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Recent Grads Underemployed Because of Low Job Supply

Once thought of as the key to premium earnings and better job selection for recent graduates, the bachelor’s degree is no longer a valued commodity for entrance into the labor market.

January 27, 2013

Students

It’s Tough to Trailblaze: Challenges of First-Generation College Students

College attendance has become less of a privilege and more of a necessity in the contemporary workforce.

January 23, 2013

Community Colleges

Indiana to Incentivize Graduation

Indiana’s education chief says lawmakers need to make wiser investments in higher education to improve the state’s college graduation rate, including new financial aid incentives for students who earn top grades and graduate on time.

January 10, 2013

Community Colleges

Michigan Allows Community Colleges to Offer Some 4-Year Degree Programs

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a law that will allow community colleges to grant bachelor’s degrees in several fields of study.

January 2, 2013

Faculty & Staff

College Graduates Choose Community Colleges in Pursuing Advanced Degrees

College graduates are slowly coming to the realization that their liberal arts degrees provide limited job opportunities, sending many degreed adults back to community college.

December 2, 2012

Students

Scott Wants Low-Cost Degrees At Florida Colleges

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday challenged Florida’s community and state colleges to develop four-year degrees that would cost no more than $10,000, which also would continue their move into an area that was once the sole domain of the state’s public universities.

November 26, 2012

HBCUs

Oregon Public Universities Set Record for Graduates

Oregonians went back to school in large numbers during the Great Recession, leading to a record for graduates in 2011-2012 from the state’s public universities.

November 14, 2012

Students

Education Leaders Say System Needs Overhaul From Kindergarten Through College

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says containing college costs, increasing the number of students who earn degrees and limiting time for students receiving government aid are areas of focus.

October 23, 2012

Students

Moody’s Report Says Grad Enrollment Decline Hits Higher Education Credit

Grad enrollment decline to have negative impact on schools’ credit rating.

October 7, 2012

Leadership & Policy

Forum: College Degree to Remain Sound Investment in Growing Global Economy

A college degree continues to be a worthwhile investment, but institutions of higher learning must adapt to new realities to remain viable, said panelists at a forum on higher education’s role in the global economy.

September 6, 2012

Students

APLU Panel Addresses Challenges of Minorities Enrolled in STEM Fields

Despite growing public awareness and collective efforts to increase the ranks of U.S. minority college students seeking degrees in STEM fields, their supporters and advocates still struggle with many of the same issues today as they did several decades ago, a panel of educators says.

November 14, 2011

African-American

Declining Numbers of Blacks Seen in Math and Science

From community college through Ph.D. level, the percentage of STEM degrees received by Blacks in 2009 was 7.5 percent, down from 8.1 percent in 2001.

October 24, 2011