GRCC in the News – 8/31/12

High School Does Not Go High Enough
By Larry M. Elkin Apr 6, 2012, 8:01 AM | Wall Street Pit

At Santa Monica College, a 34,000-student, two-year community college in California, students sometimes sit on the floor to hear professors speak. This is not part of a New Age approach to learning; there aren’t enough seats. […] Wyoming Public Schools in Grand Rapids, Mich., for example, launched a program last month to allow students to dual-enroll at Grand Rapids Community College in order to earn both a high school diploma and an associate’s degree in five years, with the public school system paying the community college tuition.  (More)