Community Colleges

Federal panel recommends new ways to measure performance of community colleges.

Many community college officials have pledged to increase completion rates. Now, they're asking students to do the same.

At community colleges, there is no gender gap among science and technology faculty. And study finds that women teaching in the sector are happy.

Edison State awarded degrees to students who didn't complete requirements, raising concerns that pressure to raise graduation rates could produce such incidents.

Community college students who enroll in distance courses are more likely to fail or drop out than are those in in-person classes, study finds.

A community college in Chicago finds that study groups can dramatically improve passage rates. But faculty worry that changes in grading rules are a key reason for the improvements.

To identify waste and inefficiencies, Colorado Mountain College adopted a budget process that will require administrators to justify each expenditure every year.

Rising tuitions (and inadequate transfer policies) are putting even two-year institutions out of reach for many Americans, report asserts.