First-generation college students need strong networks of support
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View ArticleLatinos Stick With Studies at High Rates to Get Higher Education
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View ArticleReport Outlines Strategies for Successful Community College Transfers
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View ArticleStates have cut money for higher education 17 percent since the recession,...
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View ArticleLow-income high schoolers to get grants for college courses
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View ArticleReport Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students
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View ArticleColleges Send Too Many Into Remedial Classes Who Don’t Need It, Growing Body...
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View ArticleFrom 4-Year to 2-Year
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View ArticleFor Financially Challenged Black Men, HBCUs Can Be Key
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View ArticleMore Than Tuition: Higher Education and the Social Safety Net
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View ArticleStudy: Community College Students Face Transfer Challenges
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View ArticleCollege Unaffordable Even in Higher Income Brackets
College is becoming less and less affordable to more and more families higher and higher on the socioeconomic ladder. As tuition and other fees have climbed and state funding of public institutions has...
View ArticleTexas HBCU Launches Think Tank to Groom Next Generation of Black Leaders
One of the oldest HBCUs in the nation is working to cultivate the next generation of Black leaders through a new Black think tank. Last week, Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell announced the...
View ArticleMinnesota community colleges clear a path for four-year degrees
For many students, community college is the first step toward earning a bachelor’s degree. But many others never finish. Now, officials at the newly named Minnesota State college system are trying to...
View ArticleStudy casts doubt on value of remedial math for college
Colleges routinely force students with weak math skills to take remedial classes before enrolling in one that yields credit, a requirement that poses one of the biggest hurdles for disadvantaged...
View ArticleCommunity college students are filling the rolls at four-year institutions
Public colleges and universities are drawing a large percentage of their students from community colleges, where nearly two-thirds of students transfer to a four-year institution, according to a report...
View ArticleFamilies Often Underestimate Financial Aid Eligibility
Just 24 percent of parents and 37 percent of students believe they will qualify for financial aid, according to a national survey of more than 5,000 high school students and parents released today by...
View ArticleCollege deadlines complicate Early FAFSA
The Obama administration’s new Oct. 1 FAFSA release date was supposed to make it easier for students to apply for financial aid — giving students and their families three additional months to fill out...
View Article‘Passport’ for Transfer
Professors and academic leaders from seven western states have rolled out an “interstate passport” to help students transfer across state lines without losing credits for what they learn in general...
View ArticleThe Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think It Is
Who are today’s college students? The answer surprises most people who attended four year universities. Read more:...
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