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Forum: Reaching 2020 Degree Completion Goal May Require Multi-State Approach and Credit for Prior Learning

At a Center for American Progress forum Thursday, U.S. Education Under Secretary Martha Kanter pinpointed the challenges that education leaders and advocates must overcome to successfully boost in 10 years the proportion of students who complete college from 42 percent to 60 percent.

U.S. Education Under Secretary Martha Kanter

Retention Program Engages Latino Families in Helping Children Finish Community College

South Texas College orientation program demystifies higher education for Latino parents of first-generation students to improve its retention rates.

African-American

Perspectives: Education Reform and the Access/Success Pendulum

As higher education renews its focus on college completion, we should be mindful about past failure to hold steadfast to access and success, UCLA professors urge.

Drs. Patricia Gándara and Gary Orfield

Community Colleges

Think Tank Program Focuses on Nontraditional Learners

Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success advocates for policies and funding for low-income adults.

CLASP Workforce Development Director Evelyn Ganzglass

Community Colleges

Study: Most 2-year College Students Never Finish

Most students seeking degrees at California’s community colleges neither completed them nor transferred to a four-year university, according to a study that spells trouble for the state’s economic future.

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U.S. Colleges Cutting Courses to Curtail Campus Costs

Reducing or streamlining curriculum has been a difficult yet unavoidable measure at many schools during the recession.

Dr. Walter Kimbrough

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Obama: Future Depends on Science, Math Education

During White House science fair, President Obama said the U.S. is being outpaced by other countries and he wants American students to move from the middle to the top in science and math over the decade.

White House Initiative Spearheads Summit on Latino Academic Excellence

Education leaders gathered in Washington on Monday to share best practices and strategize about ways to increase education access for Hispanic-Americans and help reach President Barack Obama’s goal to significantly increase college graduation rates by 2020.

Juan Sepulveda, director of the White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanic Americans

Amid Rampant Budget Cutting, U.S. Colleges Anticipate Tough Academic Year

U.S. colleges and universities search for ways to function effectively on fewer resources and adapt to a sluggish national economic recovery.

Yolanda Banks Deaver is interim vice chancellor for administration and finance at North Carolina Central University.

Obama Calls on Congress To Make Education Tax Cut Permanent

President Obama has asked Congress to make permanent the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC), which is set to expire at the end of the year.

President Obama

Perspectives: Time for Community Colleges To Lead on Diversifying Faculty

Inclusive student body requires two-year institutions to hire more multicultural faculty to address learning needs.

Yvonne Singley, vice president of the DiversityWorks Inc. education firm, has more than 20 years of experience in community college administration, mostly at the Illinois Community College Board.

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Gates Foundation Seeks College Success Technology

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is offering up to $20 million in grants to attract new technology aimed at helping students get a college degree.

Josh Jarrett, Gates Foundation senior program officer

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