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Blogs/Opinion

Will it work? Cuomo proposes free college for thousands in NY

January 4, 2017 —Amid a soundtrack of Bon Jovi’s “Work for the Working Man,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took the stage Tuesday morning at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, joined by liberal darling Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) of Vermont, to unveil concrete plans for a much-hyped proposal: free college tuition. Read More

Blogs/Opinion

Borrowing Down, Even as Costs Rise

To our readers: How much students borrow continues to be a hot issue for college students, parents and the nation in general. Today, GoodCall looks at the state of student loan debt. Later today, we address the question of how much student loan debt is too much. A college degree is still a good bet, […]

Blogs/Opinion

IBM Leader: “New Collar” Jobs Require Skills, Not 4-Year Degrees

Today, leaders in business, government and across civil society in the U.S. and around the world are grappling with disruptive changes in technology, markets and society, changes that are having a major impact on economies and employment. But even as many seek to revitalize traditional industries, lasting job creation will require an understanding of important […]

Finance

How Congress Can Fix Student Debt

Higher education reform will be front and center in 2017, as historic levels of public concern about rising college tuition and student debt levels pressure Congress to turn to the overdue reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. This wide-ranging federal law covers everything from student loans to Pell grants for low-income students to the transparency […]

Finance

Arkansas Governor’s Free Tuition Plan

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas legislators will fight in the 2017 session over education issues, particularly an appropriate level of funding and authorizations for charter schools, but the governor has indicated he’ll try to make part of their task easier. Gov. Asa Hutchinson last week said he wants the Legislature to kill a pair […]

Blogs/Opinion

Removing Obstacles to Success

Most students entering California’s community colleges – especially Latino, African American and low-income students – start their college journey in remedial courses in math, English or both. These courses seek to prepare students for college-level work. But remedial education, also known as developmental education, is lengthy, attrition is high and outcomes are poor. Further, these […]

Blogs/Opinion

Board Members: Land Deal Would Raise Funds for Education

As former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said, “Education is the premise of progress.” The promise of truly affordable higher education is often realized through our community colleges, by people of all ages, all backgrounds and ethnicities, to pursue all manner of dreams that bring about progress and change the world for the better. […]

Blogs/Opinion

How Can We Make College More Affordable?

This is an important question and one that I don’t have an easy solution for. But there are things worth trying including increasing the number of positions at community colleges, beefing up online learning opportunities as complements to university life, and teaching young people and their families about selective shopping for the best educational value […]

Blogs/Opinion

Start Talking About College Early

Basic conversations about the importance of going to college and the reason of going is linked to learning skills and knowledge to prepare them for a future career are key ideas to bring up early and often. College may be daunting or intimidating, particularly if no one else in the family has attended. It is […]

Blogs/Opinion

Apply Common Sense to Nursing Degree Debate

If rest is the best medicine and an apple a day keeps the doctor away, then common sense needs a place at the table in discussions about whether community colleges should be able to award bachelor’s degrees in nursing. The issue has arisen in Springfield as the nation responds to an expected shortage of registered […]

Blogs/Opinion

Innovative 2-Year College Will Help Students in Need

Minnesota knows it needs to narrow an educational achievement gap that is among the worst in the nation, and many have been working hard on that challenge. But now help is coming from an unexpected quarter. The University of St. Thomas, one of the premier Catholic higher learning institutions in the country, is stepping up […]

Workforce Development

Preparing Students for the Jobs in the Middle

“Middle-skill” jobs are those that require education beyond a high school diploma but less than a four-year degree. These positions may require complex and evolving communications, customer service, presentation, analytic, and computer skills. The National Skills Coalition reports that key industries are unable to find enough sufficiently trained workers to fill these positions. In New […]

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