Community Colleges

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Ashley Flood writes of enrolling in a developmental math course and convening a study group to help students who had failed before find success.

Colleges should design pathways to meet students’ different preparation levels and goals rather than foist algebra on everyone in the name of numeracy, Ben Weng writes.

A scholar at Camden County College used her dissertation as an opportunity to get more students to take more credits and graduate faster. The approach, a “15 to Finish” campaign, has fans and critics.

Even as total community college enrollment has fallen, the number of dual-enrolled high school students has grown. Is it enough to sustain the long-suffering two-year institution?

New model would focus more on rewarding community colleges for transfer and completion than on student credit hours.

In 2015 College of DuPage trustees fired the president, refused to pay a $763,000 severance and dared him to file a lawsuit. He did. Now the college is settling for $4 million.

Data from the National Student Clearinghouse show that fewer than half of students attending an institution that closes transfer to another institution.