Community Colleges: Can't Work? Too Bad. Pay Up Anyway.

Community Colleges Tuesday February 15, 2011 Subscribe to the Chronicle! Subscribe to this newsletter | Stop receiving this newsletter Community College News Can't Work? Too Bad. Pay Up Anyway. By Sasha Chavkin (ProPublica), Cezary Podkul, Jeannette Neumann, and Ben Protess Borrowers who become severely disabled can have their student-loan debts forgiven. But the system is broken, an investigation shows. Family of Deceased Student Fights for Illumination of Terms of Private Loans 'Achieving the Dream' Produces Little Change at Community Colleges By Jennifer Gonzalez A project intended to help students earn degrees has led colleges to alter their practices drastically, but the results have been limited. After Tucson: a Personal Assessment of Higher Education's Response to Threats By Lucinda Roy After shootings in Arizona and at Virginia Tech, how can colleges know when, and in what way, to intervene in a troubled student's life? Other News Scholars of Education Question the Limits of 'Academically Adrift' By David Glenn Many college leaders praise the book's research, but three lines of skepticism have emerged about the authors' gloomy account of the quality of undergraduate education. The Ticker: Adjuncts at New Hampshire Community Colleges Vote for Union Community-College Students Say They Struggle to Get Into Needed Classes By Elyse Ashburn From the students' perspective, the colleges are no longer able to offer the broad access to an education that they have long promised. The Ticker: In Texas, Public Officials Offer More Ideas for Cutting College Costs Today's Most-Viewed Chronicle Articles The Great Assessment Diversion After Tucson: a Personal Assessment of Higher Education's Response to Threats Europe's Drive to Teach in English Creates Barriers in Classroom U. of Wisconsin Faculty Would Lose Collective-Bargaining Rights Under Governor's Proposal Can't Work? Too Bad. Pay Up Anyway. Announcements The Chronicle's New and Improved Comments The next time you comment on a Chronicle article or blog post, you'll notice a number of new features. That's because we've switched to Disqus, a commenting system that lets you engage in threaded discussions, log in with your Facebook or Twitter account, and do much more. We take your comments seriously, so we've made sure that all your past contributions have stayed on chronicle.com. To make the switch, though, we've had to close commenting on old articles. Questions? Thoughts? Please check out our FAQ, or drop us a line at commenting@chronicle.com. Did a friend send you this? Go here for your own copy. In addition to this report, The Chronicle publishes free e-mail newsletters on technology, community colleges, hiring, and the world of ideas. You can also create an unlimited number of search agents so that you receive e-mail notification of available jobs in academe that meet your criteria. The Chronicle of Higher Education website contains a mix of free and premium content. For full access to the premium content, please purchase a subscription to our weekly newspaper. Manage your account: Retrieve user name | Reset your password | (c) 2011 The Chronicle of Higher Education 1255 23rd Street NW Washington, DC 20037