Community Colleges

A nonpartisan watchdog group is questioning whether City Colleges of Chicago is misleading the public with proclamations of dramatic graduation rate increases.

Amid declining budgets and enrollments, Connecticut is the latest state to attempt a merger involving two-year colleges, with a proposal to consolidate its 12 community colleges.

More young people are being exposed to the free community college movement than ever before, but some experts worry that tuition-free programs may not be sustainable or may create unintended consequences.

Alabama will issue manufacturing industry certifications across its two-year college system in an effort to create a better educational pipeline to jobs in manufacturing and transportation.

Ambitious project to create public database of wage data and other information about all postsecondary credentials seeks to help students and employers know more about what's expected in academic and job-training programs.

The new status quo may be more calls by state lawmakers for better completion rates and work-force outcomes.

New York's new public tuition scholarship comes with a full-time enrollment requirement, which may help boost the state's community colleges.

Community college and university presidents must lead the way in improving transfer student success, write Robert Templin and K. C. Deane.