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Educational MobilityWhite, Wealthy Students Are Overrepresented Among Common App Transfer Applicants
The Common App reports that only a quarter of applicants using its transfer platform were from underrepresented minority groups and a third were first-generation college students. -
Splitting $1 Million
Two Community Colleges That Reimagined the Student Experience Share the Top Aspen Prize
Amarillo and Imperial Valley Colleges were recognized for such innovative practices as dispatching professors to teach at local high schools and overhauling their relationships with local employers. -
Community Colleges
Enrollment at Community Colleges Is Stabilizing. The Growing Presence of High-School Students Is Why.
Nearly one in five community-college students in the fall of 2021 was a dual-enrollee. -
Student Success
Campus Child Care Has Become Less Available. A New Partnership Aims to Change That.
A community-college group wants to add Head Start sites to many campuses, giving student parents free child care and helping them stay enrolled. -
Government Aid
Covid Relief Money Helped Almost 2/3 of Students Stay in College, U.S. Says
That extra support for higher ed is set to run out in a few months, leaving college leaders with some tough decisions. -
The Campus Work Force
Staffing Woes Continue at Community Colleges, Stalling Their Pandemic Recovery
Two-year institutions had 13 percent fewer employees in 2022 than in 2020, a new analysis shows. -
Students Are 'Underprepared, Unengaged, and Unmotivated'
Community-College Leaders Wrestle With an Uncertain Future
At a recent conference, trustees talked about overhauling recruitment to bring back disaffected students. -
Data
‘A Perilous Position’: Some Community-College Students Struggle to Meet Basic Needs, Report Says
Twenty-nine percent were food-insecure, and 14 percent were housing-insecure, according to the Center for Community College Student Engagement. -
Transportation
How a Rural College Makes Sure Students Get to Class, One Car at a Time
When public transit is limited, students can be “one flat tire away from dropping out.” An unusual program is chipping away at the problem.
