In Massachusetts, Holyoke Community College (HCC) and Hampden County Sheriff’s Department will use a $71,300 state grant to train currently and formerly incarcerated men and women for food service jobs while also preparing them to…
A new study by the RAND Corporation shows that community college students participating in a program that provides comprehensive support services were at least 3 percentage points more likely to persist into their second year…
Swirling students: Community college students take many different pathways to complete credentials. Editor’s note: DataPoints is a biweekly feature of the American Association of Community Colleges that provides a snapshot of information related to community…
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?…
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…