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Colorado Community College System officials report that artificial intelligence, healthcare jobs, and support for older adults might be driving recent enrollment trends.
Mordecai Brownlee has made walking long distances a part of his Community College of Aurora presidency. His fundraising effort supports students who need emergency aid.
Students say they understand which online classes they will succeed in and the quality of the courses.
COVID-19 caused a spike in online classes, but nationally and in Colorado many students have stuck with that model.
The Workforce Pell program has strict requirements meant to ensure students are connected with high-quality programs. Colorado community college leaders say they struggled to produce the stringent data required by the federal government.
The funding covers tuition, fees and books for returning students.
Sticker prices at elite schools keep making headlines, but after grants and discounts, students are paying less in tuition than they did a decade ago.
De-emphasizing admissions tests seems to bring in more students from low-income families — but not many.
The Commerce City Promise program connects residents with tuition-free training. It might predict demand for new Workforce Pell programs.
The July analysis of Colorado’s five-year-old law doesn’t provide evidence about how the policy has helped students as some universities nationwide have pushed back against it.
A new paper traces how family income, test scores, and educational spending rise together — leaving the least advantaged students in the least-resourced colleges.
Data compiled by the Associated Press shows more Americans are struggling to pay their student loan debt. In Colorado, defaults have also spiked.
Workforce Pell will open up federal money for short-term, high-demand careers. But data shows not all programs offer the same salary outcomes to students across the state.
Researchers are starting to study why rural men attend college at lower rates than women. At Colorado Mesa University, the challenge of getting rural men to join the rodeo team mirrors what’s happening nationwide.
Counselors across the state said the loss of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid tracker would potentially quadruple the amount of work needed to help students.
Colorado has revamped its Basic Needs Campus designation and has several others that are meant to hold schools accountable and signal to students that the school is dedicated to providing help.
Research shows students aren’t paying that much more for higher education than in the past. But the actual price of attendance can be confusing.
CareerWise Colorado has employed far fewer students in youth apprenticeships than leaders once envisioned. The program’s challenges offer valuable lessons as bipartisan enthusiasm for on-the-job-training grows nationwide.
Data shows 623,000 that Colorado residents didn’t finish college. But the state has made some progress helping former students return and current students stay enrolled.
The donation will partner Metropolitan State University of Denver with the newly renamed Romer Institute of Evidence-based Policy. The goal is for the donation to help students connect to research opportunities and leadership lessons.