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Community Colleges: Page 193
Leadership & Policy
Veteran Educator To Lead National Community College Association
Dr. Walter Bumphus will take the helm of the American Association of Community Colleges in 2011 amid unprecedented growth and economic challenges for the nation’s more than 1,200 two-year colleges.
Latinx
Georgia Colleges Working To Verify Students’ Status
Georgia’s 35 colleges and universities are working to carry out a mandate from their governing body and verify the citizenship status of nearly 316,000 students by mid-August.
Community Colleges
Jump in U.S. College Enrollment Highest in 40 Years
The nation’s colleges are attracting record numbers of new students as more Hispanics finish high school and young adults opt to pursue a higher education rather than languish in a weak job market.
Latinx
Higher Education Organizations Form Coalition to Seek DREAM Act Passage
The Hispanic Association of Colleges Universities (HACU) has taken the lead in uniting 25 national higher education organizations in an effort to help bring DREAM Act legislation to final votes before Congress’ August recess.
Community Colleges
Better Educated Work Force Needed for Jobs in Near Future
A report by Georgetown University researchers attributes the increasing demand for a better-educated work force by 2018 to the increased use of technology, particularly computers.
Students
Study: Majority of Institutions Receive Applications from Undocumented Students
In a survey released today, the National Association of College Admission Counseling reports that 60 percent of surveyed schools indicated that they had received college applications from undocumented students.
Students
Community College Champion
In an exclusive interview with Diverse, Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón discusses community colleges’ pivotal role in revitalizing the U.S. economy.
African-American
$1M Donated for Demolition at Paul Quinn College
A $1 million donation to demolish 13 abandoned buildings at Paul Quinn College in Dallas is meant to bolster the school’s efforts to survive.
Students
Best & Brightest: ‘I Had to Succeed’
No one would fault Jemima Pierre-Jacques if she decided to put off her studies this past spring semester at Prince George’s Community College. The native Haitian was mourning the loss of her father, Jude Pierre-Jacques, and eight other relatives in Port-au-Prince, casualties along with thousands of the 7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti in January.
Students
College “Student Group” Aided by For-profit Industry
Career College Association, a lobbying group for for-profit schools, provided the organizational muscle to launch the grassroots-sounding Students for Academic Choice at a time when for-profit colleges are under fire.
Community Colleges
Two-Year Wisconsin Colleges Seek To Offer Four-Year Degrees
The University of Wisconsin’s two-year colleges could soon have the power to offer limited four-year degrees under a plan aimed at serving adult students in mostly rural areas.
Students
Community College Trends Examined at Conference
At a conference of community college faculty and staff members, attendees looked to veteran leaders for a glimpse at what the future holds for U.S. community colleges.
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