Community Colleges

Wick Sloane urges two-year-college leaders to turn up the pressure on Congress—and on themselves—to meet their students’ needs.

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found the six-year college completion rate hit 62.2 percent, but experts say it’s still too low for underserved students.

Two new mapping projects aim to expand understanding of rural colleges and the challenges they face. One focuses on where rural college are located, the other on colleges serving rural populations.

A New York City church and a community college partner to create housing for homeless students.

The California state Legislature approved $458 million to turn Humboldt State University into a polytechnic institution that aims to bring economic growth to Humboldt County.

U.S. Department of Education has started a program review to study financial aid practices at Ohio’s Eastern Gateway Community College.

Many other fights that focus on for-profit higher education will be center stage in a round of negotiated rule making sponsored by the Department of Education this week. Will the negotiators find consensus on any issues?

Nearly one million fewer students have enrolled in higher education since the beginning of the pandemic. The losses have been felt across all types of institutions and in almost every state.