it also can have an…