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Community Colleges’ Essential Role in Workforce Development

Timely MD

The 1,038 community colleges in the U.S. play an important role for students and communities, providing a quality education that prepares students for jobs or to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. The average age of a community college student is 27, and 35% of students are between the ages of 22 and 39.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

Equitable college access and completion has been a major point of focus for the student success community for at least a decade , with good reason. Fewer students than ever will be college-ready – as we have traditionally defined it – so colleges must become more student-ready.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

Equitable college access and completion has been a major point of focus for the student success community for at least a decade , with good reason. Fewer students than ever will be college-ready – as we have traditionally defined it – so colleges must become more student-ready.