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Ullman, Ellen – Community College Journal, 2013
Aware that rising costs could force some community colleges to compromise their long-standing open-door policies, administrators have put in place programs and incentives to offset the higher price of the average community college education. This article features ideas and programs to help struggling community colleges cope with rising costs such…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Incentives, Community Colleges, Student Costs
Welbeck, Rashida; Diamond, John; Mayer, Alexander; Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn – MDRC, 2014
The cost of attending college has risen sharply over the last 40 years. Although more credit and grant aid have been made available to students, there are still major gaps between aid and the cost of attendance for many students in the United States, all of whom are left to figure out whether they can afford the remaining costs associated with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Costs, Student Financial Aid, Paying for College
Principal Leadership, 2010
The corporate internship program is a cornerstone of the education that students receive at San Miguel High School in Tucson, Arizona. Four students share one job, so each student works for a corporate partner outside of the school every fourth day. The money they earn is used to help defray the cost of their education, and the experience is…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Education Work Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Partnerships in Education