It used to be simple: Students who attended community colleges earned associate (two-year) degrees or professional certificates. If they wanted to pursue bachelor’s degrees, students transferred to a four-year institution. For years, this was one — if not the — key differentiator between the two predominant higher education systems. But as employer demand for graduates […]
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American Honors Changes the Game for Transfer Students
At first blush, there’s nothing terribly groundbreaking about the American Honors (AH) program. Like other community college honors initiatives, AH essentially picks the low-hanging fruit, providing counseling and additional academic services for talented community college students who boast a high probability of academic success. Students who are accepted into AH pay a slightly higher tuition […]
The Quest for the Perfect College Transfer Agreement
There’s nothing groundbreaking about articulation agreements between two-year colleges and four-year universities. Institutions of higher education have long partnered to create a seamless pathway for community college students interested in using their two-year educations as a springboard to four-year degrees. But as a new partnership between Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County Community College and the private Drexel […]
N.Y. Volunteer Firefighters Get Free Tuition
Community colleges are often cast as launching pads for successful careers. But as volunteer firefighters in New York recently found out, sometimes it’s the career that leads to college. In an effort to recruit more volunteer firefighters, the Fireman’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) launched the Higher Education Learning Plan (HELP) [PDF]. […]