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State Funding for Students' Basic Needs
Several states have begun to fund efforts to help students with their basic needs amid growing concern about homelessness and hunger on campus.
Expanding Beyond NYC’s 5 Boroughs
Armed with promising results, CUNY is expanding ASAP and other student success experiments while helping to export them to colleges outside the system.
Boosting Aid With a Tax on Business
Washington State's new scholarship program, which will help make college free for thousands of students, will be funded by a tax on businesses that need highly skilled and educated employees.
Study Finds More Low-Income Students Attending College
A new report claims more poor students than ever are enrolling in the nation's colleges and universities, but a disproportionate number are attending less selective or open-access institutions, which may hinder their chances for success.
Uproar Over Anti-Immigrant Memes
Despite calls to step down, the board president of a two-year college in Illinois is refusing to resign after posting several Islamophobic and anti-immigrant memes on social media.
Paying for Students to Move
The largest technical college in Kansas is paying relocation and housing costs for students to move to the area, many from other states, to deal with a work-force shortage in the local aviation industry.
Community College Expands Internationally to Grow Enrollment
Hudson Valley Community College plans to offer classes overseas in an effort to stabilize enrollment and keep faculty employed.
Reinvesting in Community Colleges
A new report challenges federal and state policy makers to increase funding for community colleges to improve social mobility.