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Tapping Wages for Training
Michigan's community colleges have found success in tapping an unusual funding mechanism to partner with local employers to train new employees.
When the Sum Isn't Greater
Wisconsin legislators ponder merging state's two-year college systems. Some faculty are concerned a merger would threaten the systems' different missions and damage general education.
Big Completion Goals in Texas
Texas joins the college completion agenda with new goal for 60 percent of its young adults to have college degrees or certificates by 2030.
Finding the Right Match
College-match discussion should be about typical students and colleges, experts say at conference, not just whether high-performing, low-income students get into elite colleges.
Two-Plus-Two in Temecula
Temecula didn't have a public university, so CSU San Marcos and Mt. San Jacinto College made the trip to create a joint degree track with some novel features.
Who Gets to Decide?
English professors at a Michigan community college now spend four hours a week with students during an introductory composition course. Their president wants to cut that time to three hours for some students, and faculty members object.
Boosting Aid
California is investing money in expanding aid programs that benefit its community college students, which could be a sign that free two-year college is a possibility.
Honor Society Leader Steps Down
Longtime executive director of Phi Theta Kappa retires from his position at two-year-college group following charges and a seemingly aborted investigation into inappropriate behavior.