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Three students walk in the tree-lined courtyard at Roxbury Community College.
Three students walk in the tree-lined courtyard at Roxbury Community College.

New Hope After Enrollment Declines at Massachusetts Community Colleges

June 22, 2023

The state’s community colleges have had steep, decades-long enrollment drops. Their leaders believe a proposed free college program for adult learners can help turn trends around.

Centenary University psychology professor Tal Ben-Shahar, a light-skinned man with short hair wearing glasses, stands in front of shelves of books.
Centenary University psychology professor Tal Ben-Shahar, a light-skinned man with short hair wearing glasses, stands in front of shelves of books.

As Student Mental Health Worsens, Colleges Embrace Happiness Courses

June 20, 2023

Centenary University’s new master’s degree program in happiness studies emerges as courses related to well-being proliferate on college campuses.

Illustration of five stacks of coins with a hand placing an extra coin on the last, tallest stack.
Illustration of five stacks of coins with a hand placing an extra coin on the last, tallest stack.

‘More Refined’ Performance-Based Funding for Community Colleges

June 15, 2023

Oregon and other states are on the verge of embracing new performance-based funding models for their community colleges. Higher ed experts say these kinds of models have changed in recent years.

Cover of America’s Hidden Economic Engines: How Community Colleges Can Drive Shared Prosperity, edited by Robert Schwartz and Rachel Lipson
Cover of America’s Hidden Economic Engines: How Community Colleges Can Drive Shared Prosperity, edited by Robert Schwartz and Rachel Lipson

‘America’s Hidden Economic Engines’

June 14, 2023

A new book from the Harvard Project on Workforce paints community colleges as pivotal for economic prosperity. The book’s editors and a community college president discuss why.