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The United States ranks low in basic proficiency language and numeracy skills in a survey of 24 countries, even though its citizens are comparatively highly educated.

The state's community colleges become the latest to consider four-year degrees, a move with big implications there and beyond.

Texas community colleges create stackable credentials for jobs in booming oil and gas industry, so students can leave when hired and return later.

Tennessee expands a remedial math project that reaches into high schools to boost college readiness, and the state's governor backs the reform with real money.

Competency-based education takes a major step forward in its challenge to seat time as College for America awards its first degree.

City College of San Francisco's accreditor is in trouble with the Education Department, which sent bombshell letter that could affect college's fate. 

California lawmakers want to turn up the heat on broad 2010 transfer law as community colleges and Cal State campuses add new transfer pathways.

Community colleges use open-source, MOOC-style content as study guides for remedial courses, and some are choosing homegrown content over courses from MOOC providers.

City College of San Francisco's best hope of staying open is probably to appeal the death sentence from its accreditor, and the college may have longer than people realize to win a reprieve.

City College of San Francisco would be largest institution ever to lose recognition. Appeal and state intervention are likely.