Should Duke finalize the partnership, it would be the first formalized community college transfer agreement for full-time undergraduate students among universities in the U.S. News and World Report’s ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office is encouraging all eligible students currently on a ...

March 12, 2026 - A settlement was recently reached in a class-action case, requiring LAUSD to offer intensive "high-dose" tutoring to 100,000 students for three years. Few students who intend to ...

RADFORD, Va. – Over the past few years, leaders at Radford University have focused on creating an accessible path through higher education like their tuition promise. Their recent endeavor for this, ...

The University of Illinois system is planning to pilot a new program aimed at increasing transfer rates by community college students. The University of Illinois system will team up with One Million ...

In Massachusetts, just 18.3 percent of the community college class that entered in 2019 transferred to a four-year institution by 2023. Massachusetts’ community colleges can expect an influx of new ...

Community college is a popular choice for high school grads who want to save money before transferring to a four-year university. But it turns out that very few are making the jump. According to a new ...

Without a particular career in mind, Anderson enrolled at Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI) in Watertown, S.D., a relatively inexpensive two-year college 30 minutes from his home. There, his ...

Few students who intend to transfer from California’s community colleges do so successfully. To reverse that trend, the state’s public college systems will need to work collaboratively. That’s the ...