The effort makes two years at a four-year public college, community or trade school free. The program applies to students who have family incomes of $90,000 or less.

In 2020, Garcia launched Bridge to Bachelor’s, which allows students at Colorado’s 13 community colleges to be conditionally admitted to a participating four-year college once they complete ...

The university in Golden was touted as one of the best public schools in the nation at No. 36 and has an 66% four-year graduation rate, according to U.S. News. The in-state tuition cost, per U.S ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Governor J.B. Pritzker’s proposal to allow community colleges to offer four-year degrees was revived under a different bill with one week left in the legislative ...

In 2023–24, four-year colleges made up 37 percent of the accreditor’s member institutions, up from 33 percent in 2021; this year, NACEP officials say they’ll make up close to 40 percent. There are ...

The Daniels Fund has selected a handful of Weld County high school seniors for its four-year scholarships. The 2025 class of the Daniels Scholarship Program, the 25th cohort of scholars, went to 230 ...

I’ve spent the last decade speaking with learners who have broken out of the traditional four-year college route, and their work-arounds presage the future. Consider the story of Patrick, who used the ...

Harper College and other community colleges have renewed a long-sought plan to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees in select fields, but the effort has again stalled in Springfield amid ...

But 38% of Tier 1 college students transferred out of state for a four-year degree compared to only 16% of students not in a university education desert. Future research – and possible solutions ...