By Ashley A. Smith. Missouri's first female lineman is using her teaching position to draw more women into the male-dominated field. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. A new report from a large noncredit adult education institution recommends that similar programs focus on equity and social justice while linking noncredit adult education to work-force development. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. A new report from the Century Foundation addresses how states can measure the impact increases in enrollment may have on free college programs and how to deal with increased costs for those programs without restricting admissions. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. Three Ohio community colleges that have adopted the City University of New York's Accelerated Study in Associate Programs initiative have seen increases in semester-to-semester persistence rates as well as graduation-rate bumps ranging from 7.9 percent to 19.1 percent. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. Hall of Fame rock band Metallica is donating $1 million to 10 community colleges across the country as part of a partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. A new paper examining tuition-free programs targeted at high-achieving low-income high school students found increases in students applying to and enrolling in college. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. About 30 colleges are shutting their doors at the end of this month, nearly a year after becoming the latest group of for-profit institutions to convert to nonprofit status. More...

By Ashley A. Smith. Nevada educators are finding strong links to success for students who take college-level math and more than 15 credits per semester. More...