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Study: Wide Racial Gaps Persist in College Degree Attainment

Compared to White adults in the United States, Black adults are two-thirds as likely to hold a college degree and Latino adults are only half as likely – with both groups attaining degrees at a lower rate in 2016 than White adults did back in 1990. So say research findings in a new report by […]

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U.S. Senators Offer ‘Reverse Transfer’ Bills

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduced bipartisan legislation to make it easier for students to get degrees they have already earned by ‘reverse’ transferring college credits from four-year institutions to community colleges. For certain workers, an associate’s degree or certificate is the most affordable, accessible […]

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University Teams with Colleges, High Schools for ‘Degree in 3’

School leaders from across the area gathered at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus on Tuesday to formalize an agreement for the new “Degree in 3” program. It offers an accelerated path to a bachelor’s degree. “High-achieving high school students who are taking concurrent enrollment courses who want to move on to the community college get their […]

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Kaine Introduces ‘Reverse Transfer’ Bill

U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) have introduced The Correctly Recognizing Educational Achievements to Empower (CREATE) Graduates Act.  This bill will help students receive the degrees that they have already earned by creating incentives for institutions of higher education to establish “reverse transfer” programs, or initiatives to transfer back credits from a […]

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Bachelor’s Degree Graduates Make California History

Nearly 140 students throughout the state are making history this graduation season as the first in the California Community Colleges to earn a bachelor’s degree through the groundbreaking Baccalaureate Pilot Program. “This spring we congratulate the first bachelor degree earners in the California Community Colleges. With this pilot program we are furthering the mission of […]

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‘Reverse Transfer’ Provides Motivation, Associate’s Degree

Twelve years after graduating from high school, Stephen Houx had earned a lot of college credits before and after a five-year stint in the Marine Corps, but he was still working toward a degree. Then out of the blue, he was notified last year that his time at Gateway Community College plus his courses at […]

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Santa Monica to Confer First Bachelor’s Degrees

Santa Monica College’s 88th commencement ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12 at Corsair Field, said the school in a press release. About 675 of the more than 4,500 students who have earned degrees and certificates are expected to take part. Like other 2 year schools, SMC has many part time students. Among the graduating students […]

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N.C. College Offers Flexible Plan to Earn IT Degrees

Wake Technical Community College is proud to announce a flexible new way to earn IT degrees. “Wake Tech Flex” is an innovative competency-based education initiative offered in two Computer Technologies degree programs: Software Development and Network Management. Competency-based education is a learning model that allows students to get credit for what they already know, progress at their […]

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Student Graduates with 8 Degrees

In her 23 years at Lakeland Community College, Professor and Co-chair of Mechanical Engineering Debbie Lozano has never seen anything quite like it. “It’s absolutely overwhelming,” she said. “I never dreamed I’d see a student like this. He went at it hard every step of the way. We went out of our way to adjust our […]

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Access to Child Care Important to Success

As a 37-year-old enrolled at a local community college, Tracy Mingo shares the experience of many of today’s college students: She’s a parent. More than a quarter of undergraduates – about 4.8 million students – are raising dependent children, according to the most recent data published by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Mingo decided […]

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Delaware Cohorts Let Students Earn Bachelor’s in Place

When Nicole Schultz ’18 was getting ready to transfer from Bucks County Community College to a four-year program at Bloomsburg University, she suffered the loss of a family member. Schultz wanted to stay close to home but did not want to give up on her plan of earning a bachelor’s in counseling psychology. “I just […]

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92-Year-Old Woman Graduates with Associate’s

A 92-year-old South Carolina woman is graduating from Midlands Tech this month with an Associates of Liberal Arts degree, WLTX-TV reported. Annie Dillard was the owner of a hair salon for 30 years, but five years ago, she decided to go back to college. “I decided to come because I wanted to learn more about […]

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