Community colleges are real colleges
Community colleges are real colleges that provide a low-cost path to a bachelor’s degree, not just job training centers.
View ArticleKhan: Free learning, cheap credentials
Khan Academy founder Salman Khan talks about his new book, The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined, in an interview with MIT Technology Review. Instead of the Prussian model — students march in...
View ArticleWhat do transfer students want?
What do transfer students want? They want to get credits for their credits. Many universities reject credits earned elsewhere, even though students were told the classes would count. That raises costs...
View ArticleColleges take transfers, deny credits
Some colleges demand transfers pay a non-refundable deposit before learning how many of their credits will be counted. It’s common for transfers to learn half their credits are useless. Project Win-Win...
View ArticleUncounted credits cost time, money
College credits that don’t count cost transfer students time, money — and often the opportunity to complete a degree. A third of students transfer at least once, almost always losing credits along the...
View ArticleSuccess rates dip on California scorecard
Only 49.2 percent of degree-seeking community college students reach their goal or transfer in six years, according to California’s new Student Success Scorecard. Graduation-and-transfer rates fell as...
View ArticleMany choices, little guidance
Community college students have many choices and little guidance in setting academic or career goals, concludes a new study. Many are overwhelmed. At an Oakland community college where only 20 percent...
View ArticleCredit creep raises community college costs
Credit creep is making it harder for community college students to complete an associate degree. Instead of 60 credits, many degrees require 70 credits or more. That costs students time and money and...
View ArticleClasses are cheap, but you can’t get in
Charging more for community college extension courses during summer and winter breaks is a necessary stopgap, editorializes the Los Angeles Times. While California is starting to restore funding to...
View ArticleNew measure gives broader view of progress
Federal data on college success tracks only full-time students who study at one institution. The new Student Achievement Measure (SAM) includes students who transfer, those who are still working on a...
View ArticleKeep the transfer promise
Only 23 percent of California community college students seeking a bachelor’s degree transfer within six years. It’s time to keep the transfer promise — a clear pathway from community college to the...
View Article72% of credentialed transfers earn 4-year degree
More than 61 percent of community college transfers earn a bachelor’s degree in six years. Completion rates are much higher — 72 percent — for transfers who’ve earned a two-year degree in community...
View ArticleCC success includes graduates — and transfers
Only 18 percent of degree-seeking community college students will complete a two-year degree in three years, according to federal data. Including transfers who go on to earn a bachelor’s degree raises...
View ArticleRating colleges by grads’ pay isn’t easy
If colleges and universities are judged by former students’ earnings, community colleges will look bad, a dean writes. When community college students go on to a bachelor’s degree, the two-year school...
View ArticleHow to earn a low-debt bachelor’s degree
Starting at a community college will cut the cost of a bachelor’s degree, but students have to be savvy about transferring credits to make it work.
View ArticleLost credits hurt transfer students
Lost credits make it difficult for community college transfers to earn a bachelor’s degree, concludes a new study. Fifty-eight percent of students transfer with at least 90 percent of their credits; 14...
View ArticleMaking the transfer dream a reality
Eighty percent of community college students say they plan to transfer and earn a four-year degree, but only 15 percent will earn a bachelor’s degree in six years. Now colleges and universities are...
View ArticleUC plans to streamline transfers
Making it easier for community college students to transfer will expand opportunity and improve diversity at the University of California, argues a task force report.
View ArticleEarly transfers risk debt but no degree
Most community college students who transfer to a four-year college or university haven’t completed a two-year degree. That lowers their chances of completing a bachelor’s degree, a new study finds....
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Illinois sets lower standards for blacks, Latinos
Under a No Child Left Behind waiver, Illinois schools will set lower standards for blacks, Latinos, low-income students and other groups, reports the Chicago Tribune. For example, while 85 percent of...
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