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Hispanic Women Pursue Higher Education Despite the Odds, Says Study
Researchers studying “Why Hispanic Undergraduate Women Persist in Higher Education” in spite of intense cultural pressure have concluded that their major reason for going to school was to create a better life for themselves and their families.
Community Colleges
Undocumented Arizona Community College Students Snared By New Tuition Law
Nearly 4,000 Arizona college students, nearly half of them community college students, have been unable to prove legal residency status and are being charged out-of-state rates as a result of a voter-approved referendum that prevents undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition and state-funded financial aid, according to The Arizona Republic.
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MetLife Community College Excellence Award Finalists Revealed
The MetLife Foundation has launched its Community College Excellence Award program to recognize two-year colleges that have demonstrated the biggest commitment to serving underprivileged students, and six colleges have been selected as finalists.
Community Colleges
Massachusetts Governor Signals Intention To Create Education Secretary Post
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick plans to file legislation this week to create a cabinet-level education secretary, as part of an effort to make education a top issue for 2008, The Associated Press has learned.
Community Colleges
Law Aimed at Undocumented Students Possibly Snares 4,000
Nearly 4,000 Arizona college students, nearly half of them community college students, have been unable to prove legal residency status and are being charged out-of-state rates as a result of a voter-approved referendum that prevents undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition and state-funded financial aid, according to The Arizona Republic.
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University of Arizona Checks Legal Status of Students Under Proposition 300
TUCSON, Ariz. The University of Arizona has reviewed the legal status of 877 students identified as potentially ineligible for in-state tuition under a state law aimed at illegal immigrants, but cleared most of them.
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Black, Brown and College Bound
Annual conference focuses on boosting minority male higher ed attainment.
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Community Colleges
Missouri Community Colleges Coping With Remedial ‘Epidemic’
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Higher education leaders in southwest Missouri say freshmen in the region are increasingly unprepared to pass basic college-level courses.
Community Colleges
Driver For Former Ala. Two-Year College System Chancellor Pleads Guilty To Obstruction
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The driver for former two-year college system Chancellor Roy Johnson pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstructing a federal investigation by lying about corrupt financial deals.
Community Colleges
Proposed New York Higher Ed Reforms Said to Benefit Minorities
The New York State Commission on Higher Education recommended to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer this week a series of reforms and a compact to ensure that the state’s public higher education institutions are properly funded. These recommendations and the compact could significantly improve the education of students of color in New York, educators say.
Students
In Brief: An Academic Scandal Snags Florida State
Also, a Princeton University student who argued that his conservative views were not accepted on the campus confessed to fabricating an assault and southwest Missouri freshmen said to be increasingly unprepared to pass basic college-level courses.
Community Colleges
Amid Uproar Over Undocumented Students, Ralls Named N.C. Community College System President
RALEIGH, N.C. — The next president of North Carolina’s community college system said Thursday he will continue to focus energies on helping train the state’s work force to compete in a high-tech economy.
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