The San Diego Community College District and its main union, relying on an uncommon “profit-sharing” formula, have amicably agreed on a new three-year labor contract.

Larry Eisenberg has led the $5.7-billion bond-financed project since 2003. A Times investigation found that poor planning, shoddy workmanship and other factors cost tens of millions of dollars.

After decades as the unsung workhorses of higher education, community colleges are finally getting some respect.

In his State of the State address this week, Gov. Rick Perry issued a challenge to universities to create a $10,000 bachelor's degree with textbooks included, an idea he reportedly picked up from Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

Is the internet more valuable to community college students than professors? More than 70 percent of community college students believe that "high-speed internet access is important for success in community college," according to the findings of a recently released survey.

The current US education system is failing to prepare millions of young adults for successful careers by providing a one-size-fits-all approach, and it should take a cue from its European counterparts by offering greater emphasis on occupational instruction, a Harvard University study published yesterday concludes.

The Senate's plan also terminates 1,443 fewer state employees than House budget-writers are proposing.

Kimberly Connacher, a bank teller, tried to get to Modesto Junior College early enough each evening to beat about 44 other students to a seat and avoid having to stand through her English class.

As community colleges are suffering from funding and overcrowding issues, career colleges are being unfairly targeted by a proposed Department of Education regulation intended to curb the amount of unpaid student debt in this country.

Students with disabilities getting tools to succeed from HCC program

For top high school students, the sales pitch for dual-credit classes is almost irresistible – pass one class and get high school and college credit.

10.31.10 – A new debit MasterCard that some Colorado community college students complain charges them fees just to access their financial aid wasn't originally part of the proposal state administrators were set to approve.

10.27.10 – Hugh Muir: A new study reveals that British Chinese people aged 16 and over are four times as likely to be full-time students as the wider population

10.26.10 – Matthew Ladner – Last week, I explained Johns Hopkins University’s work on “dropout factories,” public schools where 60 percent or fewer students graduate on time. Under this definition, all of Arizona’s community colleges qualify as dropout factories, even if you consider their graduation rates after three years instead of two. I received an avalanche of email in response.