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More 4-year colleges offer 2-year degrees to reach new groups of students - PBS News Hour - Segments

More 4-year colleges offer 2-year degrees to reach new groups of students - PBS News Hour - Segments

Update: 2025-12-02
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About one in four college students is both first-generation and from low-income backgrounds, making the path to a college degree especially challenging. At Boston College’s Messina College, a new, two-year, fully residential associates degree program, a wide range of support is helping change that. John Yang visited the campus to learn more as part of our ongoing series, Rethinking College. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
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More 4-year colleges offer 2-year degrees to reach new groups of students - PBS News Hour - Segments

More 4-year colleges offer 2-year degrees to reach new groups of students - PBS News Hour - Segments