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The latest Community College Survey of Student Engagement indicates that institutions need to do more to familiarize students with financial aid.

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WHERE TOP JOBS GO BEGGING: If California leads the nation, as it's said, then community colleges in other states, too, will soon suffer shortages of presidential candidates.

BROADENING THE BAILOUT? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend several hundred million dollars over the next five years to double the number of low-income young people who finish postsecondary programs.

WHAT COMMUNITY COLLEGES WANT, PART 2: More advice for candidates on what hiring committees look for in a faculty member.

CHASING PRESTIGE ON A TREADMILL: Pursuing the approbation of their peers has done little to improve the reputations of most two-year and four-year colleges, and may even make them less distinguishable from their competitors, new research shows.

FOREIGN ATTRACTION: The number of international students enrolled in American colleges in the fall of 2007 shattered records, according to a report.

$63 PER CREDIT HOUR: Louisiana's community-college system offers distance education by cellphone.

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