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  • 'Achieve your dreams at home'

    July 22, 2023 |

    Indian Country Today |

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    Response Location: Blackfeet Nation, United States, Browning, Montana

    In 2019, Montana’s Blackfeet Community College launched its first four-year bachelor’s in nursing degree program with the goal of helping to address care shortages in the local Indigenous community. The program’s first graduate, who received her degree in 2023 and is now working as a long-term care nurse, said the college’s relationship-based approach helped her stick with her studies even through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Oregon community colleges see success in revamp of remedial education

    June 07, 2023 |

    Oregon Live |

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    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    Nine Oregon community colleges offer “corequisite” courses that allow students to get help and review past material alongside required math courses rather than being routed into a remedial option that can slow progress toward their degree. So far, 68 percent of corequisite students have passed their college math coursework, as compared to 65 percent of students who took math classes without the corequisite add-on.

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  • For some students, certificate programs offer a speedy path to a job

    May 25, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Delaware

    Community colleges such as Delaware Technical Community College and Lorain County Community College offer short-term certificate programs that are more accessible to adult learners and students with families. In 2022, the Delaware college awarded roughly 4,500 certificates and credentials.

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  • About 50 Chicago High School Students Earned Associate Degrees. CPS Wants To Boost That Number

    May 24, 2023 |

    Block Club Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Through Chicago's early college high schools, which allow students to take college-level coursework while still working toward their diploma, about 600 students graduated this spring with at least 15 college credits, while 50 students earned a full associate's degree.

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  • How success coaches anticipate and tackle college students' challenges

    May 23, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Dallas College’s success coaches provide more hands-on advising for students, helping them not only navigate their coursework and degree trajectory but also connect with resources such as help with transportation and food aid. The college has nearly 240 success coaches serving more than 64,500 students.

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  • Calbright's star is rising: California's online community college is adding, keeping more students

    April 12, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Calbright College is a unique, tuition-free online community college that allows students to complete coursework toward certificates at their own pace. The college’s enrollment is growing by about 8 percent each month, and about 70 percent of students who enrolled in mid-2022 were still enrolled or had completed their studies nine months later.

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  • Academic coaches help students finish community college

    April 10, 2023 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Phenix City, Alabama

    Chattahoochee Valley Community College has academic coaches who reach out to students who are struggling in their classes or are facing barriers that make it difficult to keep up with their studies. They can help students develop study plans, navigate financial aid issues, or connect with resources such as transportation.

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  • A 'game changer' for immigrants: Job-ready college classes in their native language

    April 03, 2023 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles Community Colleges are now offering subject-matter courses taught in students’ native languages, including Spanish, Russian, and Korean. The tuition-free vocational classes allow students to earn certificates in a trade or work toward a GED, all while learning in the language they’re most comfortable speaking.

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  • Biden's free college proposal is dead. High schoolers are tapping a solution.

    March 11, 2023 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States

    Dual enrollment programs run by community colleges across the United States allow high school students to take college classes that count towards their diploma and future degrees. The programs are often free for students and are increasing community college attendance rates, which dropped during the pandemic.

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  • Contested community college degree programs help fill job training gaps, ease student debt

    February 13, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A pilot program in California allows community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees programs in areas such as health information management and interaction design. In 2016-17, nearly three quarters of graduates from the pilot degree programs finished their studies without taking any loans, and about 80 percent found work within three months of graduating.

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