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Community Colleges

NISOD’s Conference Highlights College Access

In his speech to Congress Wednesday night, President Joe Biden announced the American Families Plan—a $1.8 trillion investment in free community college and universal preschool. Hours earlier, Dr. Martha Kanter, CEO of College Promise, addressed the proposal and the impact of free community college during the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development’s (NISOD) International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence.

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UNCF Partners With Strategic Education to Offer Remote Learning Training Sessions to HBCU and PBI Faculty

In collaboration with Strategic Education, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) plans to offer professional development opportunities for faculty members at predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). Last year, under the partnership, 400 faculty members at 14 HBCUs engaged in training sessions to adjust to remote learning. Afterwards, participants’ confidence […]

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Why College-Educated Black Women Are Threats in 2021

College-educated Black women are a threat ─ to the white American supremacy and higher education as we know it. Threats are meant to intimidate ─ to threaten is to give signs or warnings, to announce with intent or possibility, to cause to feel insecure or anxious. Threats hang and hover over, invoking fear with purpose. Threats are an indication of something impending. The threat of powerful, college-educated Black women in 2021 is looming. Warning signs ahead!

Community Colleges

Fostering Social Justice in Higher Education

As the pace of change continues to accelerate, higher education leaders are now under constant pressure to respond to social justice issues within their campuses and surrounding communities. To my generation, education is viewed as the “great equalizer,” but this promise of equality cannot be achieved when fundamental injustice exists.

Community Colleges

College Promise for All Proposal Aims to Make Free College a Reality

The dream of free college for all recently took a big step forward. The College Promise campaign unveiled its proposal for joint support from both federal and state governments. This partnership, if enacted, could make public community and two-or four-year colleges and universities completely free for all qualifying students.

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Clark Atlanta University Launches Executive Leadership Institute to Train Next Generation of HBCU Presidents

To recruit and prepare potential future leaders to serve at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Clark Atlanta University (CAU) has established the Executive Leadership Institute (ELI).

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Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal Introduce College for All Plan

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and Rep. Pramila Jayapal D-Wash. introduced the College for All Plan, legislation that would make college free for millions and give support to those from working-class families attending minority institutions, CNBC reported. The plan calls for tuition-free education for students at community colleges and public trade schools. And for students from […]

Community Colleges

Dr. Sonya Christian Selected Chancellor of Kern Community College District

Dr. Sonya Christian, who currently serves as the president of Bakersfield College, has been tapped as the next chancellor of the Kern Community College District (KCCD), KGET reported. In the past, Christian has served as mathematics faculty, department chair and dean at Bakersfield College. KCCD consists of Bakersfield College, Cerro Coso Community College and Porterville […]

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Black Colleges and Universities: Charting a Path to Transformational

Recent, so-called “transformational” gifts to HBCUs, most notably MacKenzie Scott’s multi-million dollar beneficence to twenty-two public and private HBCUs, present huge opportunities to reimagine and reposition some extraordinary institutions. No reasonable person can deny that these gifts with no strings attached represent a significant investment in these schools as well as an affirmation of their worth. They are not, ipso facto, transformational, however. These monies have the potential to be transformational only if meaningful conversations occur among institutional leadership, governing boards and stakeholders.

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Central Piedmont Community College and Johnson C. Smith University Partner for Bachelor’s Degree Pathway

Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) and Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) are partnering to offer CPCC students a bachelor’s degree pathway, WBTV reported. The program, JCSU Connect, is a 2+2 program, so students will complete an associate degree at CPCC and a bachelor’s at JCSU, the historically Black university located in Charlotte, N.C. The program […]

Community Colleges

Virginia Community College Leaders React to Tuition-Free Initiative

With bipartisan support, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s tuition-free community college initiative, “Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3),” was signed into legislation last week.

Sports

Deion Sanders Helps SWAC Land Pepsi Sponsorship

Deion Sanders, head football coach at Jackson State University, has helped the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) land a sponsorship with Pepsi, making Pepsi the official soft drink supplier of SWAC football and basketball events through 2023, Football Scoop reported. PepsiCo will hire at least one graduate from each SWAC school. And Sanders will be a […]

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