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Community colleges in Michigan are getting ready for a sharp increase in online enrollments thanks to a new state law that requires high-school students to take an online course before they graduate.

Ricardo Alcaraz is taking three of his five courses online this semester at Santa Ana College: an anthropology class, business calculus and business law. It’s a course schedule that reflects a new ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Lone Star College, a community college with eight campuses in Texas, has one "campus" that’s different than the others—it’s all online. The student government is made up of remote students, faculty ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Six additional bachelor’s degree programs have been approved across California’s ...

Ricardo Alcaraz is taking three of his five courses online this semester at Santa Ana College: an anthropology class, business calculus and business law. It’s a course schedule that reflects a new ...