More than 40 percent of American undergraduate college students are adults over the age of 25, many of whom are holding down jobs while working toward a degree. Yet the…
It took Shannon Connor, 48, a long time to realize her dream of college, and she had to overcome many obstacles along the way. But once she enrolled inSeminole State…
Attaining a college diploma, especially a bachelor’s degree, has a large effect on the average worker’s labor market earnings. Largely as a result, many young Americans enroll in college –…
With movement currently stalled on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization in both chambers of Congress, lawmakers have turned their attention to another pressing education matter: overhauling the Higher…
In the first year of the precision-machining and automation program at Sarasota Technical College, 100 percent of the students graduated with a job or job offer. That fact caught the…
Degree attainment rates are up in seven of Florida’s top eight metro areas, according to the Lumina Foundation’s latest Stronger Nation report. Florida has eight of the nation’s 100 most populated…
When Joe Murray suggested placing academic advisors in campus parking lots, he got a good laugh from his colleagues at Florida Atlantic University. But Murray, the campus’ director of advising…
Community college/high school collaboration takes many forms, from outreach to underserved populations to large efforts with multiple partners – with the overriding goal of motivating students to prepare for and…