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Grants & Awards

Grants & AwardsMontgomery College (Maryland) received a $173,442 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help strengthen and expand the international content of the school’s curriculum.New Mexico State University received $1.3 million; Santa Fe Community College received $1.3 million and the University of New Mexico received $2.3 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for […]

Dropping Remedial Program Has Little Effect on CUNY’s Minority Enrollment, Says State Report

Dropping Remedial Program Has Little Effect on CUNY’s Minority Enrollment, Says State ReportNEW YORK The City University of New York’s decision to drop remedial programs from its four-year programs has had little effect on its minority enrollment, according to a state report. The elimination of remedial courses in math, reading and writing at seven of […]

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Agreement Extends .edu to All Colleges

Agreement Extends .edu to All CollegesWASHINGTONA recent government decision that will shorten Web addresses for many community colleges is being heralded as a critical stride forward, both symbolically and technologically, by higher education officials.The U.S. Department of Commerce announced earlier this month that it intends to enter a cooperative agreement giving jurisdiction of the .edu […]

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Digital Divide Panel Urges Focus on Technology’s Impact

Digital Divide Panel Urges Focus on Technology’s ImpactONTARIO, Calif.The effort to solve digital divide issues is forcing the higher education establishment and local communities to re-examine the culture of their schools and quality education as a priority, expert panelists concluded at the TechEd01 conference here. “We’re moving away from worrying about building the infrastructure. (The […]

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What new pressures will community colleges experience when remediation is removed from four-year institutions?Dr. James Anderson, vice provost for undergraduate affairs and professor of counselor education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.Today, a significant number of students who attend college need remedial courses. About one-third of the nation’s first-time, full-time freshmen in […]

Leadership & Policy

Community Colleges, Historically Black Institutions Sign Pact to Ease Student Transition

Community Colleges, Historically Black Institutions Sign Pact to Ease Student Transition By Ronald RoachWASHINGTON Leading higher education officials, including the presidents of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), have signed on to the first national articulation agreement between community colleges and historically Black […]

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Enrollment Up, Retention Rates Down for Minorities in Connecticut Colleges

Enrollment Up, Retention Rates Down for Minorities in Connecticut CollegesHARTFORD, Conn.Connecticut’s colleges are enrolling Black and Hispanic students at record rates, but fail to keep many of them in the classroom, say state education officials. Minority students also are concentrated at lower-level programs such as two-year colleges, the Department of Higher Education said in an […]

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As Admissions Standards Rise, Southern University Prepares for Falling Enrollment

As Admissions Standards Rise, Southern University Prepares for Falling Enrollment Desegregation settlement mandates selective admissions for some of Louisiana’s public collegesBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.Officials at Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus are bracing for a 27 percent drop in freshman enrollment this fall when the historically Black school raises admissions standards.Southern University Chancellor Edward R. […]

Bush Budget Includes Gains for HBCUs, Pell Grants

Bush Budget Includes Gains for HBCUs, Pell GrantsHistorically Black colleges and universities, along with Hispanic-serving institutions, are in line for moderate funding gains under President Bush’s education budget for 2002.A bare-bones budget plan for the Department of Education calls for a 6.4 percent increase for these minority-serving institutions next year. While specific funding allotments were […]

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Two-Year Schools in Washington Hit Enrollment High

Two-Year Schools in Washington Hit Enrollment HighSEATTLE Community college and technical school enrollment in Washington state reached an all-time high last fall with more than a quarter of a million students, a new report indicates. The report, which was presented last month to the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, also says more students […]

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Gore to Teach at Fisk University, Columbia, UCLA, Middle Tennessee State University

Gore to Teach at Fisk University, Columbia, UCLA, Middle Tennessee State UniversityWashingtonFrom politician to professor, former Vice President Al Gore has a series of professorial duties on the horizon. Among them, the Tennessee native’s first plan is to lead a series of lectures at Fisk, a historically Black university in Nashville. From his position at […]

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Community Colleges Trying to Recruit and Retain Teachers

Community Colleges Trying to Recruit and Retain TeachersPHOENIX Community colleges are answering a statewide teacher shortage with an effort to recruit, prepare and retain teachers. In response to the shortage, the Maricopa Community College District has formed the Teacher Education Partnership Commission — composed of 32 education, government and business leaders. “The ultimate goal is […]

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