Experiencing Austin Community College’s ACCelerator math lab is sort of like visiting the Grand Canyon for the first time: “You can tell people how big it is, and see pictures, but they still have that moment when they arrive and say, ‘I’ve never seen anything like this before,’” says Stacy Guney, director of the project. […]

In recent years, community college enrollment has declined by about 2 to 3 percent each year. But as the economy continues to improve, not all colleges are reporting the dip. Enrollment at Fullerton College, in California, even grew by about 20 percent in two consecutive years. One factor contributing to Fullerton College’s growth is outreach […]

For a high school with a population in which most graduates will be the first in their families to earn a high school diploma, let alone attend college, creating a “college-going culture” is an ambitious goal. But that’s just what teachers and administrators at Sheridan High School, just south of Denver, set out to do […]

Remedial math is one of the biggest obstacles for many community college students. In 2011, only 53 percent of students at Nash Community College, in North Carolina, who had to take the remedial courses passed. But in the past three years, there has been a shift. Dina Pitt, math chairwoman at the college, has worked […]

In an effort to improve student outcomes, a consortium of community college educators and leaders recently met in Washington, D.C., for the National Summit on the Redesign of Developmental Education. Through a series of workshops, presentations and breakout sessions, participants learned about significant design principles and effective practices and shared their own successes and challenges. […]

Complex things like education don’t happen in a vacuum. So, when Kristine Duffy, president of State University of New York (SUNY) Adirondack, sees a large percentage of students arrive at her community college needing developmental education, she knows she needs to advocate for increased funding for New York’s K-12 public schools and find ways for her college […]

By 2020, most U.S. jobs will require some form of postsecondary education. If nothing changes, the country will fall short of the qualified workers it needs by 5 million, according to Georgetown University researchers. Therefore, it’s more important than ever that all high school seniors understand their pathways to a higher-education credential or degree. However, low-income and minority […]

For some high school students, the decision to continue on to higher education depends on whether they can find a job after their high school graduation. So when the economy improved in Evansville, Ind., Ivy Tech Community College saw enrollment decrease. Ivy Tech wasn’t the only higher education institution to experience this enrollment drop. Over one-third of Indiana’s […]

For many high school seniors, the idea of college is intriguing leads to lots of questions. What are college classes like? Am I prepared? How much is tuition, and what other expenses will I have? What if I can’t afford these costs on my own? For the last three years, Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) […]

Seven years ago, administrators at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) felt their developmental English courses were going pretty smoothly. The National Association for Developmental Education had recently certified the college’s remedial English program, which had a course pass rate averaging a respectable 60 percent. But a couple of people in the department noticed […]