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Students who dually enroll in college classes do better after high school

New York students who were dually enrolled in college classes while in high school had higher college completion rates than the national average, according to a national study. Dual enrollment accounted for about 21 percent of new community college students in New York, which is higher than the national average of 15 percent, according to […]

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Why a Community College?

The first day a student walks through the doors of a college or university, he or she may feel lost, overwhelmed or confused. However, at community colleges across the country, part of the mission is to help all students make a smooth transition to college life. We are there when they feel lost about what […]

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Culture Shock

Orientation day, no matter how well organized, still holds a great deal of anxiety for the average new student. Potentially even more so for those transfer students from the smaller, rural community colleges. Campus maps become the lifelines students cling to as they find their way around the sprawling Minnesota State University, Mankato campus. By […]

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The 500% Increase

College education has always come with a price tag, but never more so than in the past few years. Slowly rising tuition and living fees have been building up for decades, with each year leaving the cost of a college degree thousands of dollars higher. “College costs have been rising roughly at a rate of […]

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The Transfer Game

Two years ago, I cried on the steps of De Anza College. I felt ashamed by the realization that I was a part of the single-digit percentage of Cupertino students who ended up going to community college. My internalization of this stigma knew no bounds — I would hide my face when walking past my […]

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Making a Difference

As I begin my first year as president of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, I’m energized about the future impact our institution can make in our region. At the same time, it’s exciting to realize how far we have come. But we also face some challenges. It’s no secret our region has some of […]

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5 Essential Upgrades

The students who I taught for a year at a public school in Dallas, Texas, were required to carry see-through backpacks made from plastic. After 20 kids were caught with “cheese,” the heroin/Tylenol mix, in their sacks, administrators banned opaque bags and sealed up the lockers, too, decorating them instead with paper projects about the […]

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A Brighter Future

Thanks to the foresight and wisdom of those at Santa Barbara City College and Allan Hancock College, students countywide will have access to two respective Promise Programs, which remove financial barriers to attending college and enrich the entire community in the process. The popularity of the college Promise Programs is evidenced by the increasing number […]

Workforce Development

Filling the Skills Gap

From the Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W.Va. Automation and robotics can be frightening words for some American workers, and understandably so. Smarter, computerized equipment has changed the workplace — and manufacturing in particular — worldwide. But those machines perform functions that people once did, and many of the “factory jobs” we remember from decades past have gone […]

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Hablamos Español

My husband Doug has always wanted to have more command of the Spanish language. He goes on bouts of studying on his own, pouring over textbooks, dictionaries, and listening to CDs while he mutters his responses to himself. He used to communicate with people working in his store, and now his main reason is to […]

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Student + Parent + Childcare?

Tracy Moronatty didn’t tell anyone when she found out she was pregnant. The 19-year-old freshman at Southwest Community College in San Diego was broke, on bad terms with the baby’s dad, and utterly overwhelmed. She kept her secret for six months, until her bump grew too big to hide. That’s when she finally shared the […]

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DeVos Wrong on Sexual Assault

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos last week announced a retreat from the Education Department’s work to protect students from sexual assault. While demonstrating that she has given serious thought to the issue, DeVos’s position is based on two fundamental flaws. As a result, she is poised to abandon laudable work done in the previous administration to […]

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