Green River Community College, 45 minutes south of Seattle, has no special overseas cachet, no global name recognition — but it has enrolled 1,400 international students this year, most of them recruited by overseas agents who get 15 percent of the $9,732 first-year tuition
Smaller Colleges Rely on Paid Student Recruiters Overseas
February 5, 2012 By
How Big-Time Sports Ate College Life
January 25, 2012 By
“It’s not, ‘Oh, yeah, Ohio State, that wonderful physics department.’ It’s football,” said Gordon Aubrecht, an Ohio State physics professor.
Montgomery College follows remedial math revolution
December 28, 2011 By
The remedial math class at Montgomery College thrums with the sounds of clicking keyboards and low murmurs. Students pack the room and stare intently at computer terminals.
Missing, however, is the voice of a professor lecturing to the class. This modular classroom is a computer lab, not a lecture hall. There is no podium or other central spot for a professor. Several instructors are here, however, hovering around the room and helping students one at a time. Their role looks more like that of tutors than professors.
Welcome to the “emporium” approach to remedial mathematics, a major change in teaching style.
California community colleges set to ration classes!
December 25, 2011 By
During World War II, there was food rationing. In 2012, Californias community college leaders are poised to approve education rationing for thousands of students.
The proposal is controversial, with many students and educators critical of a shakeout that could end free courses offered for generations, including classes such as music appreciation and memoir writing. Also squeezed out would be students who linger at college for years, sampling one class after another.
Cuts in State Budgets Threaten Nation’s College-Completion Agenda
December 8, 2011 By
Cuts in state budgets are putting the nation’s college-completion agenda in jeopardy, says a new report by the Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama.
The center surveyed members of the National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges, whose institutions’ main goals these days are graduating more students and adequately preparing them for employment. Yet few states have long-term plans to increase colleges’ operating and capital budgets enough to serve additional adult students pursuing degrees and certificates, respondents said. The stagnant financial outlook presents a particular challenge to institutions enrolling one of the nation’s fastest-growing demographic groups, Latinos, the report says.
Cuts in State Budgets Threaten Nation’s College-Completion Agenda
Community-College Dropouts Cost Taxpayers Nearly $1-Billion a Year, Report Says
October 21, 2011 By
Students who drop out of community college before their second year have cost taxpayers nearly $1-billion annually, says a report released today by the American Institutes for Research.
Mr. Schneider said colleges should be held more accountable for getting their students “across the finish line.”
Community-College Dropouts Cost Taxpayers Nearly $1-Billion a Year, Report Says
Completion Rates Outpace Growth in Community-College Enrollment, Report Says
October 6, 2011 By
The percentage of students who successfully earn credentials from community colleges has increased greatly over the last 22 years, especially among students of color, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Association of Community Colleges.
Data collected between 1989 and 2010 show that the percentage of degrees and certificates awarded grew at twice the rate of enrollment, following a decade of virtually no improvement during the 1980s. Students earned 127 percent more credentials, while enrollment increased by 65 percent over the same period.
Completion Rates Outpace Growth in Community-College Enrollment
Community Colleges Receive $500-Million for Job-Training Programs
September 26, 2011 By
Community colleges across the country will receive about $500-million in federal grants beginning on Monday, the first of four payments in a $2-billion plan announced last year that is intended to improve career-development programs and train an ailing work force.
More than 200 community colleges applied for the grants, which range from about $2.7-million to $25-million, but only 49 have been chosen to receive the money so far, officials from the U.S. Departments of Labor and of Education said in announcing the awards. Community colleges in 15 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico did not receive grants, but will work with the federal departments to develop programs that are eligible—each will receive about $2.7-million. The winning colleges will be able to buy equipment, hire staff members, and develop job-training curricula.
Community Colleges Receive $500-Million for Job-Training Programs
States Would Distribute $5-Billion to Community Colleges Under Obamas Jobs Plan
September 9, 2011 By
A day after President Obama unveiled a $447-billion jobs package, a few details have emerged about how the $5-billion allocated to community-college construction would be disbursed.During a news conference on Friday, Carmel Martin, the Education Departments assistant secretary for planning, evaluation, and policy development, said that if the legislation were enacted as planned, states would receive a share of the money based on their number of students attending community colleges. That share would in turn be given to specific community colleges based on those institutions with the greatest needs, she said.
States Would Distribute $5-Billion to Community Colleges Under Obamas Jobs Plan
YES!!! Obama’s Jobs Proposals Include $5-Billion for Community-College Facilities !!!!
September 9, 2011 By
In a blunt speech to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, President Obama unveiled a series of proposals to revive the stalling economy, and among them was a $30-billion spending proposal to repair and modernize buildings at elementary and secondary schools and also community college campuses.The proposal calls for $5-billion to bolster the infrastructure at community colleges, including tribal colleges.
Obamas Jobs Proposals Include $5-Billion for Community-College Facilities
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