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Accelerated Community College Program Puts Achievement in Reach for Disadvantaged Students

Ivy Tech Community College’s one-year associate degree program places low-income and first-generation college students on a faster route to higher education attainment.

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Obama Urges College Completion Agenda As Economic Imperative

Avoiding pronouncements on affirmative action and immigration reform, President Barack Obama touts college completion agenda during visit to the University of Texas at Austin on Monday.

President Barack Obama

Community Colleges

Report: Adult Learning Programs Needed in U.S. South as Bridge to Post-K-12 Education

The Southern Region Educational Board is urging that Southern states strengthen their adult learning programs to help boost the educational opportunities for the working adult population.

Two graduates of adult education programs in Florida (photo courtesy of Miami-Dade County Schools)

Proposed Rules Aimed at For-profit Colleges Explored During Policy Discussion

The for-profit college sector was portrayed as both villain and victim Friday at a Washington policy institute panel discussion on the proposed rules that seek to make the sector more accountable.

An Everest College counselor advises a student on career options. Everest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc. (photo courtesy of Everest College)

Poll: Despite Low Degree Attainment, Latinos Value Higher Education

Despite strong belief in the value of a college diploma, Hispanics more often than not fall short of that goal.

National Urban League Convention Considers College Success, K-12 Education Reform

The rough road to a college degree can be made smoother for first-generation and low-income students if society begins to step up support in the areas of academic support, mentoring and financial aid, according to education experts at the National Urban League’s 100th Anniversary Convention.

Marc Morial is president and CEO of the National Urban League.

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Minority-Serving Schools Gain Victory in Science Consolidation Battle

A U.S. Senate panel has rejected White House plans to consolidate federal science programs for minority-serving colleges and universities, noting that these postsecondary institutions reap significant gains under the existing system.

Dr. Daryl Chubin

Proposed Federal Rules Target For-profit Colleges

The Education Department proposed much-anticipated regulations this past Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or don’t earn enough after graduation to repay them.

An Everest College counselor advises a student on career options. Everest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc. (photo courtesy of Everest College)

Fayetteville State University to Launch College Journalism Program

This fall, Fayetteville State, a historically Black university, debuts an undergraduate program in journalism, four years after creating one in mass communication.

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William and Mary Professor Thinks He Found Oldest Black School

A College of William and Mary professor thinks he may have found the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for African-American children.

Dr. Terry Meyers

Hometown Hero Clyburn Brings Federal Spending to South Carolina

U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn brings federal financial support to better Morris College and its surrounding communities in his native Sumter, S.C. This is the second of two features DiverseEducation.com has published this week on Clyburn.

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn

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Clyburn Remains Rooted as a Rising Power in Congress

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn has fought for the historically marginalized since his college days. When he was a student at South Carolina State College in the late 1950s, his political activism compelled classmates to refer to him jokingly as “senator.” This is the first of two features on Clyburn.

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