With free college going nowhere at the national level (for now at least), state and local promise programs— another name for free college— are where there is the greatest potential for continued ...

The success of TN Promise and its continuous evolution would not be possible without the collaborative, bipartisan efforts of people like Governor Bill Lee, who recognize the program's impact on ...

The dynamic national College Promise Campaign is a growing 21st-century community college partnership initiative gaining broad support for hard-working students in America’s community colleges. “One ...

In one of her first public acts as the new mayor of Seattle, Jenny Durkan signed an executive order last month to phase in a free college tuition program. The program promises up to two years of free ...

ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fairmont Private Schools, Orange County’s largest and oldest nonsectarian private school, is boosting the return on investment in education with the Fairmont College ...

College promise programs offering “free college” to local students are increasingly adding a new task to their core mission — connecting young people to internships and apprenticeships. The programs, ...

Even before students entered the halls of the new I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, the experimental effort had received widespread acclaim for its efforts to get low-performing students on a path to ...

A study of 33 public community college promise programs, or free-college programs, across the United States found that they are associated with large enrollment increases of first-time, full-time ...

Jauronika Armstrong wasn't sure she was cut out for college. The 19-year-old Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center graduate didn't think she was smart enough to get accepted to, let alone succeed ...

The L.A. College Promise, a program that has been in place since fall 2017, works to provide free community college to first-time college students graduating from L.A. Unified School District and ...

Making higher education more available. In spite of the cost of local college and offering students the chance to study and earn a degree without struggling to pay for it. Going deep into debt, it is ...

AVONDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — An Arizona couple who grew up in the West Valley just surprised a class of 72 third graders with college scholarships. As long as they make the grade through high school, ...