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Students With Disabilities: We Want Our Fair Chance at College

Students with disabilities deserve access to higher education to achieve their dreams and goals like everyone else. That is the message several panelists delivered Thursday at a session on the Improving Access to Higher Education Act.

U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier

Faculty & Staff

Moses C. Norman Dies; Retired Clark Atlanta University Dean

ATLANTA — Moses C. Norman, former dean of Clark Atlanta University’s School of Education and a pioneer in educational leadership in Atlanta, has died. His son, Conrad Norman, said his father died Tuesday at his Atlanta home. He was 82. An alumnus of Clark Atlanta, Norman had just retired as dean of the university’s School […]

Leadership & Policy

Many HBCUs Feel Bethune-Cookman’s Pain on Leadership Issue

Several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been tasked with replacing their leaders. Bethune-Cookman University, located in Daytona Beach, Florida, is the latest.

Dr. Edison O. Jackson

Leadership & Policy

Arizona Ex-lawmaker Wants Immigrant Tuition Decision Barred

PHOENIX — A former legislator who championed most of Arizona’s toughest immigration laws is threatening to sue the state university system over its decision to at least temporarily keep providing lower in-state tuition rates for immigrants granted deferred deportation status. Former state Senate President Russell Pearce says a 2006 voter-enacted law prohibits public benefits for […]

Community Colleges Viewing Workforce Development Through Regional Lens

California and Pennsylvania community college systems are focusing on bridging a growing skills gap between the needs of regional labor markets and the qualifications of graduates.

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Leadership & Policy

Bethune-Cookman President Jackson Retiring

Bethune-Cookman University announced Tuesday that its president, Edison O. Jackson, is retiring.

Edison O. Jackson

Louisville Tries Different Course to Close Black Male Achievement Gap

In an effort to improve academic achievement among African Americans, a Kentucky school board has approved the creation of an academy tailored to Black male students in Louisville.

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When the News of Demise Is Greatly Exaggerated

In the same state, under the same accrediting agency, two schools in the past few years have been on probation, and their media treatment has been very different.

University of Arkansas Won’t Sell Alcohol Despite Approval

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — University of Arkansas doesn’t plan on selling alcohol at intercollegiate sporting events despite state-issued alcohol permits taking effect. Alcoholic Beverage Control Division Director Mary Casteel tells the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that large-attendance facility permits for concessionaire Levy Premium Foodservice LP to sell alcohol were approved last month and took effect Saturday. University spokesman […]

Student Group Sues College in Michigan Over Speech Policy

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A conservative nonprofit student group at a community college in southeastern Michigan has sued the school, saying its policy of requiring permission for public speech violates members’ First Amendment rights. Attorneys representing Turning Point USA say the Macomb Community College chapter is challenging the school’s expressive activity policy in a federal […]

Leadership & Policy

Shaw President Leaving for VP Role at Howard University

Dr. Tashni-Ann Dubroy, who is currently the president of Shaw University, has resigned from her post to become the executive vice president and chief operating officer at Howard University.

Dr. Tashni-Ann Dubroy

Ohio Empowers Community Colleges to Address Industry Needs

Ohio has become the 24th state to allow its community colleges to offer four-year degrees.

Dr. Jo Alice Blondin is president of Clark State Community College.

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