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Voices of Student Success: Improving Upward Transfer Processes

Voices of Student Success, a series focused on student retention, engagement and graduation in higher education, takes over this week’s...
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Colleges Balk at Federal Plan to Require Attendance Taking in Online Courses

The department says taking attendance will help ensure Title IV funds are used properly. Online-facing faculty said it will create a financial and time burden.

Professors in their ceremonial graduation garb holding a big check on a stage

$237M Donation to Florida A&M Was ‘Fraudulent’

A third-party investigation of the historic donation to Florida A&M University from a mysterious donor finds the gift was worthless—and that the university’s now-resigned president pressured staff to move forward despite concerns.

LACCD Chancellor Stepping Down This Fall

Los Angeles Community College District chancellor Francisco Rodriguez is stepping down after a decade at the helm of the nation’s...

Va. House Speaker Seeks Removal of Project 2025 Co-Author From GMU Board

Concerned about Project 2025, a blueprint for conservative governance crafted by the Heritage Foundation, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, a...
Minnesota governor Tim Walz, a light-skinned man with white hair and glasses, speaks outside the White House

Harris’s VP Pick Has Backed Free College, Big Investments in State Universities

The second-term governor and former high school teacher is known as someone who believes in the power of education.

Ep. 124: Voices of Student Success: Improving Upward Transfer Processes

Community college students make up 40 percent of enrollment in U.S. higher education, and 80 percent of those students want to go on to earn a bachelor’s degree. However, only around 16 percent of those students will be successful in transferring and completing a four-year degree within six years after transferring.

Pine Manor College in 2022, prior to its renovations to become Messina College

Success Program Launch: Wraparound 2-Year Program for First-Gen Learners

Boston College established a two-year residential college for low-income, first-generation students, which equips them with college readiness prep and experiential learning.