Community College
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
The Tangled Web: The High School Diploma, College and Career Readiness Standards and Career and Technical Education
Marc Tucker looks at how low bars for college and career readiness standards, career and technical education and high school graduation requirements are leaving U.S. students two and three years behind their peers in top-performing systems.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
An Open Letter to Secretary DeVos: How to Create a World-Class Career and Technical Education System
In an open letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Marc Tucker outlines what it would take for the United States to build a career and technical education system on par with those of top-performing countries.
College & Workforce Readiness
Retooled Courses Help Students Avoid a Remedial-Math Roadblock to College
Too often, students who dream of a college degree fall into the "black hole" of remedial math. Now there's a path out.
College & Workforce Readiness
Commentary
Will Free Community College Really Help Low-Income Students?
Free community college is an exciting idea, but it's not enough to get students over the finish line, cautions Kate Schwass.
College & Workforce Readiness
Students in El Paso Get Leg Up on College
A network of early-college high schools on the Texas border is nudging first-generation students onto the path to college.
College & Workforce Readiness
Tenn. Free-Tuition Program Moves Focus to College Retention
The promise of free tuition lured 16,000 students to Tennessee colleges this year; now state officials are working to keep them there.
College & Workforce Readiness
K-12 a Minor Topic in First Democratic Debate
While there was some discussion about college costs, the Democratic candidates for president did not delve far into big K-12 topics like testing, teacher evaluation, or how to improve low-performing schools.
College & Workforce Readiness
Researchers Rethink Community College With Clearer Student Pathways
In a new book, experts from the Community College Research Center call for reforming two-year colleges by increasing support and guidance for students on career pathways.
College & Workforce Readiness
Student Engagement at Community Colleges Is Up
A new report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement shows steady improvement over the past decade in how students feel connected on campus and challenged academically.
College & Workforce Readiness
Low-Income Students Choose Closest—But Not Always Best—Colleges
A new study finds students in Florida community colleges often do not transfer to four-year universities because they are located too far from their homes.
College & Workforce Readiness
With Enough Support, Graduation Rates at CUNY Double
The City University of New York finds that a comprehensive support program helped double graduation rates among community college students.
College & Workforce Readiness
Community College Completion Rates Dropping in Most States, Finds Survey
A survey of state directors of community colleges finds most states had flat to declining completion rates last year.
Early Childhood
K-12 Gets Short Shrift in State of the Union Speech
The president calls for two free years of community college and child-care aid, but ESEA goes unmentioned.
College & Workforce Readiness
Free Community College Plan Tops Obama's Education Wish List
America's College Promise was the biggest education item outlined by the President in his State of the Union address, but its passage faces big hurdles in the Republican-controlled Congress.