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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience.

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Educational Equity Key to Progress and Democracy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NEW YORK On the last day of the Student Leadership Network’s (SLN) Whole Girl Education National Conference: Closing the Gap, CEO Yolonda Marshall reminded attendees why they must continue to elevate and educate young women and gender expansive students: because the political and societal climate is dire. The progress is tangible.

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Higher ed must change or die (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In the goodness of transparency, please know that I hope that every university and college president and administrator, across the country, sees this op-ed as my version of a burning platform memo. colleges and universities decreased by 4.1 The value of the college degree, in my analysis, has reached its peak and is on the wane.

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Five Things You Should Know About Connecting Democracy and the Curriculum

Faculty Focus

For too long, US higher education has lagged in promoting democracy-focused education as core to the purpose and goals of a postsecondary education. The article was co-authored by the Curriculum and Scholarship Subcommittee members of the Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights. The tide seems to be turning.

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Is higher ed burning—or bright? (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

As colleges and universities welcome students back to campus this fall, the news about the future of higher education could not be more dismal. higher education, according to the National Student Clearinghouse. It’s hard not to embrace Wingard’s conclusion. million fewer undergraduate students enrolled in U.S.

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Passionate pleas for and against tuition-sharing agreements

Inside Higher Ed

Department of Education hoped the “listening sessions” they arranged this week would provide consensus on whether to stop letting colleges pay outside companies a share of tuition revenue when they help recruit students, they were surely disappointed.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The four entities recognized this year span a diverse geographic area, but they share the mission of uplifting their communities while also creating a broader impact in terms of education and the workforce. We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We Also, it’s the environment.