Nearly 1,500 high school juniors at Milwaukee Public Schools have already started their college journeys by applying to Milwaukee Area Technical College, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, or both. The 1,497 juniors completed the free, simple M-Cubed Milwaukee Direct Admit form, a process that takes less than five minutes and requires no essays, no letters of […]
College Readiness Articles
Opening new doors of opportunity
New doors of opportunity are opening this fall for 12 graduating high school seniors as a result of a community outreach partnership between Wake Tech Community College and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County. Eight students are excited to pursue their associate degrees at Wake Tech in a variety of fields like University […]
Opening of RioTECH a ‘true game-changer’
Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) and Rio Rancho Public Schools (RRPS) celebrated the grand opening of RioTECH, a state-of-the-art Career Technical Education (CTE) high school designed to prepare students for high-demand careers in skilled trades and technology. The new school is the result of years of planning, construction, renovation and a strong partnership between […]
Lifting students up
Forsyth Technical Community College’s College Lift program recently was awarded the prestigious Bellwether Award for Instructional Programs and Services. This national award recognizes innovative and scalable community college programs that address critical challenges in higher education. College Lift was selected as one of 10 semifinalists in November from a highly competitive pool of institutions across […]
The benefits and balance of high dual enrollments
Like many public two-year colleges across the country, Flint Hills Technical College in Emporia, Kansas, has embraced dual enrollment, a program that allows high school students to simultaneously take college-level courses, usually for credit and often without paying tuition. What sets Flint Hills apart is its preponderance of students in dual enrollment (DE): 83% of […]
Helping students transition to college-level courses
How could Yakima Valley College (YVC) make the transition from College and Career Readiness (CCR) courses to college-level classes smoother for its students? That’s the question the CCR Division recently tackled with the launch of a new program in partnership with the YVC Foundation. “Our division was seeking ways to increase the number of students […]
Empowering students for success
Sinclair Community College is empowering recent high school graduates with the tools they need for academic and career success. Held at the Hope Center for Families in Dayton, Ohio, the program combines a fundamental college math course with personalized mentoring and support services. This innovative initiative launched in June with eight recent graduates from Thurgood […]
Family finds dependable, homeschool educational partners at MCC
In a typical academic year, Nebraska’s Metropolitan Community College (MCC) serves more than 150 homeschooled students. Less typical is the concentration of Yarboroughs who have been in this group for the past four years. As the 2024-25 academic year begins, Blake Yarborough, 17, is on track to be the third student in his family to […]
Getting an early start
New early college program will benefit students in New York A new partnership between New York’s Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC) and two local school districts, Geneva and Waterloo, will give students the opportunity to earn an associate degree by the time they finish high school. The Early College High School is a five-year project […]
Free haircuts for filing a FAFSA
Talk about being on the cutting edge of student services outreach. San Diego City College is breaking the mold via Fresh Cutz, a recently opened, on-campus barbershop that provides free haircuts – with a catch: to get a free cut from a professional barber, students must show they’ve filed a FAFSA form, are enrolled in […]