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Community Colleges

Oregon Debates Free Community College Plan

In just the last year or so, Tennessee adopted a plan for free community colleges, as did Chicago and the Community College of Philadelphia. Now the Oregon state legislature is debating whether to institute a similar program.

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WSU, Bellevue College Move Toward Potential Partnership

Washington State University and Bellevue College have taken another step toward a potential future education partnership.

Go to College? LeBron Didn’t, But Everyone Else Should

On choosing the “fellowship of educated men and women” before prematurely choosing the “Association.”

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Accrediting Body: Academic Fraud Nets UNC 1-year Probation

RALEIGH, N.C. ― An accreditation agency important to colleges receiving federal funds put the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on probation Thursday for a year over its academic fraud scandal. The board of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges stopped short of imposing the harshest penalty, which would have blocked […]

Rich vs. Poor: The Growing “Class” Gap in Higher Education

Two thoughtful yet troubling articles, published within a week of each other, startled higher education leaders last week.

Faculty & Staff

SUE CUNNINGHAM

SUE CUNNINGHAM has been appointed president of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Cunningham was vice-principal for advancement at the University of Melbourne. She earned a bachelor’s from Middlesex University and a master’s from Oxford University.

Faculty & Staff

ROBBEE BAKER KOSAK

ROBBEE BAKER KOSAK has been appointed president of The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. She was vice president of university advancement at Carnegie Mellon University. Kosak earned a bachelor’s from the Pennsylvania State University.

Leadership & Policy

SYDNEY ROSE LEO

SYDNEY ROSE LEO has been appointed vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer of Fisk University. She was chief financial officer of the Interaction Institute for Social Change. Leo earned a bachelor’s from Smith College, a master’s from the University of Hartford and a master’s from Bentley University.

Exchange Program Expands Horizons of African-American Males

14 members of three fraternities at The Ohio State University (OSU) traveled to China last month, where they choreographed a step show for Chinese students as part of a cross-cultural awareness program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

Community Colleges

Court Grants Temporary Reprieve to Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar College, a historic, all-women’s institution that is scheduled to be closed in August, has been granted a temporary reprieve.

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Community Colleges

University of Oklahoma to Require Freshman Diversity Class

NORMAN, Okla. ― University of Oklahoma freshmen will now be required to take a five-hour course dealing with diversity issues before completing their first year of college.

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