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Tuition-Free, With Strings
Advocates for free college worry that residency, course-load and drug-testing requirements will keep the neediest students out of state programs.
Focus on Student Success Increases Well-Being
A new survey shows graduates from Achieving the Dream colleges report higher percentages of financial and community well-being compared to other community college alumni.
Collaborating on Completion
New project from land-grant university association will bring 100 institutions together to work on improving student completion rates and closing achievement gaps.
Advising Equals Engaged Students
Retention and graduation rates increase for community colleges that beef up or get creative with their student advising services.
The Cost of Attending For-Profits
New analysis says that students in certificate programs gain more economically from attending public institutions -- or no institution at all -- than for-profits.
Dropping the D
Transfer rates at North Carolina's Stanly Community College increased after the college made the simple grading change of no longer awarding D's.
Opinion
President Trump Uses the Wrong Word (as Usual)
When our wordsmith in chief says community colleges should become more vocational, he may not mean what he thinks he means. But he does have a point, writes Ryan Craig.
Publication by Design
Two major journals experiment with "registered reports," agreeing to publish articles based on their design and potential significance, not their results. Could this be a model for others, and one solution to the reproducibility crisis?