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Community Colleges Earn Accolades for Real Results

2010 Sep 9
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Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of higher education knows that “college completion rates” and “data-driven solutions” have become more important than ever before in public debates and media coverage. National and state-level policymakers, along with college presidents, are paying closer attention to these issues – or at the very least, they are pledging to [...]

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Can ‘Community’ Provide an Opportunity?

2009 Aug 3
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Years ago, NBC had a slogan that went, “Let’s All Be There.” Many fans of community colleges have already decided the network’s new fall show, titled Community, is the last thing they want to be there to see.  They’re worried that it’ll be a retread of tired, negative stereotypes about community college students and teachers.  [...]

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