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Leveraging technology to open opportunities

Former Butler County Community College students Briana Yoursh and Lawrence Weaver sit inside a small, square room, flanking an even smaller rectangular table. Its surface is nearly hidden by laptops and cell phones and slithering…


Improving FAFSA completion rates

Editor’s note: This excerpt comes from the American Association of Community Colleges’ 21st-Century Center. Nearly 40 percent of federal aid-eligible students don’t complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly called the FAFSA. Why?…


12 cities to work on pathway plans

The National League of Cities (NLC) will work with 12 cities to build and scale innovative ideas in implementing pathways to postsecondary and workforce success. NLC is starting a two-year effort to address a major…


Commentary: Tackling enrollment challenges

Shoreline Community College opened 52 years ago on an 83-acre campus 10 miles north of Seattle. In 2015–2016, we served 10,003 students studying more than 100 transfer and professional degree programs and hosted international students…