Editor's note: The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released updated data in March 2021 showing that its Dec.10 data release significantly overstated declines in college enrollment counts that are described in the text below.
Pitzer College is launching a bachelor's degree program for incarcerated students, according to a media advisory.
The college, which is a member of the Claremont Colleges in California, claims to be the first college in the nation to create such a program. The program will use inside-out curriculum, meaning both incarcerated students and Pitzer students will take the courses inside a correctional facility.
A proposed free tuition scholarship for New Mexico went through several changes in the Legislature. Experts say some of the changes are good, but others leave some students behind.
National completion rates have plateaued, and community college completion rates decreased, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
The six-year completion rate for those who started college in 2014 is up by only 0.3 percent, bringing it to 60.1 percent, the center found. The national eight-year completion rate fell by 0.5 percentage points to 61.3 percent -- the first decline in years.
