College and correctional facility partnerships around the nation are working to build incarcerated individuals’ job skills and set them on the path to a degree.
Topics: Adult learners
Hoping to boost military-affiliated student success, colleges try targeted strategies
Military-affiliated students may benefit from targeted retention strategies that reflect their unique strengths and needs.
Certificate programs a ‘viable on-ramp’ to earnings growth, study finds
A new study published by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce notes the growing interest in certificate programs’ potential to increase postsecondary access and finds they may produce “meaningful earnings increases.”
Walmart launches ‘$1-a-day’ college tuition plan in targeted effort to boost retention
The nation’s largest private employer announced this week that it will pay for its employees to earn bachelor’s or associate’s degrees through online programs focused on business and supply chain management.