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Why Aren’t Progressives Focused on Earn-While-You-Learn Models?
Programs like Federal Work-Study and apprenticeships get short shrift, but they could help millions of people get educated and trained, Ryan Craig argues.
Effort Seeks to Support Rural Community College Students Seeking Jobs
Achieving the Dream, a nonprofit organization focused on community college student success, announced an initiative to increase rural colleges’ capacity to provide students with the skills they need to enter the workforce and to connect students to well-paid jobs.
Transfer Today Isn’t Linear. Solutions Must Recognize That
Our notion of a transfer student must account for the fact that today’s students move in and out of institutions and different learning experiences.
Aid Application Data Portend Dip in Low-Income, Minority Students
Number of high school seniors completing U.S. financial aid form drops 10 percent; current students renew at healthy rates. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds seem disproportionately affected.
Career Readiness in the COVID World
COVID-19 and uprisings for racial justice have called for a thorough transformation of how we prepare students for the professional world, writes Dana Hamdan.
Community Colleges Playing a Larger Role in Bachelor’s Attainment
A recent survey from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics found that community college is playing a greater role in the educational trajectories of people with bachelor's degrees.
‘Alarm Bells’ on First-Generation, Low-Income Applicants
Common App shows overall application increase, but the gains are for larger and more competitive colleges. SUNY applications fall by 20 percent.
Adding College Transfer to the Biden Administration's Agenda
College affordability remains a false promise without improving the community college transfer pipeline, argues Juana Sánchez.
Creating Rich Transcripts for Career Activation
Institutions should be embarrassed by the standard transcripts they have been issuing, unchanged for a century, and students should demand better, argues Fred Cutler.