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Community Colleges

Colleges Find Success With New Approaches to Developmental Education

Remedial education has been such a major contributor to lowering student retention at two-year schools that it has been characterized as a “bridge to nowhere.”

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College Basketball Player Derrick Gordon Still Happy About His Decision to Come Out Last Year

When Derrick Gordon decided last April to become the first openly gay player in Division I men’s college basketball to publicly come out, he wasn’t sure what kind of reaction he would receive.

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Enrollment decrease leads to NMSU spending cuts

New Mexico State University has seen a decline in enrollment for the fall semester, resulting in the loss of revenue.

Community Colleges

Going to the Extreme With College Dropouts

An anti-diversity idea being floated that people should be aware of.

New Report Finds Schools Inadequately Prepare Students for Global Success

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has found that few high-schools require certain core classes as part of their college-ready curriculum.

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Community Colleges

LSU Employee Asked to Stay off Campus After Trip to Liberia

Louisiana State University says an employee who trained Liberian police officers to use protective clothing has been asked to stay off campus for three weeks – the period during which Ebola virus symptoms could show up.

African-American

Pasadena City College to Pay Writer $26K for Rescinded Invitation

A California community college agreed to pay Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black $26,050 for rescinding a commencement speaking offer after a stolen sex video emerged online of the Milk writer.

Faculty & Staff

UCLA Study Offers Hope on Emergency Room Crowding

The research could offer hope to those who worry that the expansion of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act will not ease emergency room crowding as President Obama and others have predicted.

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Leadership & Policy

Alleged Capo Kills Self as Search in Mexico for Missing College Students Continues

The alleged leader of a drug gang implicated in the disappearance of 43 college students killed himself during a confrontation with Mexican security forces Tuesday, a day after protesters demanding an investigation into the students’ whereabouts burned government buildings in the southern state of Guerrero.

Leadership & Policy

South Carolina State Still Owes $6.5M on Unpaid Bills

South Carolina State University still owes $6.5 million on bills and needs more help from the state to move forward, President Thomas Elzey told the Budget and Control Board on Tuesday.

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Community Colleges

Nearly 200 Students Sue Kansas-Based College

Nearly 200 students have joined a lawsuit accusing Kansas-based Wright Career College of fraud.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Wooing Medical Students

The new secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs made an impassioned recruitment pitch to medical school and nursing students at the University of Vermont on Monday, urging them to consider careers in the VA.

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