Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nation’s 12.4 million community college students, who include large percentages of adults, first-generation college-goers and ...

MUSCATINE, Iowa — The suspect moved menacingly toward her, but Elexiana Oliva stood her ground, gun drawn and in a half crouch as she calmly tried to talk him down. The confrontation wasn't real, and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California’s community colleges are moving toward offering more bachelor’s degrees. California State University is ...

Iowa lawmakers are exploring a proposal to enable the state's community colleges to offer bachelor's degree programs, focusing on high-demand fields and areas with limited access to higher education.

If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. In my years reporting on community colleges, I never knew that 29 campuses offer bachelor’s ...

In the past two years, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed three bills that would have allowed community colleges to award students more bachelor’s degrees. Unfazed, lawmakers are now backing a fourth bill that ...

Illinois could become the latest state to permit its community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees in high-demand fields. In his state of the state budget address on Wednesday, Governor JB Pritzker ...

Constance Duffle, a paramedic in Siskiyou County at the Oregon border, serves a vast wilderness region woefully in need of health professionals. She has enrolled in a bachelor's degree program in ...

Legislation that would have allowed community colleges in Iowa to offer bachelor degrees stalls in Des Moines.