Community Colleges

Connecticut system hopes for big savings by running 12 campuses centrally and combining back-office functions at colleges and universities.

University that locked out its faculty in the fall is now telling professors they must shrink the core curriculum within a year and make do without majors such as philosophy and math.

Associate degrees can lead to far greater wage earnings than certificates, a new report shows.

Indiana moves to focus on job training through nondegree programs.

Republican-dominated Washington wants more occupational job training as an alternative to college degrees. But higher education will remain the federal government’s primary job-training system, albeit one experts say could use a reboot.

Arkansas becomes latest state to create a free community college plan. But it limits programs of study and could require some recipients to pay back the money.

A new study points to food and housing issues that prevent many community college students from progressing.