Community College

Multiyear Study of Community-College Practices Asks: What Helps Students Graduate?

Submitted by admin on Feb 02 4:18pm GMT

Original article written by Jennifer Gonzalez for http://chronicle.com 
Community colleges are brimming with programs and policies designed to help students complete their studies. Practices like requiring orientation and establishing early-academic-warning systems have sprouted since 2009, when President Obama announced that he wanted to make the United States the best-educated country in the world by 2020.

Community colleges are brimming with programs and policies designed to help students complete their studies. Practices like requiring orientation and establishing early-academic-warning systems have sprouted since 2009, when President Obama announced that he wanted to make the United States the best-educated country in the world by 2020.

Times are booming for community colleges

Submitted by LCuscuna on Dec 30 9:18am GMT

Between the economy, students considering less expensive schools, and online learning, the last decade has been community colleges' time to shine.

(Bucks County Courier Times, December 30, 2009) Online learning boosts are part of the increase in BCCC's enrollment.
 
Between the economy, students considering less expensive schools, and online learning, the last decade has been community colleges' time to shine.
 

Defining the Enrollment Boom

Submitted by LCuscuna on Dec 18 2:55pm GMT

All through the fall semester, community colleges have been reporting enrollment growth. On Thursday, the American Association of Community Colleges released the results of a survey designed to see if the many individual reports add up to a national trend -- and the survey results suggest they do.

(Inside Higher Ed, December 18, 2009) All through the fall semester, community colleges have been reporting enrollment growth.