Community Colleges

The Alabama Board of Education agreed this afternoon to buy out two-year college Chancellor Freida Hill's contract as part of a settlement agreement to avoid litigation.

When students enroll at Grand Valley State University, they’re more likely now than a decade ago to take a class or two at another institution – typically a community college – as they pursue their degree.

The second-in-charge of Alabama's two-year college system -- brought in by Chancellor Freida Hill, who is under fire from the state Board of Education -- resigned this week to accept a job in the Technical College System of Georgia, where he worked with Hill before coming to Alabama in June 2010.

As state funding has dwindled, public colleges have raised tuition and are now resorting to even more desperate measures — cutting training for jobs the economy needs most.

Bell will lead school's new Corporate College, which will focus on workforce training

Harford Community College awards arena naming rights

Job training is a crucial part of Grand Rapids Community College’s mission, administrators say.

Unless the state's revenue picture changes dramatically in the next few months, California community colleges can expect a new $149 million punch in the gut this year, college leaders said Tuesday.

Many graduated from low-performing high schools that ill-prepared them for college, making them unlikely to get a degree. L.A.'s. community college district is responding with special programs, but one social scientist says it's not enough.