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State Funding Hit Lands on 2-Year Colleges
Four-year institutions have fared better than two-year colleges when it comes to state support, a split that might be tied to enrollment declines.
‘Creating Entrepreneurial Community Colleges’
Author discusses her new book on how to use design thinking to change community colleges.
Spring Enrollment Keeps Slipping
Undergraduate enrollment fell by 4.5 percent versus last spring, with deep drops among some underrepresented students, according to early data. Graduate enrollment ticked up, but not enough to prevent an overall decline in student numbers.
New Hampshire Merger Proposal Takes Shape
Governor-backed plan would merge state's public university and community college system boards in July. Budgets would be combined next year.
Opinion
E-Job Hunting Met With Ambivalence
College students appreciate flexibility from online job interviews but worry they would connect better with potential employers in person.
Investigation Into a Former Chancellor
A California community college district has fired a chancellor emeritus following allegations of secret gifts and undisclosed personal relationships with vendors during his tenure in office.
Opinion
The Promise of Dual-Mission Colleges
The institutions, which mix certificate, two-year and four-year programs, offer a novel approach in a postsecondary ecosystem that needs to adapt, write Jamie Merisotis and Carrie Besnette Hauser.
Opinion
Tempering the Baby Bust Financial Hit
Even though fewer children will be born in the coming years, a greater number of them will be able to pay more to attend college, writes Phillip B. Levine.