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Determining a Student's Place
More community colleges are moving away from relying on placement exams alone to figure out whether incoming students need remediation, but establishing a substitute system can be tricky.
Tension at the Top
A spate of resignations and terminations among community college presidents provokes worries about a shortage of qualified candidates to fill these positions.
Playbook for Transfer
Community college experts team up to develop a guide to help colleges and universities build success transfer pathways and increase bachelor's completion.
When Service Learning Doesn't Really Serve
Too often, service learning prioritizes students over the people with whom they work, Randy Stoecker argues in a new book.
The New Out-of-State Pricing Pitch
U of Maine used tuition-matching campaign to force its way into conversation with other Northeastern flagships. Move boosted freshman commitments, but none of the targeted campuses are admitting to losing applicants.
Sweet Briar's Incomplete Recovery
The nearly shuttered college did not hit its May 1 goal for admissions, but leaders hope to snag more students during the summer melt period in the rebuilding effort.
Good Outcomes for Transfers
Study finds that students who start at community college earn bachelor's degrees at much lower rates -- but those who transfer fare as well as (or better than) "native" four-year-college students.
Delayed Promise in Kentucky
A planned scholarship to provide students in Kentucky with free tuition for the first two years is put on ice for a year by the state's governor.