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African-American
Chronicling the Life and Career of a Higher Education Giant — Norman Francis
In this unique series, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education honors the life and career of Xavier University of Louisiana President Norman Francis. For more than four decades, Francis has led the private, historically Black, New Orleans-based university to exemplary accomplishment and achievement. Diverse recounts the challenges Francis faced and triumphs that are credited to his leadership. Please read and join the discussions at the end of each story in the series. ENDPARAGRAPH
Community Colleges
Commentary: Florida’s Community Colleges Provide a History Lesson
Not only is the history of the civil rights movement inadequately taught to students today, but primary sources documenting the events of that era are being lost, an English professor at Florida’s Broward College writes.
Latinx
Civil Rights Project: California Maintains Segregated Community College System
The vast majority of Black and Latino students in California are being subjected to a “segregated” community college system where very few transfer to four-year institutions, researchers charged Tuesday as they released three reports.
Community Colleges
New Budget Targets Pell, Community Colleges
The Obama administration on Monday outlined a new federal education budget with an increase in the maximum Pell Grant and a major new $8 billion initiative to promote community college/business partnerships.
Community Colleges
Policy Forum: Research Necessary to Explain Dual Enrollment’s Full Impact Among Low-Income Students
While high school/college course enrollment programs lead to higher GPAs for some students, more research should develop a stronger link between the programs and post-secondary success, panelists asserted at a Washington forum.
Community Colleges
Emanuel Announces City Colleges of Chicago Workforce Training Initiative
City Colleges of Chicago’s new “College to Careers” program will create partnerships with local corporations and organizations to prepare city residents for jobs in high-growth industries.
Latinx
Hispanic Education Highlighted at Twitter Town Hall Meeting
During a Twitter Town Hall hosted by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, more than 400 tweeted questions and received answers related to Hispanic education.
Community Colleges
Obama Administration Focuses on How to Keep the Cost of College Education Affordable
The plan would include reforms that would steer federal funds away from colleges that fail to keep net tuition down and toward those colleges and universities that do their fair share to keep tuition affordable, provide good value, and serve needy students well.
Community Colleges
College Presidents Wary of Obama Cost-control Plan
President Barack Obama’s new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach.
Community Colleges
Obama Maps 2012 Education Agenda
President Obama outlined an election-year higher education plan that includes a major expansion of college work-study programs and a stronger role of community colleges in workforce training.
Community Colleges
LSU, ULL May Partner for 3-year M.D. Program
The new partnership would be an expansion of a current program allowing LSU med students to complete the first two years of medical school in New Orleans before coming to Lafayette to spend two years doing clinicals at University Medical Center.
Students
Experts: Streamlining Employee Benefits, Increasing Student Credit Loads Among Ways to Reduce College Costs
The House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training heard expert testimony Wednesday on how colleges and universities can reduce institutional costs and lower student tuition.
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