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Where More Money Would Matter Most
Spending more on each community college student is the key to national higher ed success, Jay Urwitz argues.
‘Audacious’ Merger or ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Mistake?
Connecticut’s community colleges get the go-ahead from their accreditor to merge. Administrators celebrate while faculty members mourn.
A Multipronged Approach
Northern Essex Community College introduced a slew of new initiatives to enroll and retain Hispanic students after the pandemic led to a sharp enrollment decline. The college recovered the losses, and administrators learned lasting lessons about how to better serve these students.
Judging Institutions Based on Employment Outcomes
Workforce Talent Educators Association wants to recognize, and conceivably accredit, institutions for how successfully they prepare students for work.
Opinion
Building Racial Dialogue in a Time of Backlash
It was no easy task to win approval for a brand-new Department of Race, Diaspora and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago, Leora Auslander and Adom Getachew write.
Feeding Neighbors, Nourishing Minds
A synagogue and a community college partner to feed students struggling with food insecurity.
Bringing Students Back, Moving Them Forward
Student success coaches contacted 27,000 students who dropped out at 25 colleges and universities. The coaches re-enrolled 3,000 students this academic year.
Opinion
Lessons From the Struggle Against the Old McCarthyism
Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin looks to the past to better understand the alarming present-day rise in attacks on what can and can’t be taught.