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Types of Degrees in College: Insights and Advice

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</strong></p> <p class="ai-optimize-213">On average, you can earn this degree after completing around 60 credit hours, and while some colleges offer on-campus housing, many community colleges and technical schools have limited or no residential options.</p>

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The Gender Gap in College Admissions

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Across the country, a higher percentage of women who finish high school are entering college than their male counterparts (65.3% vs 57.6%) and more women are finishing college than men (67.9 Women first earned more than 50% of the bachelors degrees awarded in 1982. compared with 61.3,

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Can You Get a Bachelor’s Degree at a Community College?

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Two dozen states offer some form of bachelor's degree at community colleges. Community colleges in those states have adopted hundreds of degree programs, with many aimed at relevant workforce needs. Community colleges tend to be less costly and more accessible than traditional four-year schools.

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PepsiCo Donates $250K to Fight Food Insecurity at HBCUs

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Last year, PepsiCo donated $400,000 to Bunker Hill Community College in Boston to expand Black and Hispanic student access to higher education. PepsiCo is helping to fight food insecurity at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with a quarter-million-dollar donation to five HBCUs. Around 23% of U.S.

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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Number of Liberal Arts Bachelor's Degrees Declining For the liberal arts and humanities disciplines, the world has been changing for 50 years. Since the 1970s, the number of degrees conferred in the humanities has dropped fairly steadily , and that decline has picked up steam in recent years. of bachelor's degree recipients.

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Cannabis Microcredentials Can Boost Budding Careers

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Since it launched its first university partnership in 2020, Green Flower courses have helped students start businesses and get jobs and promotions in the cannabis industry. Today, students can take Green Flower's cannabis courses at 27 universities and workforce training programs at several community colleges.

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Largest Colleges and Universities in the U.S.

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Recently, Texas A&M made the news for announcing a joint engineering academy with Tyler Junior College. The university partners with eight other community colleges to combat an engineering shortage in the state. One of the more affordable colleges among the largest universities in the U.S.,