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The article offers news briefs related to the school industry. The Community College Research Center at Columbia University (CCRC) has released findings from its study on how students experience student success courses. According to the U.S. Education Department's released projections of education statistics, enrollment at a degree-granting institutions of higher education will increase to more than 20 million by 2017. A new College Access & Opportunity Guide is college guidebook aimed at traditionally underrepresented and underserved populations. It features more than 225 colleges and universities that provide access and retention programs for first-generation, low-income, and minoriy college-bound students.