Senate Bill Would Ease Students’ Path to Associate Degrees

By Andy Thomason. A bill introduced on Thursday in the U.S. Senate would let students who don’t finish four-year degrees use their course credits to claim associate degrees, reports The Charlotte Observer. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Kay Hagan, a North Carolina Democrat, and Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, is designed to help community-college students who transfer to four-year programs but don’t end up graduating from either institution. More...