El Paso Community College (EPCC) in Texas currently holds the top spot when it comes to producing Latino associate degree holders, according to the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine. Over five campuses, EPCC serves more than 35,000 students, 85 percent of whom are Latino. “You’ve got to have high expectations for the student that […]

Angela Heaton, chair of the physical therapist assistant program at Rhodes State College in Lima, Ohio, received this year’s AACC Award of Excellence for Faculty Innovation. Heaton won the award for her work using iPads to help her students stay on track and graduate with a physical therapy assistant degree. The idea to introduce tablets […]

The Lumina Foundation recently released A Stronger Nation, its annual tracking of the nation’s progress toward meeting Goal 2025, the foundation’s aspiration that 60 percent of Americans will hold a degree, certificate or other high-quality postsecondary credential by 2025. This year, for the first time, Lumina has included the percentage of Americans who earned high-quality […]

Since the Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative (CPI) started, in 2006, more than 30,000 low-income parents in Arkansas have received personalized assistance in attaining associate degrees and technical certificates. Data show that this support has significantly increased educational outcomes. The program is administered through the state’s higher education department and is funded through the federal welfare program. […]

McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, placed seventh in the fourth annual Up to Us competition, which challenged college students to educate their peers about the national debt and how their generation can make a difference in the country’s future. McLennan was the only two-year college to make it into the top 10 in this […]

Since 2005, the Pathway to the Baccalaureate program has helped at-risk students in Northern Virginia through their last year or two of high school, to an associate’s degree from Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), and then on to a baccalaureate program at George Mason University or other four-year institution. Students in the program benefit from […]

UPS has an offer for Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) students who need to work part time while attending school. Through the Chicagoland Regional College Program (CRCP), MVCC students can earn a part-time paycheck at UPS and have the cost of their tuition, fees and books covered. Students also receive a $300–$500 monthly stipend and […]

According to recent data from the Education Advisory Board, 33 percent of community college students today care for dependents at least one hour a week. “And we know it’s much more than [one hour],” says Michael Baston, vice president of student affairs at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, New York. “That’s one of […]

When a statewide mandate forced Trident Technical College (TCC) to change from quarters to semesters in the early 1990s, student grades began dropping almost immediately. They continued to decline incrementally for the next 15 or 20 years, but the college was growing, so it was easy to ignore the fact that students were not succeeding. […]

In 2013, with a graduation rate of 16.5 percent, Bergen Community College ranked 11th out of 19 community colleges in New Jersey, in terms of completion success. “Institutionally, the perception was that Bergen was the ‘Harvard of Community Colleges’; however, the data told a different story,” says Naydeen Gonzalez-De Jesus, vice president of student affairs. […]