Community colleges provide affordable higher education to millions of Americans each year. Some two-year colleges offer some of their degree programs online, making education even more accessible.

Community colleges and universities are rapidly expanding online programs, driven by rising education costs, workforce needs, and the demand for flexible learning. Digital formats now serve a wider ...

April 30, 2026 - Students at college campuses across California recover hundreds of pounds of unserved food from dining halls to serve to their hungry classmates. Ricardo Alcaraz is taking three of ...

More students are beginning their higher education at community colleges, with associate degrees increasingly serving as a pathway to four-year programs. Lower tuition, targeted federal funding, and ...

Lone Star College, a community college with eight campuses in Texas, has one "campus" that’s different than the others—it’s all online. The student government is made up of remote students, faculty ...

Ricardo Alcaraz is taking three of his five courses online this semester at Santa Ana College: an anthropology class, business calculus and business law. It’s a course schedule that reflects a new ...

April 30, 2026 - Students at college campuses across California recover hundreds of pounds of unserved food from dining halls to serve to their hungry classmates. In California, students seeking a ...

As the dean of online learning at Portland Community College, it’s hard for Heather Guevara to overstate her college’s reliance on technology, especially post-pandemic. Professors at the Oregon ...

Emma Bittner considered getting a master's degree in public health at a university near her home in Austin, Texas. But the in-person program cost tens of thousands of dollars more than she had hoped ...