Community Colleges

Students who attended college but didn't earn a credential were more likely to hold a job and earned more than their peers who stopped at high school, new research finds.

A major community college and a public research university team up with an outside company to improve their advising and other support services, in part by training their staffs.

Repeated text message, email and mail reminders from a state's college system and the Common Application did not prompt more students to apply for FAFSA, a study finds.

For-profit colleges were shut out of proposed legislation to expand Pell Grants to short-term programs. They’ve offered little pushback so far, though -- a sign the sector is focused on other legislative concerns.

Colleges are looking for ways to increase student participation rates in study abroad programs and to target particular populations that haven't historically studied overseas.

Texas Tech University created a K-12 school more than 25 years ago, but the school’s potential as a source of future university students is just starting to be realized.

An unexpected bequest by an unassuming donor will help financially strapped students at Compton College and also allow the institution to create an endowment.

In an upcoming book, Chester Finn Jr. and Andrew Scanlan of the Fordham Institute analyze the College Board’s most prosperous program, including which students it’s helping and hurting.