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Southern University Enrollment Falls More Than 5 Percent from Last Year

Southern’s enrollment for the fall semester dipped below 7,000 students, a drop of more than 5 percent since 2010, according to figures reported to the Louisiana Board of Regents.

Leadership & Policy

U.S. Education Department’s Community College Leader Makes ‘Acceleration Strategies’ Part of Ambitious Agenda

After more than a year at the Education Department, Dr. Frank Chong describes his job as a “whirlwind” that has included legislative battles in Washington, D.C., and listening tours to 25 states.

Community Colleges

College Leaders Urged To Focus on ‘Near Completers’

Summit organizers advise colleges to invest in re-engaging “near completers”—or those students who would have left college despite only being a few credits shy of a degree.

Enrollment on the Rise at Grambling State University

Grambling State University’s preliminary enrollment report for the 2011-12 academic year shows enrollment has risen to 5,207, a 4.27 percent increase from the previous academic year.

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Advocates Voice Caution on Community College Study

Although a new study has found that underrepresented community college students fare better in classrooms with an instructor of their ethnic background, diversity leaders warn the study is too limited in scope to draw any solid conclusions.

Tribal Colleges

Obama Administration Jobs Plan Has Higher Education Funds

Community and tribal colleges would receive $5 billion for construction projects under President Obama’s new jobs plan, which also could shore up state education budgets and provide post-secondary job training opportunities.

Obama jobs plan

African-American

Virginia State University Drumline Performs at the White House

Less than a month after they performed with fellow band members in the Honda Battle of the Bands showcase, an eight-person drumline from the Virginia State University’s Trojan Explosion marching band entertained guests at the Feb. 26 executive order signing for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities by President Barack Obama.

Community Colleges

Morris Brown College Pays Off Debt to U.S. Government

Morris Brown College has settled a nearly $10 million debt for pennies on the dollar with the U.S. Education Department.

Morris Brown College

Community Colleges

Report: Lack of College Completion Could Cost States Billions

A report released today from the American Institutes for Research suggests that students who do not complete college may cost states billions in lost revenue.

Community Colleges

For-profit College Targets Attorney General Conway in Election

Leaders at Sullivan University, which has its main campus in Louisville, asked employees during an Aug. 3 training session to contribute $25 each to attorney general candidate Todd P’Pool, according to The Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Community Colleges

Mississippi Community College Degree Program Allows Academic Credit Earned from Military Training, Experience

A Mississippi community college is offering a new associate degree program that it says will enable veteran and active-duty members of the armed services to combine their military training with academic credits.

Community Colleges

U.S. Justice Dept. Accuses For-profit College of Breaking Law

The Obama administration and four states are accusing a private, for-profit college of illegally paying recruiters to enroll students in an $11 billion fraud, the latest action in a long-running examination of the industry’s recruitment techniques.

U.S. Justice Department

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