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How Colleges and Universities Are Improving Degree Completion

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Amid growing concern over lackluster college completion rates in the United States, this report takes a look...

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Panel: Corporations Are Key to Increasing Post Secondary Attainment

Corporations need to invest more heavily in job training and tuition assistance programs if the United States is to increase postsecondary...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Gates Foundation Pledges $110 Million to Improve Remedial Courses

In an effort to increase the number of students who complete college, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged up...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

More Students Working Longer Hours = More Years to Graduation

American youths are taking longer to complete college than they did in the 1970s because they have to work more hours...

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An Educated Guess

Bethesda, Md.—Eighteen-year-old Eduardo Sartor arrived at the office of Collegiate Directions Inc. late last month with his parents, a stack of...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

… Prepare At-Risk Girls for College

Numerous programs address how to keep at-risk students in high school and ensure that they graduate, but there are far fewer...

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Survey of Entering Student Engagement, Benchmarking & Benchmarks: Effective Practice with Entering Students

This report supports “benchmarking” as a way for community colleges to measure how well they are making sure the students who...

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Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges

This report examines lessons learned at six community colleges that have adopted the strategy of using “learning communities” – defined as groups...

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Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges

This report examines lessons learned at six community colleges that have adopted the strategy of using “learning communities” – defined as groups...

Report Details Heavy Debt Loads for College Graduates

Students who pursued bachelor’s degrees from for-profit colleges have the highest student loan debt, according to a new research brief from the...

Youth-Serving Agencies Benefit from Lumina Grants

Portions of the $3.4 million in first-quarter grants announced this week by the Lumina Foundation for Education will trickle down to youth-serving...

A Number for College Funding: 529

If you work with college-aspiring youths from low-income families or youths who may be the first in their family to go to...

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More Students Working Longer Hours = More years to Graduation

American youths are taking longer now to complete college than they did in the 1970s because they have to work more hours...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Funding available for work with dropouts, ex-offenders

The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration is looking for grant applicants interested in working with young adult offenders and high...

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Survey of Entering Student Engagement, Benchmarking & Benchmarks: Effective Practice with Entering Students

This report espouses “benchmarking” as a way for community colleges to measure how well they are making sure the youths who start...

College Graduation Rates Stagnate, Despite More Students

More first-time, full-time students are enrolling in college, and more of these students are receiving financial aid, but the percentage of...

Community College Presidents Worry About End of Recovery Funds

Increased enrollments, smaller budgets and lowered expectations that the Recovery Act will continue to add to their coffers and finance more jobs...

Teaching Occupational Skills Along with English

This new evaluation from the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration deals with lessons learned from the Limited English Proficiency and...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Walmart Gives Grants to Minority-Serving Colleges

Fifteen minority-serving institutions will get $100,000 grants from the Walmart Foundation to help further develop programs that support first-generation college students. The...

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