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Community Colleges
Community Colleges Seek Federal Dollars To Hold Off Job Cuts
With no end in sight to surging enrollments and funding that falls short of need, community colleges are asking Congress for more financial help to protect institutions from potentially damaging faculty and staff cutbacks.
Community Colleges
Education Secretary, Experts at DeVry Forum Assess U.S. College Completion Challenge
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, along with expert panelists, offered their perspectives on how best to achieve the Obama administration’s goal for attaining the world’s best educated workforce during a policy forum hosted by DeVry University.
Students
High Remedial Education Rate Complicates U.S. College Completion Goal Push
Nationwide, about a third of first-year students in 2007-08 had taken at least one remedial course, according to the U.S. Department of Education. At public two-year colleges, that number rises to about 42 percent.
African-American
Obama at Hampton Says Education Is Responsibility of All Americans
President Barack Obama, addressing graduates at historically Black Hampton University on Sunday, said it is the responsibility of all Americans to offer every child the type of education that will make them competitive in an economy in which just a high school diploma is no longer enough.
Leadership & Policy
Latino and Civil Rights Groups Announce Arizona Boycott
The National Council de la Raza along with other national civil rights and labor organizations announced a boycott against Arizona.
African-American
Obama Administration Officials Deliver Commencement Speeches at HBCU, HSI Graduations
President Barack Obama’s scheduled address at Hampton University and other speeches by administration officials should bring a timely spotlight to minority-serving institutions.
African-American
Southern Picks Mason as Its New System President
The Southern University System chose its new president Friday, selecting Ronald Mason Jr., who has been the leader of Jackson State University in Mississippi.
African-American
House Panel Votes To Block NSF Funding Shift
A House of Representatives panel on Wednesday dealt a blow to the Obama administration’s plan to consolidate federal science programs for minority-serving institutions into a single entity with broader competition.
African-American
Height’s Legacy Stirs Push for Social Work Act Passage
Among social work professionals, the late Dorothy Height is celebrated for the prestige her activism brought to the social work profession. Those professionals say her legacy is now inspiring social work leaders to lobby Congress hard on legislation aimed to boost the profession.
Community Colleges
Mississippi Two-year and Four-year Colleges Agree on Required Transfer Courses
Leaders of Mississippi’s two-year and four-year higher education programs have reached an agreement to standardize course requirements for transfer students.
Students
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Appoints New Leader
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced Monday the appointment of Johnny C. Taylor as president and CEO of the scholarship and institutional support organization.
Latinx
HSI Administrators Express Dismay Over Proposed NSF Grant Consolidation
The Obama administration’s proposal to consolidate federal science programs for minority-serving institutions into a single competitive grant program has representatives from Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) crying foul.
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