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Course Correction at FAMU

Florida A&M University president James Ammons takes bold action to mitigate financial crises at the historically Black Tallahassee-based university.

Community Colleges

Interview: Researcher Davis Jenkins Discusses the Challenge of Improving U.S. Community College Graduation Rates

The Hechinger Report recently spoke with Davis Jenkins, a senior researcher at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, in recognition of the second anniversary of President Obama’s American Graduation Initiative.

HBCUs Rally to Help State University of Haiti Recover From Earthquake

A dozen historically Black colleges and universities have formed a consortium to help rebuild the earthquake-damaged State University of Haiti, the Caribbean country’s largest institution of higher education.

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Competition Seeks Diversity

Launched in 2003, Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition boasts a strong international presence, with students from more than 70 countries competing this past year.

African-American

Models of Success at Minority-serving Institutions

University of Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania are identifying best practices for retention at nine minority-serving institutions.

Marybeth Gasman

Community Colleges

Feds’ For-Profit Rule Gets Mixed Feedback

After a year of spirited debate on accountability of for-profit colleges, new federal regulations designed to curb abuses in the sector are getting a lukewarm response from many educators.

Pauline Abernathy

Miss. Gulf College Leader Expects Growth Over Next 10 Years

Mary Graham, who became the 12th president of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on July 1, said she hopes the college’s enrollment grows by 35 percent to 45 percent in the next 10 years.

African-American

University of Oregon Program Puts Teens on Course

Sunday marked the first day of 2011’s Oregon Young Scholars Program, a weeklong residential program for “historically underrepresented” high-school-age students from a targeted group of schools in the Portland and Eugene areas.

Community Colleges

Two Years After Obama’s College Graduation Initiative, Major Obstacles Remain

Only one in five of those who enroll in community colleges—and, in some states, barely one in 10—graduates in three years, while only about half of students who go to universities get their bachelor’s degrees within six.

Aspiring Business Students with International Immersion Experience in High Demand

Large U.S. companies, such as General Electric Co., Caterpillar Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Wal-Mart, are all hiring for jobs abroad as markets such as Asia continue to grow briskly.

Community Colleges

Louisiana Regents Expands Online Services for Adult Learners, Community College Students

Louisiana is expanding its efforts to ease the process for adults to return to college and for community college students to seamlessly transfer to universities.

Community Colleges

The Middle College School Comes to Maryland

The Academy of Health Sciences — located on the campus of Prince George’s Community College — is part of a network of schools established under the auspices of the Middle College National Consortium and is the first such academy to be established in Maryland.

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