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Community Colleges

UConn dorms compete for energy, water savings

STORRS, Conn. (AP) – The University of Connecticut is injecting friendly competition into its energy-saving efforts at college dorms. Its conservation contests have become so popular that water use at some dorms has dropped 10 percent or more. Residents of the winning dorms get prizes: a certificate for carbon offsets – which pay for reducing greenhouse gas […]

Texas Border Schools Lead Nation in Hispanic Degree Achievement

Texas institutions of higher education along the border boast record numbers of Hispanic student enrollment and degree completion likely because their use of certain practices to narrow enrollment and graduation gaps between Hispanics and other students, according to a new report released today.

Community Colleges

Economic Downturn Blamed for Students Delaying College

The economic crisis is changing the plans of many prospective college students who are now delaying plans for higher education or setting their sights on less prestigious colleges, according to a new study released Monday of over 2,500 high school students nationwide.

Community Colleges

Mich. Colleges Beef Up Training for ‘Green’ Jobs

Brandon Knight entered the alternative energy engineering program at Lansing Community College in 2006 with an eye toward owning a business dedicated to developing solar panels, wind turbines and perhaps even other energy sources that people haven’t heard of yet.

Leadership & Policy

Zooming in on the Tar Heel State

In previous editions, we examined the state of higher education in Georgia, then New York, California, Texas and Illinois.

Leadership & Policy

LEARNING WHILE UNDOCUMENTED

North Carolina community college students are caught in the cross hairs of illegal immigration opponents.

Community Colleges

Republican Education Plan Focuses on Rising College Costs

Sen. John McCain and party officials call for more transparency and restraint in college spending.

Native Americans

17 Tribal Colleges Win Grants

Seventeen tribal colleges have been awarded $4 million through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Tribal College Grant program to buy equipment, build or renovate classrooms, make repairs and finance improvements.

Community Colleges

Alabama Board Bars Undocumented Students from Community Colleges

The state board of education passed a new policy denying undocumented students admission to Alabama’s two-year colleges on Thursday, despite one board member’s calls to delay it for more discussion and four of the nine members being absent.

Community Colleges

Colleges Trading Up Cafeteria Trays

Students will have to find other ways to sled this winter as U.S. colleges retire cafeteria trays to conserve water and energy and cut down on wasted food and water-polluting detergents.

Democratic Platform Promises More for Education

Education plan includes a tax credit for college students who perform community service and grants for community colleges.

Building a Friendly Environment for Hispanic Students

In 1963, Bob Dylan wrote and sang about how “The Times They Are A-changing.”

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