communitycolleges

The community college that serves students not unlike Michael Brown is a local hub important enough that Attorney General Holder made the campus his first stop. Local students see the college as a way out.

Employers view for-profits and community colleges equally on job applications, a novel study finds, but what that means is in the eye of the beholder.

Community colleges ask Washington for help on a federal loan-default measure they say is snagging colleges where relatively few students borrow.

New data on the 31 million Americans who attended college but failed to earn a credential, including details about 4 million who are almost there.

A leaked email shows a community college president's attempt to pressure a governor for $20 million in state funds -- even though the college had already finished the project for which the money was appropriated.

Colorado's fix for remedial education is multipronged rather than heavy-handed, and it seems to be working.

Too many unprepared students are enrolling in community college, argues a new book, which takes on both open-access admissions policies and the "completion agenda."

City College of San Francisco's accreditor blinks amid intense political pressure, giving the college a path to a two-year extension to attempt to retain its accreditation.

As the clock ticks down on City College of San Francisco, powerful politicians weigh in and threaten to shut down an accrediting commission.

National enrollment slide slows, but community colleges and for-profits continue to lose students, with differences among age groups.