Community Colleges in the News

This week, we offer you a few recent articles of interest that pertain to community colleges:

“College Students Bypassing Degrees on Purpose” by Eddie Small, Hechinger Report (3/25/14)
From Community College Daily:
http://www.ccdaily.com/Pages/Academic-Programs/College-students-bypassing-degrees-on-purpose.aspx

“Starting All Over Again” by Paul Fain (3/19/14)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/03/19/lost-credits-hold-back-transfer-students-study-finds

“Governor Hickenlooper Signs Legislation Authorizing Community Colleges to Offer Four Year Degrees in Career and Technical Fields” by Joe Marquez (2/27/14)
From Colorado Community College Newswire:
http://newswire.coloradocommunitycolleges.com/2014/02/governor-hickenlooper-signs-legislation-authorizing-community-colleges-to-offer-four-year-degrees-in-career-and-technical-fields/

“Community Colleges Nourish Both Students and Society, Report Says” by Katherine Mangan (2/18/14)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Community-Colleges-Nourish/144799/

“Three States Look at Free Community College Tuition” by Jonathan J. Cooper (2/17/14)
From Community College Week:
http://www.ccweek.com/news/templates/template.aspx?articleid=3886&zoneid=3

“Free Community College? Tennessee Proposal Draws Praise and Concerns” by Eric Kelderman (2/6/14)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Free-Community-College-/144553/?cid=cc