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Constructive Guides or Confounding Relics?

Community college catalogs must overcome three barriers if they are serve their purpose: excess span and scope, unbounded choice, and ambiguity of purpose, write Terry O’Banion and Cindy Miles.

Legislating Against Critical Race Theory

More than a dozen states considered or passed legislation targeting critical race theory this year. How has this academic concept become so politicized?

A Clean Slate

Historically Black colleges and universities are forgiving students’ debts with the hopes of alleviating some of the financial strains of the pandemic and possibly providing them more financial freedom in the future.

Bridging the Workforce Training Gap at Community Colleges

The ACCESS to Careers Act would be a critical first step in developing programs that effectively train a post-pandemic workforce, advocates say.

Raising the Roof for Student Housing

Community college leaders and lawmakers are reinvigorating their efforts to provide housing for students after the pandemic shined a spotlight on housing insecurity.

Boom, Not Bust, for Employer-Funded Learning

The 2020 recession didn’t slow corporate spending on employee education and training. A $150 million investment in Guild Education, which helps employees find the learning they need, suggests continued growth in the market.

Transfer Rates Tumble at 2-Year Colleges

The pandemic is still causing the number of students who transfer between and to two-year colleges to plummet, a new report shows. Meanwhile, transfer to four-year colleges is on the rise again.

‘A Poisonous Atmosphere’

The faculty union at County College of Morris has called on the institution's president to resign after a series of faculty layoffs and continued tensions under his leadership.