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Community Colleges

Grants and Gifts

Baltimore County Community College received a $25,000 grant from Civic Ventures, with support from the MetLife Foundation, to develop its “Prime 50+ Transition Program.” The program, an executive outplacement model, is designed to help African-American women over the age of 50 develop individual plans to transition into encore careers in public school education, health care […]

Community Colleges

Ed board wants to double CC tuition cap to $2,500

BOISE Idaho The Idaho State Board of Education will meet Wednesday and is likely to approve proposed 2008 legislation, including a measure that would allow community colleges to double their tuition limit to $2,500 annually to cover the rising cost of education.

Community Colleges

Kansas State University issues warning about Salina tech school merger

SALINA Kan. Kansas State University could be forced to close its Salina campus if an area technical school merges with a community college that could offer cheaper classes, a Kansas State official says.

Leadership & Policy

Examiners’ reports show Alabama 2-year colleges doing OK job

PRATTVILLE Ala. Financial aid abuse at Bishop State Community College has led state examiners to expand the scope of their audits, but such problems have not been found at other schools so far, an examiner told system presidents Tuesday.

Community Colleges

Shares of for-profit education companies finish mostly lower

Shares of for-profit education companies finished mostly lower on Monday, with Universal Technical Institute Inc. leading the way.

Study shows US College students have inadequate knowledge of American history and institutions

Students at some of the nation’s top universities have a woefully inadequate knowledge of US history and institutions, according to report released today by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI).

Herbal traditions gain academic interest at Appalachian college

FROSTBURG Md. Frostburg State University instructor Sunshine Brosi leads a half-dozen earnest undergraduates 20 yards through the underbrush of a shady forest. Stooping near some black cherry trees, she plucks a pear-shaped yellow berry as long as her thumb from a shin-high plant with large, graceful leaves.

Market’s tuition program nourishes workers’ minds

LEVITTOWN Pa. Redner’s Markets Inc. is using a new tuition reimbursement program to encourage employees at its local warehouse markets to go to school.

Community Colleges

Maricopa County colleges won’t arm police now despite new law

MESA Ariz. Police who patrol Maricopa County Community College District campuses won’t be armed until at least next year despite a new state law requiring them to carry guns that takes effect next week.

Community Colleges

Aging population likely to mean need for more nurses

ASHEVILLE N.C. It was Cynthia Busche’s first day as a nurse in the Mission Hospitals emergency department, but she is no stranger to the nursing world.

Community Colleges

Utah student loan defaults exceed national average

LOGAN Utah Utahs average rate of student loan default is exceeding the national average.’s default rate for 2005 was 5 percent, above the national average of 4.6 percent. The state’s community colleges have the highest default rates, led by Salt Lake Community College at 6.8 percent.

New Web Site Aims to Ease the College Credit Transfer Process

The Institute for Higher Education Policy on Monday announced the launch of an enhanced Web site for the National Articulation and Transfer Network (NATN), www.natn.org, which leaders hope will become a one-stop resource for addressing the complex issues associated with the transfer process.

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Assistant Professor

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Professor in Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry (R0008842)

Wake Forest University

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology

Kean University

Administrative Secretary

Old Dominion University

Adjunct Instructor, Honors College - Flourishing (Rolling Pool)

Virginia Commonwealth University

Fayetteville State University

Virginia Commonwelath University

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