There’s a stigma associated with community college. Many think it’s easier than a four-year university and it’s only for uneducated high school dropouts. Some colleges make transferring credits hard ...

I graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with $40,000 in student debt. Consolidating four years of college experience into one large, daunting number feels grim. But that number could ...

That sums up the gist of what many people wanted to know from me, since I transferred from community college to the University. That emphasis on “real” was fascinating to me, as if the first two years ...

When I decided to enroll in community college, I saw the experience only as an avenue to attend a local four-year university. Due in part to the stigma surrounding two-year colleges, I went in with ...

When I first applied to colleges in high school, I never once considered community college. I was ambitious, an overachiever. I bought into the stereotype that community college wasn’t, as a friend ...

When I started at Glendale Community College in the summer of 2024, I made a few TikTok videos about going back to school later in life. Along with that came a slew of education influencers touting ...

New friends who first learn of my story as an undocumented immigrant and eventual Ivy League graduate are quick to assume that it was Yale that provided the most meaningful experience of my life thus ...

Dennis G. Hall was formerly Vice Provost for Research at Vanderbilt University. It’s that time of year again when college students head to campus for the opening of the new school year, some for the ...