The Oregon State Legislature has adopted a new funding model for its community colleges. It’s… wait for it … performance-based funding! Oregon joins Texas, North…
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If you’re looking for additional rationale for applying minimum earnings standards to community college programs, here’s one more. Sixty-two percent of this year’s graduating class…
Kansas and Colorado have made it official: Their four-year universities automatically award associate degrees when the student amasses enough credits for them. The Kansas Board…
It seems like state legislatures are getting a little cranky with colleges and universities about the value of their degrees. Ohio is the latest state…
Isn’t it interesting how different groups can have remarkably different perspectives on the same thing? A recent Harris Poll of new college graduates revealed that…
Earlier this week, Austin Community College announced that it will offer an associate degree in business administration that students can complete entirely through eight week…
Last week, New York governor Kathy Hochul announced that about 125,000 high school seniors would receive automatic acceptance letters to the state’s community colleges. Generally,…
Bridge Michigan published an interesting piece on the declining enrollment in Michigan’s colleges and universities. According to the article, enrollment declines at Michigan’s colleges and…
According to data the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released last week, Spring community college enrollment was up marginally, compared to Spring 2022 enrollment. According…
Here’s another reason to prefer degree programs over short-term training. Researchers from Princeton University who study mortality say that Americans who have earned a bachelor’s…