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Promise for a Future

A couple of years ago, free community college was a far-left Bernie Sanders pipe dream. But it’s an appealing idea. It came up in Republican-ruled West Virginia, when Gov. Jim Justice, Senate President Mitch Carmichael and other legislators pushed “WV Invests,” a plan to allow qualified youths to attend the state’s two-year colleges at no […]

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‘Free” Is Not Enough

The campaign for statewide tuition-free community college enjoys relatively strong bipartisan support. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, a Republican, is credited with pioneering the initiative. And Democrat Governors such as Kate Brown from Oregon and Andrew Cuomo from New York have followed suit. Over half of our states now either have a tuition-free community college statewide […]

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California Dreaming

The urgency with which Gov. Jerry Brown, the Legislature and Community College Chancellor Eloy Ortiz-Oakley are moving to invest in and transform community colleges to better serve students is long overdue. California community colleges are bastions of hope and opportunity for over 2.1 million students, three-fourths of whom are students of color, the majority of whom qualify […]

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Experiential Learning

Ever since the first college campus was created, its program of studies, modes of instruction and standards have, one way or the other, been controlled by the college and its faculty. Campuses were, relatively speaking, intellectually pristine, information-rich enclaves, separated from the rest of the information-poor world. Fast forward to the beginning of the community […]

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In Sync

In recent years, Palo Alto College, part of the Alamo Colleges District, has been on a roll. That is good news for San Antonio’s workforce and long-term economic prospects. Education and our workforce are tied together, making Palo Alto’s momentum important for the entire city. Last month, we learned that Palo Alto College was one […]

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Another Path

Every year millions of Americans receive an asset that, based on past performance, promises to nearly double their lifetime incomes: a bachelor’s degree. Earning one is an achievement to be proud of. For the vast majority of young adults, however, this prize is increasingly out of reach. One answer is to make college more affordable — […]

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The Dropout Problem

America has a college dropout problem. For all the talk of college costs and whether students can even afford to go to college, we’ve tended to skip past an equally crucial question—whether students who make it to campus are graduating with a useful credential. The sad reality is that far too many students invest scarce […]

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Game-Changing Apprenticeships

On May 22-25, apprenticeship partners from across the state convened at the Michigan Educators Apprenticeship and Training Association Conference in Traverse City to show companies, workforce partners and others how apprenticeship is essential in training Michigan’s future workforce. The companies attending the event had the opportunity to learn more about apprenticeship and how it is […]

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Trump’s Confusion

At a White House forum this spring, President Donald Trump indicated that he was confused by the term “community colleges.” The president’s remarks included, “So we need vocational schools. Now, they call them, a lot of times, community colleges. I don’t think it’s an accurate definition.” It is understandable why America’s highest political officer may […]

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The Chipotle Model

Like a burrito with too many jalapeños, Gov. Jerry Brown’s recent comments that higher education in California should be more like Chipotle—with a limited menu of courses—gave some people indigestion. University of California student leaders immediately clapped back with an op-ed in the Sacramento Bee, then followed up by delivering burrito bowls to a state budget negotiation meeting. The […]

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Transforming Lives

Recognition is rapidly growing that educating incarcerated individuals results in rehabilitated lives and families, safer communities and financial savings. HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, welcomes this development, because it is our mission to create opportunities to transform lives through a quality and accessible higher education experience. While HACC conducts outreach and offers financial assistance, without […]

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Privatizing Free Education

Within 24 hours of writing about the new online startup onlinedegree.com, I heard about two other private efforts to offer free tuition via online education. First, I learned of the philanthropy Modern States Education Alliance, whose Freshman Year for Free program has attracted 60,000 students in less than a year. It has a neat, innovative approach: help […]

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