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Community Colleges

Diversity Champ Nooks Tapped to Lead Georgia School

Dr. Kirk A. Nooks, president of Metropolitan Community College’s Longview campus in Lee’s Summit, Mo., has been tapped to lead Gordon State College in Barnesville, Ga.

Storytelling as #Resistance

In the past year, political and cultural resistance movements in the form of protests, marches and movements emerged online.

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Community Colleges

Rethinking Advising for Community College Students

Citing advising as “the cornerstone of student support,” the Center for Community College Student Engagement makes the case for improved advising models in a new study published this week.

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Maryland Offers $100 Million to Settle State’s HBCU Case

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has offered to spend up to $100 million to settle a 12-year-long lawsuit brought on by a coalition of the state’s four historically Black colleges concerning inequality in higher education.

African-American

HBCUs: Pioneers of Black History’s Past, Present, Future

During Black History Month, we always hear familiar names and read inspiring articles about towering figures and unsung heroes from the Black community. We are reminded about what they accomplished, but often overlook how they got there.

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PBS Documentary Examines History of HBCUs: ‘Tell Them We Are Rising’

The vital role and relevance of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) has been contested in contemporary times. Until recently, no central text or film documented the history of these institutions as they transformed the lives of African-Americans and American society over the arc of time.

Native Americans

Emerging Scholar Profile: Spoonhunter Finds Knowledge is Power in American Indian Studies

Building mutually beneficial knowledge alliances and driving positive impact for Native American communities are at the core of Dr. Tarissa Spoonhunter’s work in academia.

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African-American

Center for Advancing Opportunity Releases Findings That Reflect ‘Fragile Communities’

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund in January 2017 announced a bold new partnership with the Charles Koch Foundation to use data-driven analytics to study the problems of “fragile communities” in the United States.

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Accused of Smearing Body Fluids on Roommate’s Stuff, Coed Seeks Probation

HARTFORD, Conn. — A White former Connecticut university student accused of smearing body fluids on her Black roommate’s belongings asked a judge Tuesday to allow her into a probation program that could erase criminal charges from her record. Brianna Brochu, 18, a former University of Hartford student from Harwinton, applied for accelerated rehabilitation during an […]

Community Colleges

Williams Honored as Outstanding Community College Leader

Through her experiences as president, professor and community partner, Dr. Stelfanie Williams has leveraged the power of collaboration to make Vance-Granville Community College (VGCC) in North Carolina a transformational place for students.

Community Colleges

Mississippi Universities Seek More State Funds, Outline Budget Woes

JACKSON, Miss. — Leaders of Mississippi‘s eight public universities are ringing alarm bells about state funding, saying they could lose their ability to compete if funding cuts from recent years aren’t restored. In presentations Monday to legislators, Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce and university presidents warned that Mississippi could fall further behind the nation economically […]

Community Colleges

Report: Stark Gender, Racial Gaps Persist in Engineering, Computer Science

Very few female and minority students pursue engineering and computer science degrees at Texas universities, according to an eye-opening Society of Women Engineers (SWE) report that analyzed the state’s community-college transfer students.

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