Headlines often focus on the challenges facing higher education — rising costs, shifting workforce demands and questions about value. Yet at a time when confidence in institutions is waning, many ...

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Since their inception more than a century ago, community colleges have served as a democratizing force in U.S. higher education, rooted in accessible opportunity rather than selective exclusivity. As ...

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to "create a Community College Partnership Program to strengthen community colleges by providing grants to a) conduct more thorough analysis of ...

Community colleges were designed to stay close to their communities, responding in real time to shifting workforce needs, economic disruption and the changing realities of students’ lives. That ...

The high cost of student loans, fights over policy at four-year universities and a surge in young Americans seeking blue-collar work are all driving up enrollment at community colleges. Enrollment ...

Workforce preparation and adult education were billed as crucial investments in the future of Pennsylvania when the governor delivered his budget address earlier this month. Despite that positive ...

Students and their families often view college value in stark terms –whether it provides a return on investment. And with the high cost of attending college it is reasonable that we make sure college ...

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1. Community college is college You may have heard that community college is the thirteenth year of school or that it’s not as rigorous as a four-year university. I want to dispel both of those myths.