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Direct linkWarford, Laurance J. – Community College Journal, 2004
Since their inception, America's community colleges have represented unique opportunity for all people to benefit from higher education. Today, nearly half of all people who start a college career do so in a community college. Community colleges are a key community learning nexus, connecting returning students and rising high school students to…
Descriptors: Career Development, Postsecondary Education, Career Planning, Technical Institutes
Download full textWashington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2006
This report provides an overview of the Running Start program; data about student participation rates and academic performance; updates on savings to families, taxpayers and the state; and new information about national trends in dual-credit programs. Running Start is a program that allows 11th and 12th grade students to take college courses at…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, State Colleges, Acceleration (Education)
