Community colleges invest in advising to improve graduation ratesIn Alabama, two-year colleges are experimenting with “success coaches” and other advising strategies, with an eye toward boosting poor student completion rates. Nationally, about 36 percent of community college students who enrolled in 2018 graduated within three years. In Alabama, the rate is about 30 percent.
PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) A decade after dropping out, Briana Mathis, a 30-year-old mother of two, is navigating her first year back at Wallace Community College. She was recruited back to the school in Dothan, Alabama, by the staff at a new student support center. The same adviser has kept her on track by […]