Online Programs at Community Colleges: What to Know

The most recent federal data indicates that online learning remains widespread at community colleges. In fall 2023, more than ...
Forbes

Online Learning's Moment: How Colleges Struggle To Meet Rising Demand

According to the new CHLOE 10 Report, nearly nine in 10 colleges plan to expand online programs to meet surging demand—a complete reversal from just two decades ago when policymakers actively ...
LAist

Was Online Learning A COVID Blip? What LA Community Colleges Learned From 3 Years Of Pandemic Zoom

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Three years ago, community colleges ...
The Hechinger Report

OPINION: Community colleges have a lot of work to do helping students overcome learning gaps post pandemic

Although enrollment at community colleges is on the rise after steep drops during the pandemic, these schools are facing more challenges than ever before. Credit: Sophie Park for The Hechinger Report ...
Inside Higher Ed

Community Colleges Join Forces to Expand Access to AI Training

Colleges and universities across the nation have launched numerous initiatives over the past two years—including courses, research projects and strategic plans—to meet the rising demand for an ...
University of Wyoming

UW, Business Alliance, Community Colleges Partner to Expand Internships and Hands-On Learning

The Wyoming Business Alliance (WBA), the Wyoming Community College Commission (WCCC) and the University of Wyoming have formed a new partnership aimed at enhancing opportunities for student ...
Inside Higher Ed

The Next Phase of the Guided Pathways Movement

In recent years, hundreds of community colleges have embraced the guided pathways model, a sweeping set of large-scale reforms to better steer students through academic programs and boost completion ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Community Colleges Are Critical to the Innovation Economy

This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “The Research Driven University,” available in the Chronicle Store. T he Biden administration’s CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 was more than ...
The Roanoke Times

Economy, budget cuts send students online

Some of the students enrolled this semester at New River Community College may never set foot on either of the school's campuses -- in Dublin or in Christiansburg at the New River Valley Mall. Like ...
EdSource

Community college students far from a four-year university are less likely to transfer, study says

Why is it harder for community college students studying far from four-year universities to transfer? The answer to that question — which is at the heart of a new study previewed at a webinar last ...
NPR

More states are allowing community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees

MUSCATINE, Iowa — The suspect moved menacingly toward her, but Elexiana Oliva stood her ground, gun drawn and in a half crouch as she calmly tried to talk him down. The confrontation wasn't real, and ...
The Desert Sun

These five California community colleges named the best value for money in the U.S.

A college degree is one of life’s most significant investments. Private or public, the price tag often runs into the tens of thousands, including tuition, housing, books, supplies, and more. That is ...