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Cost of Duel-Enrollment Questioned

A popular state program that allows high schoolers to take college courses at no cost needs to be reformed, according to representatives of school districts that foot the tuition and textbook bill. About 52,000 Ohio students in grades seven through 12 took college classes during the 2015-16 school year, the first full year of the […]

Taxpayers, Students Bridge Suburban Funding Gap

Ten years ago, College of DuPage received $21.2 million from the state to help fund the operation of the second-largest community college system in Illinois. By 2015, the state’s contribution had dropped to $18.7 million. It was the only suburban college to receive less money that year than a decade ago. But now, every suburban […]

Community Colleges Relying More on Federal Grants

Elgin Community College President David Sam says with state funding for higher education in a flux, community colleges are relying more on federal grants than ever before. Sam and five other suburban community college presidents who are part of U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren’s Higher Education Advisory Committee recently met in Elgin to talk about pressing […]

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Remedial Courses Cost Students Billions

The Center for American Progress reveals that students pay more than $1.3 billion in tuition and fees each year for remedial courses which qualify them for academic credits, but do not count towards graduation. California had the highest rate of out-of-pocket remedial spending with more than $205 million, while Alaskan students spent just $1.1 million, […]

Workforce Development

$4M NSF Grant Training Students for IT Jobs

INDIANAPOLIS — A $4 million federal grant will help train economically disadvantaged and minority students for tech jobs. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis says the grant has been awarded to its School of Informatics and Computing and to Ivy Tech Community College Central Indiana by the National Science Foundation. The main objective of the program is […]

W.Va. Educator: ITT Targeted Low-Income Students

The chancellor of West Virginia’s Community and Technical College System told state lawmakers Monday that the recently closed ITT Technical Institutes, a national for-profit group of colleges that had a Huntington campus, appeared to enter very low-income communities and promise students 100 percent job placement rates, while charging them high tuition and issuing them its […]

Jill Biden and Eric Garcetti: Free Community College Benefits the Nation

A high school diploma is no longer enough to ensure that Americans have the skills they need to move into the good-paying careers they love. By the end of this decade, 65 percent of all job openings will require an education or skills training beyond what any student receives in high school. In fact, 11 […]

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Los Angeles Graduates Will Get Year of Free Tuition

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Vice President Joe Biden’s wife and California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom joined Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles education officials Wednesday to launch a program that will provide a year of free community college tuition to LAUSD graduates. The program, which will provide tuition at Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) […]

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Tennessee State, Tom Joyner Foundation Offer Scholarships

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State University and radio host Tom Joyner are getting together to encourage community college graduates to attend the university and teach in Memphis and Nashville after graduation. The university said the effort is designed to get more students interested in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. In a news release […]

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Tribal College Gets $500K for Associate’s in STEM

NEW TOWN, N.D. —The Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College in New Town has received a $500,000 federal grant to create a new associates degree. U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp say the grant will help the college develop an associate of science degree in sustainable energy technologies. The National Science Foundation awarded the grant. Part […]

N.C. Candidate: Free-Tuition Plan Won’t Raise Taxes

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said he wouldn’t seek to raise income tax rates if elected governor, saying his public education agenda can be met — including raising teacher pay to at least the national average — without doing so. Cooper’s education plan also includes tuition-free community college, more money for […]

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Half of NC Community Colleges Miss Out on Aid

A new study says more than half of the state’s community college students are missing out on federal education loans. Gaston College students are among those, but leaders at the institution say there’s a common-sense reason and that local students have financial aid options that are more fiscally sound. An assessment of federal student loan […]

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