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2008 Budget: A Mix of Winners and Losers

For higher education, Congress’ long-awaited omnibus 2008 spending bill is a decidedly mixed bag with a few victories and some unexpected setbacks.

Leadership & Policy

In Brief: College Advertisement Has Unintended Double Meaning

The advertisement said Blackhawk Technical College was a good fit for “the White family,” with White being the proper name of an actual family, but some read racial overtones. Also, the University of North Dakota opposes affirmative action ban. University of Maryland, Eastern Shores becomes the first HBCU with an accredited golf program.

HBCU Students Head to South Carolina to Help Obama

Early on, the presidential campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were dividing Black Democrats across the country, but students on Black college campuses are unifying in support of Obama.

GOP Bill Would Deny Undocumented Students Admission To S.C. Public Colleges

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — House Republican leaders unveiled an immigration reform plan Monday that would bill the federal government for the cost of detaining illegal immigrants and prevent illegals from attending any public college.

Community Colleges

Iowa Governor’s Budget Short-Changes Community Colleges, GOP Lawmakers Say

DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican lawmakers complained Wednesday that Gov. Chet Culver’s proposed budget doesn’t provide enough funding for the state’s community colleges.

Leadership & Policy

Support For Undocumented Student Aid Costs California Community Colleges Board President Her Seat

This week in the majority-Democrat California State Senate, GOP senators succeeded in blocking the confirmation of Community Colleges Board of Governors President Katherine Albiani. The Senate voted along party lines to reject Albiani, the third of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s appointees to the board voted down in the past year by united GOP opposition to the board’s decision to back the Dream Act, which would grant financial aid to undocumented students.

Hispanic Women Pursue Higher Education Despite the Odds, Says Study

Researchers studying “Why Hispanic Undergraduate Women Persist in Higher Education” in spite of intense cultural pressure have concluded that their major reason for going to school was to create a better life for themselves and their families.

Perspectives: HBCUs and the Coming Era of Growth and Service

In recent days syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams has questioned whether historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have outlived their usefulness and viability.

Lincoln U.: Tolson Gave to Wiley Students What He Received Here

Arguing that Melvin Tolson’s passion, eloquently portrayed by Denzel Washington in “The Great Debaters,” was harvested during his time as an undergraduate at Lincoln University, the Pennsylvania HBCU is on a crusade to claim Tolson as one of its own. Officials hope to reinvigorate debating competition among HBCUs and boost student participation in the Melvin B. Tolson Literary Society, founded at Lincoln in 1966.

Faculty & Staff

Robotics Education Spreads Among HBCUs

Dr. Andrew Williams’ teaching and research efforts has sparked a robotics education movement that now extends from Spelman College to several historically Black colleges and universities.

Community Colleges

Undocumented Arizona Community College Students Snared By New Tuition Law

Nearly 4,000 Arizona college students, nearly half of them community college students, have been unable to prove legal residency status and are being charged out-of-state rates as a result of a voter-approved referendum that prevents undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition and state-funded financial aid, according to The Arizona Republic.

MetLife Community College Excellence Award Finalists Revealed

The MetLife Foundation has launched its Community College Excellence Award program to recognize two-year colleges that have demonstrated the biggest commitment to serving underprivileged students, and six colleges have been selected as finalists.

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