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Tag: associate degrees
Recruitment & Retention
New Study Outlines First-Year Programs at Two-Year Schools
A new, national survey study examined programs designed to help first-year students become acclimated to college life and offered suggestions on how these vital programs can be created at two-year institutions to better support students.
September 26, 2018
STEM
Study: Black and Hispanic Students Get Lower Return on Higher Ed Investment
Black and Hispanic graduates would have received 1 million more bachelor’s degrees between 2013 and 2015 if the share of their credentials were at parity with their White peers, according to a recent analysis by Center for American Progress.
May 25, 2018
News Roundup
Ohio College Student Graduates With 8 Associate Degrees
KIRTLAND, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio student who recently earned eight associate degrees from his community college now has his eye on getting a bachelor’s degree and a job as an engineer. The News-Herald in Willoughby reports 33-year-old Chris Hayden graduated with all of those degrees from Lakeland Community College in Kirtland on May 12. […]
May 22, 2018
News Roundup
Alabama College Gets $1.5M Grant for Auto Tech Center
DECATUR, Ala. — An Alabama community college has been awarded a $1.5-million federal grant for its planned automotive technology training center in Decatur-annexed Limestone County. Decatur Daily reports the grant was announced Wednesday for the Calhoun Community College’s center, which is expected to cost more than $7 million. Calhoun officials said in September that they […]
April 12, 2018
Students
Some 2-year Colleges Test-driving New Model
Dougherty Family College is among a wave of two-year colleges that offer associate’s degrees but are not the standard community college in other ways.
June 25, 2017
Students
Dual Enrollment Movement Seeks Bigger Role in Education
The effort to make more students aware of dual enrollment schools such as Bard High School Early College Baltimore is getting a boost thanks to a new coalition called the College in High School Alliance.
March 8, 2017
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