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The Los Rios Community College District offers students the Promise Program, a way to get your tuition and enrollment fees waived. Issues arise when applying for the program though, and students often end up in the Financial Aid Office to solve them. (Photo by Joseph Bianchini)

The Los Rios Promise Program is more difficult than it should be

Joseph Bianchini, Staff Writer September 24, 2023

The Los Rios Promise Program allows students to attend their first two years of community college without having to pay tuition or enrollment fees. This process is made out to be easy, but incoming students...

Dual enrollment student Jose Morales and the College Tour Club of Grant Union High School in front of the Hoover Tower at Stanford University for a campus tour. (Photo courtesy of Jose Morales)

ARC’s Dual Enrollment program has high school students ahead of the game

Jeralynn Querubin, Staff Writer March 25, 2023

High school students enrolled at American River College are completing college course credits early. With the Dual Enrollment program, the journey to getting an associates degree becomes a lot faster. The...

Juliana Shim sits on the edge of a diving board at American River College. Shim is a first-semester student at ARC. (Photo by Ashley Hayes-Stone)

Teenager dives into collegiate athletics

Brienna Edwards November 21, 2017

Juliana Shim lifts herself from the water, and begins to walk along the edge of the pool. She has just done a flip off of the high dive at American River College and is walking the short distance to to...

There is not enough coordination between high schools and colleges, leading to many students not being adequately prepared for higher education. (Photo by John Ferrannini)

Opinion: High school classes don’t prepare students for college

Jordan Schauberger November 13, 2015

Every year, a college education becomes more of a necessity for most jobs, yet there doesn’t seem to be proper coordination between high schools and colleges to ensure success for students once they...

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