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Community Colleges: Page 258

Little-known, little-recognized: historically black community colleges defy categorization, get job done

Providing a variety of college experiences and job training to thousands of Black, Hispanic and other students is a task honed to perfection by a handful of little-known and little-recognized historically Black community colleges.

Leadership & Policy

California’s Mertes to resign – David Mertes, chancellor of California Community College system

David Mertes, who led the nation’s largest collection of colleges through massive social changes and numerous political mine fields, will resign June 30 as chancellor of the California Community College system.

African-American

Building the village: one scientist at a time – university professor’s program for minority high school students

When Dr. Billy Joe Evans was in high school, his parents couldn’t pay for the exam that would permit him to attend college early. So one of his teachers paid. “That’s the kind of commitment we need from the village,” he says, alluding to the African proverb that “it takes a village to raise a child.”

On-line and loving it – historically Black colleges and universities going on-line to lure students and research funding – Recruitment & Retention

New Students, Research Dollars Lured via Internet Web Pages by a Growing Number of HBCUs.

African-American

Back to the ‘schoolhouse.’ – James Hood returns to University of Alabama for a doctorate degree – Recruitment & Retention

When James Hood integrated the University of Alabama under the watchful eye of a national television audience in 1963, education was the farthest career from his mind. He was planning to earn a degree, enter a seminary and become a minister. More than three decades later, Hood has returned to the university where he and Vivian Malone, the other Black student who enrolled with him, defied then Gov. George Wallace’s pledge to prevent desegregation efforts to earn a doctorate degree and to continue to nurture his love of education. That love has been focused for many years on community college education.

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Community Colleges

Angry & determined: we need an open dialogue on race – excerpt from James D. Tschechtelin’s speech, president of Baltimore City Community College – Transcript

The following is excerpted from a recent address given by Dr. James D. Tschechtelin, president of Baltimore City Community College.

Community Colleges

Seamless system – financial problem of public higher education in the US

WASHINGTON As funding problems persist, state legislators are looking to increase tuition and raise admissions standards at public four-year colleges, making community colleges the primary access to higher education, according to a new survey of state legislators released here this month.

Leadership & Policy

Being presidential in dixie – African-Americans as presidents at traditionally white colleges

Black Academics Finding Fewer Barriers At Traditionally White Colleges.

Presidential transitions – the appointment of the president of Smith College

Higher education rode a roller coaster in 1995, a year of actions that provoked rage and hope, sorrow and joy.

Faculty & Staff

Laying Out a Blueprint for Diversity

Community colleges at forefront of efforts to bridge yawning architecture diversity gap.

Community Colleges

Conference: Community Colleges May Be Best Hope to Close Achievement Gap

Minority, low-income students continue to be left behind academically.

Faculty & Staff

Laying Out a Blueprint for Diversity

Community colleges at forefront of efforts to bridge yawning architecture diversity gap.

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