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News Roundup: Page 248
Community Colleges
Community College of Philadelphia and Rutgers-Camden Partner on Dual Admission
The Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) and Rutgers University-Camden will partner for a cross-state, dual-admission agreement that will allow the community college’s students to earn their bachelor’s degree. CCP students who complete their associate’s degree and meet transfer requirements can transition to Rutgers-Camden starting in their junior year, according to WHYY. Although CCP has previously […]
Students
Coalition Urges Loan Debt Cancellation for Former Corinthian Students
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, Rep. Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts, Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey, the Debt Collective organization and others on Monday joined the Project on Predatory Student Lending to launch a public awareness campaign urging eligible students of former Corinthian Colleges to apply to have the Department of Education cancel their […]
HBCUs
Knoxville College Takes First Steps to Restore the Campus
Knoxville College, the historically Black college in Tennessee, announced last week that it has plans to apply for grants under the U.S. Department of Interior to restore and preserve buildings on campus. Any awarded grants would help restore the 143-year-old college’s historic buildings and expand their listings on the National Register of Historic Places, according […]
Community Colleges
Brookdale Community College at Risk of Losing Accreditation
Brookdale Community College has until March 1 to show the Middle States Commission on Higher Education that it has “internal controls and processes to ensure ongoing consistent ethical behavior” and uses “assessment results for the improvement of educational effectiveness” or the college will lose its accreditation, according to the Asbury Park Press. The college received […]
News Roundup
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Elects New President
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. has elected Danielle Brown as its 26th national president, according to a press release issued by the organization. As a child, she Brown was a member of Jack and Jill. As a mother, Brown joined the organization’s Alexandria Mount Vernon chapter in Virginia in 1998 and later moved to the Loudoun […]
News Roundup
Analysis: ACICS-Accredited College Students Have Negative Outcomes
Students who attend schools approved by the Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) are twice as likely as their counterparts at other schools to end up with unmanageable debt, according to a Veterans Education Success analysis released Friday. About 70 percent will work jobs that pay no more than those worked by high […]
Native Americans
Dartmouth Removes Murals Considered Racist, Sexist
Murals at Dartmouth College that negatively depict Native Americans will be removed from the school and placed in storage at the nearby Hood Museum, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. The Hovey Murals are four painted scenes from the 1930’s depicting the college’s founding. They include scenes now considered racist and sexist. According to reports, the murals show undressed […]
News Roundup
New Dean of Simmons University Gwen Ifill College Stirs Controversy
The recent appointment of Dr. Brian Norman, a White man, as the dean of the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and the Humanities at Simmons University has created mixed opinions about whether he is the right person for the position. Ifill, a 1977 graduate of Simmons, was an African-American journalist and host of the […]
Recruitment & Retention
IBHE Fall 2018 Enrollment Data Shows Small Decrease
The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) recently released its fall 2018 enrollment data at Illinois public universities, stating that the total enrollment is just one percent less than last fall’s numbers. “Such a small decrease indicates that the worst of the enrollment decline may be over,” said Dr. Al Bowman, IBHE’s executive director. “Our […]
Latinx
UHD Receives Nearly $3M for Transfer Student Success
The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) recently received a $2.748 million Title V grant to support its “Accelerated Transfer Program,” which will provide transfer students with enhanced advising, coaching and clear pathways to complete their bachelor’s degrees. The grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (DHSI) Program will also support UHD’s Accelerated Transfer […]
News Roundup
DeVos-Backed Sex Assault Plan for Colleges Likely to Spark Debate
The Trump administration is finalizing its plan for schools to deal with sexual assault allegations, according to advocacy groups and college officials who have met privately with senior government officials, reports ABC News. The proposal, known as rules for Title IX — the civil rights law that prohibits gender discrimination in a person’s education — […]
News Roundup
Five Universities are Finalists for Degree Completion Award
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has named five universities as finalists for its 2018 Degree Completion Award.  Wayne State University, the University of Nevada-Reno, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Memphis and Arizona State University were selected by a panel of eight reviewers, according to APLU officials.  The […]
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