A Massachusetts millennial says having a college degree hasn’t helped him land a job over the past three years. Daniel Colflesh A millennial quit his job in 2015 to pursue a college degree because his career growth had stalled. But he’s struggled to land a job since graduation and is stuck with student debt. He’s […]
A new report has revealed only 16 percent of community college transfers earn a four-year degree with Black, Latino and low-income students taking the brunt of the completion outcomes. The data, released by the Community College Research Center and the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, found about one-third of community college students transfer to a […]
Did The Golden Bachelor couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist ever make it on their honeymoon to Italy? It seems three months of marriage wasn’t enough time to fit in a trip to Europe. It was reported that the couple planned to take the trip this upcoming May, but so it’s safe to speculate that […]
This article was originally published in Utah News Dispatch. During the 2022-23 academic year, Utah public colleges and universities awarded 19,219 bachelor’s degrees. It was about 100 more than the previous year. But, the Utah System of Higher Education wants to see even better outcomes with a new system: giving students the option to get […]
Feb. 21—TUPELO — Relatively few community college students in Mississippi transfer to four-year institutions and even fewer earn bachelor’s degrees within six years of their enrollment in community college, according to the results of a new national study. The studies — conducted by Columbia University’s Community College Research Center, the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program, […]
Sixty-four years ago, California adopted a master plan for higher education that, among other things, set operational parameters for the state’s three college systems. The University of California would be the research center in addition to providing undergraduate and graduate degrees up to doctorates in major fields of study, including medicine and law. The California State University […]
Community colleges sell students on the fact that they can cut the time and cost of getting a bachelor’s degree in half. However, a study from the Community College Research Center and Aspen Institute found that only 45 percent of students who transfer from community college to a university graduate with a bachelor’s degree. What […]
Finding a well-paid job without years in the field or a master’s degree seems to get more challenging by the year. For many, it feels like a comfortable job is locked behind either going thousands of dollars into debt for a post-graduate degree or starting at the bottom and slowly working your way up. But […]