Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a two-part series on successful programs that are preparing high school students for the rigors of college study. Read the first here. Last year, when some 5,500 students completed their associate degrees at South Texas College (STC), about 1,500 students did so two weeks before high school […]

Editor’s Note: This article is the first of a two-part series on successful programs that are preparing high school students for the rigors of college study. Look for the second article on the 21st-Century Center tomorrow morning. The first group of Vermont high school seniors will soon complete the Community College of Vermont’s (CCV) Early […]

Ellen DeGeneres dropped out of the University of New Orleans after only one semester. Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic and chairman of WordPress (which powers more than 20 percent of the Internet), was not a successful college student and dropped out of the University of Houston. The same is true of Woody Allen: He made […]

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 […]