BestColleges

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As a “lifer,” Fordham wasn't eligible to participate in prison education programs, but he fought back and earned a diploma, vocational certificates, and an associate degree from Miami Dade College. He received his associate degree with 18 other graduates, all of whom wore caps and gowns over their prison uniforms.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 17, 2023

The CUNY/Trinity College study tracked more than 900 community college students beginning in the fall of 2013. The study found that students who took corequisite courses saw an average of between $3,000 and $4,500 more in earnings per year than their peers who were sent to remedial courses, BestColleges previously reported.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 23, 2024

But by 2013, that percentage had more than doubled. of bachelor's degree recipients. Yet, as interest in the arts and humanities has declined at the baccalaureate level, the same can't be said for associate degrees. That hasn’t always been the case. Students' choice of majors reflects those shifting preferences.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 31, 2024

The HEA Group used borrowing levels from 2013-15 and compared that to what was owed four years later, according to the report. At the City University of New York (CUNY) system, for example, Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) helped nearly double the degree attainment rate for associate degree students.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 12, 2023

Community college students finished their degrees faster and had higher eventual earnings when they received help in college-level classes rather than being bumped to remedial courses, according to a new study.

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BestColleges

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

And in Florida, a Miami Dade College's education program at Everglades Correctional Institution, also known as the Institute for Educational Empowerment (IEE), has served more than 900 incarcerated students since its inception in 2013. To me, education means more than just textbooks and long hours of studying," Fordham told BestColleges. "To

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Philip’s College, a two-year institution, to pursue a Biomedical Engineering and Technology Associate’s. I kept recalling the summer of 2013 when I worked at an industrial lumber yard for eight hours daily in the blistering heat. I’m the first in our family to attend college and earn an Associate degree. My parents cried.

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