The Hechinger Report – Meredith Kolodner
“If community colleges are going to be the new pathway to the middle class, they have a lot of work to do, according to a new study. They offer degrees that can help low-income and first-generation students gain a foothold in an increasingly competitive job market, yet for years community college graduation rates have remained low. Despite research showing reforms that can improve those rates, most colleges haven’t put those changes in place, the new report shows. For example, a recent wave of research suggests that placement exams are ineffective at judging whether students are ready for college-level work – yet 87 percent of community college students say they are still required to take these exams.”(more)