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An adult staff member stands with seven participants in the STAR program, all young Black college students.

Can Mandatory Support Keep Students Enrolled?

Ferrum College’s STAR program requires struggling students to participate, yielding early gains in retention and academic performance.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, a white man with gray hair, wearing a suit and standing in front of the US Supreme Court building in Washington.

North Carolina Cuts Community College Student Success Initiative Funding

The move slashes funding for 21 community colleges to provide structured and goal-oriented services to “underachieving students.”

Happy group of adult female and male students sitting at the desks in the classroom, looking away and smiling.

States Need Better Adult Learner Strategies

More than 43 million Americans have college credits but no credential. A new report from ReUp Education outlines how states can improve efforts to re-engage them.

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Campuses as Places

New uses for an existing resource.

A graduate in blue academic regalia hugs an administrator in black regalia, holding his diploma in one hand. Another graduate behind them is wearing a Prison-to-College Pathways stole and a blue and yellow cord with his regalia.

From Inmate to College Graduate

CUNY’s Prison-to-College Pathways Pipeline celebrated its first commencement while helping incarcerated students earn associate degrees and find belonging.

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How Do Employers View Community College Baccalaureate Degrees?

A new white paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests employers value community college baccalaureate degrees in...
Two young Black kids sitting around a table designed for building with Lego blocks.

Free Summer Childcare Helps Student Parents

For student parents, finding childcare can mean the difference between stopping out and staying on track. LaGuardia Community College is stepping in to help.

Four students in a lecture hall, at curved tables, with their laptops open in front of them.

How 4 Programs Instill Learning by Doing

From AI workshops to race cars and biotech labs, colleges are expanding hands-on learning in response to student demand and workforce needs.