Community College

Caution on Expanding Community College 4-Year Degrees

Caution on Expanding Community College 4-Year Degrees

Inside Higher Ed By Ashley A. Smith The move by a growing number of community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees has generated excitement, especially in California, where the first crop of students in a pilot program are expected to graduate this spring. But a recent report from the state Legislature’s independent policy analysis […]

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High School Grads Want Job Skills Next, Survey Shows

High School Grads Want Job Skills Next, Survey Shows

by James Paterson Dive Brief: A new report from the College Savings Foundation (CSF) finds that 81% of high school students in its survey seek skills training, and an increasing number are considering technical schools and community colleges. The survey showed the number of students intending to go to community college increased 9% […]

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How to Boost Completion Rates

How to Boost Completion Rates

Education Dive by Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis With the nation’s average six-year college completion rate for first-time, full-time students hovering around 59% according to the National Center for Education Statistics, institutions are constantly searching for best practices and strategies to enhance graduation outcomes. And, that’s especially true when it comes to the growing enrollment […]

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Report urges adoption of ‘demand driven education’

Report urges adoption of ‘demand driven education’

Education Dive Dive Brief: ​A new report repeats a familiar call for higher education to better train graduates with the skills employers need, but also makes a series of recommendations about how institutions can initiate such “demand driven education”, which it claims will be the third wave of higher education reform. The Demand […]

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Brown Orders Creation of Online Community College

Brown Orders Creation of Online Community College

techwire.net Brown Orders Creation of Online Community College BY KAYLA NICK-KEARNEY | JUNE 30, 2017     Gov. Jerry Brown has directed California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley to create a fully online-only community college. The memo directing Oakley to create the college included a deadline to submit a plan for […]

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