Joanne Jacobs
Lowering remedial 'barrier' doesn't raise college graduation rates
Community colleges are starting more students in college-level classes, with remedial help on the side.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 13 min read
A debt-free bachelor's degree is not impossible (but it's not easy)
Confidence in the value of higher education is down , and fear of college debt is up, writes Rob Jenkins, an associate professor of...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 242 min read
Who's going to community college? High school students
Twenty percent of community college students are still in high school.
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 111 min read
Job training draws more students to community colleges
Community colleges are drawing more students to job-oriented programs, fewer to classes that lead to an academic degree, reports Joshua...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 92 min read
In defense of remedial math classes
Students who are almost ready for college math do best by taking college-level classes with support in basic skills, researchers agree....
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 17, 20232 min read
No hablo ingles? No es un problema at California community colleges
Immigrants can find classes in Spanish, Mandarin, Russian, Armenian, Korean and other languages at some California community colleges. ...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 7, 20231 min read
Job skills, dual enrollment boost California community colleges
Enrollment is rebounding at California's community colleges due to career programs and dual enrollment, reports Michael Burke on...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 7, 20232 min read
'Dual credits' aren't very helpful, but that can be fixed
Dual-credit programs are supposed to put students "on the fast track" to an affordable college degree, but many teens are earning credits...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 11, 20232 min read
Half of community college students meet career goals
Sixty percent of former community college students, surveyed 10 years later, said they enrolled primarily for career or personal reasons,...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 24, 20232 min read
You may already be a student ! Colleges are admitting students who haven't applied
Doonesbury foresaw the trend 20 years ago: Desperate to counteract falling enrollment, colleges are admitting students who haven't...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 15, 20232 min read
Start college in 9th grade, says community college chancellor
All California high school students should be enrolled in community college courses, by default, starting in ninth grade, says Sonya...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 2, 20231 min read
1/5 of community college students are still in high school
Community colleges are drawing fewer students who are 18 to 24 years old -- and a lot more who are earning "dual enrollment" credits...
Joanne Jacobs
May 25, 20232 min read
Dual enrollment soars, but is it really college?
Sarah Olufemi-Dada is graduating from her Texas high school with a diploma, an associate science and a full scholarship to Stanford,...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 7, 20232 min read
Dreams are lost in the community college 'maze'
Community college was "a weird maze," recalls Santos Enrique Camara, who'd hoped to study audio engineering at Washington's Shoreline...
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