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Calif. Higher Ed Leader: Demand-Based Funding Best Serves Underrepresented Groups

California Community Colleges Chancellor Dr. Brice W. Harris says that the prospect of outcome-based funding poses the risk of forcing colleges to leave a whole generation of students behind.

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Minn. College Offers Program on Analyzing Images from Drones

Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls is offering a one-year Imagery Analysis certificate and a two-year associate’s degree in Geospatial Intelligence Analysis.

Leadership & Policy

College President’s Primary Goal? Make a Difference

For those attracted to the work it’s a pretty unique job as college remains that one special place where dreams still matter.

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University of North Florida Won’t Appeal Court Ruling on Guns

President John Delaney states that students will be allowed to store guns in their cars.

Shuttered HBCU St. Paul’s College Names Stith President

Prior to closing, St. Paul’s had struggled to keep its accreditation due to financial issues and declining enrollment.

Faculty & Staff

Summoning a Little Sympathy for the Harvard Non-Bomber, Eldo Kim

It’s sad that the academic and financial pressure in college is such that a student is unable to tell the simple truth that he is unprepared to take an exam.

Alabama State Trustees Choose Boyd as President

Gwendolyn Boyd went from a Montgomery housing project as a girl to a career with a leadership position at Johns Hopkins University.

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Mississippi State House Just 1st Stop for Student Jeramey Anderson

At 22, Tulane’s history-making state representative aims to aid HBCUs along the way as he charts a course to the White House.

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Community Colleges

In case you missed it …

Here are some of the key stories in higher education this week reported by Diverse: Boulder’s Anti-Intellectual, Unfree Culture of Fear Minneapolis Community College Professor Denounced for Structural Racism Teachings Knight Commission Database Exposes Division I Athletic, Academic Spending Center for American Progress Urges ‘Game Changing’ Higher Education Reforms

Leadership & Policy

Alcorn’s President Out in Shake-up Over Finances

M. Christopher Brown, president of Alcorn State University since 2010, has resigned from his post, effective immediately, amid an audit into purchasing practices.

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HBCUs Still Waiting for Solution to Parent PLUS Loan Crisis

HBCUs still have no news from the Department of Education on whether the problems over the Parent PLUS Loan program will be resolved before the 2014 recruiting season.

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Report Presses UNC System for Greater Efficiency

North Carolina’s public university system should increase its focus on efficiency as students and taxpayers alike grapple with the rising cost of higher education, a report Wednesday to state legislators said.

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