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Community Colleges

Report Highlights Challenges Facing Rural Communities

In an effort to analyze the role of community colleges within rural communities, the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) released a new report titled, “Strengthening Rural Community Colleges: Innovations and Opportunities.”

College Presidents Analyze the Current Higher Education Climate at AABHE Conference

Over the last year, COVID-19 brought on financial and academic disruptions to institutions across the country, forcing leaders to adapt. To provide insight into the current landscape of higher education, colleges and university presidents participated in a panel discussion on Monday at the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education’s (AABHE) virtual conference.

2021 Rising Graduate Scholars: Meet Bria Macklin

Bria Macklin began her career in chemical and biomolecular engineering during her senior year in high school at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute when she interned in a lab at Johns Hopkins University. There was just one problem: “Initially, high school was a struggle for me because I always dreamed of being an actress,” says Macklin.

2021 Rising Graduate Scholars: Meet Nzinga Mack

Nzinga Mack grew up with anatomy and physiology textbooks lying around the house. She had older siblings working in medicine. From an early age, she thumbed through the pages, fascinated. She thought she would become a doctor too, but she ultimately fell in love with research.

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2021 Rising Graduate Scholars: Meet Yang ‘Eileen’ Chen

The journey between undergrad and graduate school doesn’t have to be immediate and direct, like a conveyor belt that carries students from one degree to the next. The journey might instead take years full of unexpected twists and turns. And often, that may be for the best. Such is the case with Yang “Eileen” Chen, whose mantra is “it is never too late to learn.”

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2021 Rising Graduate Scholars: Meet Angelica Godinez

As a first-generation college student, Angelica Godinez wanted to avoid getting lost in the crowd. So, when applying to college, she sought out a school that was community oriented. San José State University (SJSU) fit that vision — as did joining the institution’s ASPIRE and McNair Scholars programs, which assist first-generation and low-income students throughout their academic journey and provide information about graduate school.

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Rutgers Supports Professor Facing Online Attacks After a Hindu Student Petition

A petition, circulated by a group called Hindus on Campus, is calling for Dr. Audrey Truschke to no longer teach South Asian studies at Rutgers University-Newark. The university came out in support of her scholarship.

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A Coalition of Scholars Work Toward Equitable Vaccine Distribution

Communivax is a three-pronged initiative, composed of a central working group, national stakeholders and six local teams, including groups at University of Alabama, San Diego State University, Idaho State University, Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland.

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Community Colleges

Report: Libraries Contribute Significantly to Student Success at Community Colleges

Libraries are pulling more weight than one would expect when it comes to student success at community colleges, according to a recent report by Ithaka S+R.

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Community Colleges

California Assembly Bill Seeks to Remove Barriers on Transfers from Community Colleges

Assembly Bill 928, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act of 2021, proposes making the transfer process from two to four-year institutions clear by creating consistent and readily understandable pathways.

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Study Analyzes Motivations of Female Candidates Seeking Graduate Management Education

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 60% of graduate management education programs experienced a rise in female candidate applications in 2020. Comparably, in 2019, only 41% of programs did, according to a recent Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) study.

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Dr. Cornel West is Leaving Harvard for Union Theological Seminary

Dr. Cornel West—one of the nation’s most prolific scholars—is leaving Harvard University again. This time, he is heading back to Union Theological Seminary in New York City for the fourth time.

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