Quick Hits (6.8.12)

For those list-lovers. College Measures ranks community colleges, based on the percentage of students who graduated or transferred to a four-year university within three years. (CNNMoney)

How about the good news first? The U.S. high school graduation rate is the highest it’s been in more than 30 years, but researchers still predict 1.1 million students won’t get their diploma this year. (Education Week)

Has anyone told her the job market is tough out there? A 97-year-old woman finally got her high school diploma, after ditching school eight decades ago to work in her father’s meat market. (Associated Press)

And guess who won’t be giving any more graduation speeches? David McCullough, Jr., son of the famous historian, dished out some tough love for the graduating class at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts: “Do not get the idea you’re anything special.  Because you’re not.” (h/t Washington Post) (Wellesley Report)