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Community Colleges
Community College District’s New Minimum Wage Nearly Double State’s Floor
The San Diego Community College District has boosted the minimum wage for all its permanent employees to $30.58 per hour, which is nearly twice the state’s minimum wage.
January 25, 2024
Edith Rangel is one of 250 permanent employees who will benefit from an increase in San Diego Community College District's minimum wage to $30.58. Previously, it was $22.13.
Students
Georgia State Prep Program Seeks to Retain Local Teachers
Georgia State University is partnering with four area school districts to help mitigate the state’s teacher shortage and improve teacher retention.
January 25, 2024
The Georgia State University College of Education & Human Development is expected to support the professional development of 270 metro Atlanta educators over three years.
Students
Biden-Harris Administration Awards $25M to Advance Career Connected High Schools
The Biden-Harris Administration has announced 19 new grant awards totaling $25 million through the first-ever Perkins Innovation and Modernization, Career Connected High Schools Grant Program and issued by the U.S. Department of Education.
January 24, 2024
Dr. Miguel Cardona
Leadership & Policy
Connecticut Lawmakers May Consider Legacy Admissions Ban
Connecticut could become the first state in the country to ban legacy admissions.
January 24, 2024
State Sen. Derek Slap
Students
West Virginia State University Launches First Doctorate Degree Program
The HBCU is launching its first doctorate degree program this May.
January 23, 2024
West Virginia State University is launching a Doctorate of Education in Leadership Studies Program.
Students
Achieving the Dream Announces 2024 DREAM Scholars
Achieving the Dream (ATD) has announced that eight ATD Network community college students were chosen as 2024 DREAM Scholars.
January 23, 2024
Dr. Karen A. Stout
Students
Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation Selects Recipients for 2023 Scholarship
Doctoral candidates Dion T. Harry and Joshua D. Wallace have been chosen to receive the Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation’s 2023 Scholarship.
January 19, 2024
Dion Harry
Students
9 Grad Students Honored with K. Patricia Cross Award
The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has announced the 2024 recipients of the annual K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award.
January 18, 2024
A past annual conference hosted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.
Reports & Data
Workgroup Offers 13 Recommendations to Advance CSU Student Success
Student success experts have prescribed potential solutions to declining Black student enrollment and retention numbers in California’s public universities in a recent report published by The California State University (CSU) Office of the Chancellor.
January 18, 2024
Dr. Thomas A. Parham
Students
Partnership Receives $100,000 to Increase College Access for Indigenous Students
Partnership With Native Americans has received a $100,000 grant from the consumer financial services company, Synchrony, supporting Indigenous education.
January 16, 2024
Partnership with Native Americans offers scholarships, college grants, emergency funding, college readiness camps, and literacy and school supplies through its American Indian Education Program to improve Native students’ access to higher education.
African-American
Descendants of Enslaved Offered Need-Based Scholarships through Partnership
The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation announced applications are open for an advancement of education scholarship program in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
January 16, 2024
Monique Trusclair Maddox
Students
CSU Opens Up Access to Transfer Planner to All California Community College Students
Community college students in California will now have an easier time transferring to a CSU school.
January 11, 2024
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Students
Report Presents New Approach to Increasing Completion Rates at Public Institutions
Complete College America makes a case for a shift in higher education funding formulas.
January 8, 2024
Students
Home of Slain University of Idaho Students Being Demolished
Demolition has begun on the house where four University of Idaho students were killed in 2022.
December 28, 2023
The Moscow, Idaho, home where University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves were killed is being demolished.
From the Magazine
Required to Study Abroad
At Goucher College, every student is expected to study abroad.
December 27, 2023
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Students
ED Gives $44.5M to 22 Colleges and Universities to Strengthen Support and Career Pathways for Rural Community Students
The Biden-Harris Education Department is giving $44.5 million in grants to 22 colleges and universities to improve enrollment, persistence, and completion for students in rural communities.
December 23, 2023
Dr. Miguel Cardona
Students
Class of 2022 Employment Rates Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Employment rates for Class of 2022 graduates returned to pre-pandemic levels after two relatively down years, according to results of a new survey.
December 15, 2023
Shawn VanDerziel
Students
Report: Almost Half of High School Students Use AI for Schoolwork
Almost half of high school students have used generative AI tools for school.
December 14, 2023
Dr. Jeff Schiel
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