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Celebrating Black History Month
Numerous two-year and four-year colleges are hosting Black History Month events across the nation.
February 13, 2008
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Dual-Enrolled High School Students Get Head Start At N.C. Community Colleges
Led by two of its classmates, a freshman literature class plotted to break out of a concentration camp.
February 13, 2008
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Sacramento Editor Heads Journalism Program on Mexican Border Issues
Rich Rodriguez, 53, the former editor of the Sacramento Bee has joined the faculty of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication to train young journalists to cover Latino and U.S.-Mexico border issues.
February 12, 2008
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Higher Ed Institutions Contribute to Country’s Widening Social Divide, Educators Say
It is difficult to find a college or university that does not have diversifying its student body on the top of its long list of goals and objectives, but one educator at the American Council on Education’s annual meeting said that many higher ed institutions are largely to blame for society’s widening social, racial and economic divide as many colleges’ own admissions policies keep out the very the populations they say they’re trying to admit.
February 12, 2008
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Paying For Grades Yields Mixed Results in Boosting Student Achievement
As public school districts struggle to boost student achievement, an increasing number of districts are turning to incentives for students, such as paying them cash money, to improve their attendance, test scores and grades.
February 12, 2008
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Student Kills 2, Self at La. College
BATON ROUGE La. A 23-year-old woman killed two fellow students with a .357 revolver in a classroom at a vocational college Friday, then committed suicide, police said. The women apparently were shot in their seats in the second-floor classroom at Louisiana Technical College, Baton Rouge Sgt. Don Kelly said. About 20 people were in the […]
February 9, 2008
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Former Sacramento Bee Editor Joins Arizona State Faculty
TEMPE, Ariz. The former editor of the Sacramento Bee has joined the faculty of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Rich Rodriguez, 53, will lead an initiative to train young journalists to cover Latino and U.S.-Mexico border issues. He’s been named the school’s first Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor. Rodriguez was […]
February 7, 2008
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The Need to Equip, Prepare Community College Faculty Has Never Been Greater
Welcome to the NISOD column.
February 6, 2008
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Perspectives: Need to Equip, Prepare Community College Faculty Has Never Been Greater
Welcome to the NISOD column. In our partnership with Diverse, the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), a consortium of more than 700 community colleges and universities worldwide, is pleased to write a monthly column focused on community college issues. NISOD is the service vehicle and outreach arm of the Community College Leadership Program (CCLP) at The University of Texas at Austin.
February 5, 2008
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Study: Public HBCUs Are Not Funded Equitably Compared to Traditionally White Institutions
Public historically Black institutions are usually on the losing end when government dollars and permission to create graduate programs are being handed down, according to the new study, “Contemporary HBCUs: Considering Institutional Capacity and State Priorities.”
February 4, 2008
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Dartmouth President To Step Down
Dartmouth College President James Wright will step down next year to spend more time working to help wounded veterans go to college and rededicating himself to his academic field of study.
February 3, 2008
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Pancho, College Bound: Chicano Creator’s Debut Film About University Life is Already a Winner
Recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau state that of the 16.6 million college students enrolled in colleges across country in 2003, 10 percent were Hispanic. Of those 1.6 million Hispanic students, at least one is a student like Pancho, very poor but determined; excited about going to college but unsure of its expectations.
January 31, 2008
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Mexican-American Helps Minnesota Minorities Win Chance at College
MINNEAPOLIS Back in Elgin, Ill., Jennifer Godinez’s childhood home was a popular gathering spot for the neighborhood kids.
January 30, 2008
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Racist Displays Persist at Minnesota College
ST. CLOUD, Minn. Bisharo Iman hoped college in St. Cloud would be different than attending high school. There would be no more taunts of “Go back to your country” aimed at her Somali dress, no more being slammed into lockers.
January 28, 2008
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U-Md. Restricts Late-night Parties at Student Union Building
COLLEGE PARK, Md. The University of Maryland is cracking down on rowdy parties at the campus student union. The gatherings have drawn more than a thousand people, and police and students say they have sometimes resulted in brawls. The parties will now be limited to current U-M students and may not go past midnight. Student […]
January 27, 2008
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When Diversity Training Goes Awry
Done incorrectly, what should be a useful exercise can and has backfired on some colleges and universities.
January 23, 2008
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What Works!
What Works!How Online Instructors Improved Communication With Students PROBLEMDr. Philip Ice, an assistant professor of education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte who has taught 30 online courses and designed 100 others, noticed that instructors’ heavy reliance on text for giving students feedback on their work was not very effective. In his experience, […]
January 23, 2008
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When Diversity Training Goes Awry
Done incorrectly, what should be a useful exercise can and has backfired on some colleges and universities.
January 23, 2008
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