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Section: Institutions
Community Colleges
City College of San Francisco Wins a Battle in Fight for Survival
The college has been embroiled in a legal battle with the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), ever since the commission voted to revoke the college’s accreditation in 2013.
February 18, 2015
Disabilties
Police Officer Who Arrested Arizona State Professor Resigns
An Arizona State University police officer accused of wrongful arrest and excessive force by a professor has resigned.
February 17, 2015
Faculty & Staff
La Salle University Picks First Layperson, Female President
After 152 years of brothers at the helm, La Salle University has appointed a lay woman as its president.
February 17, 2015
African-American
Activists at Rally Vow S.C. State Won’t Close
Black lawmakers promised more than 1,000 supporters of South Carolina State University at a rally Monday at the Statehouse in Columbia that a legislative proposal to close the HBCU will not be enacted.
February 16, 2015
Community Colleges
Congressional Report — by Colleges — Claims They’re Over-Regulated
Review ordered by congressional committee was produced by the American Council on Education.
February 16, 2015
Students
Race a Factor in South Carolina State University ‘Mess’
The barriers to the solutions are politics, race, intransigence, corruption and political dysfunction.
February 16, 2015
Community Colleges
Hate Crime Prosecutions Rare in North Carolina
Relatives of the three Muslim college students killed in North Carolina are pressing for hate crime charges against the alleged shooter, but legal experts say such cases are relatively rare and can be difficult to prove.
February 15, 2015
Students
Yale Fraternity Banned for Sex Misconduct Policy Violation
A fraternity has been banned from Yale University’s campus for two years over an initiation ceremony that violated the school’s sexual misconduct policy, the Ivy League university announced Friday.
February 15, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Happy President’s Day for HBCUs? Not Likely
You would think with the first Black president in our country’s history, there would be more of a lovey-dovey relationship with HBCUs. Apparently not. “President Obama was critical of Historically Black Colleges and Universities during a meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus this week according to several in attendance. The February 10 meeting was […]
February 15, 2015
Community Colleges
College Ratings Proposal Continues to Be Work in Progress
Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell said that the proposed ratings system would no longer be linked to financial aid funding, and suggested that it would be open to reinterpretation after its first iteration.
February 15, 2015
African-American
U.S. Colleges Bringing in Chaplains to Serve the Nonbelievers
Bart Campolo, 51, joined a growing movement of college “humanist chaplains,” arriving at the University of Southern California last September.
February 15, 2015
HBCUs
In Case You Missed It…
HBCU Leaders Divided on Free Community College Plan More Than $2 Billion in Federal Grant Money Unclaimed High School Graduation Rates Between Black and White Males Widen President Elzey: S.C. State Not Closing, I’m Not Quitting
February 13, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Bill Allowing Concealed Weapons at South Dakota Colleges Moves to House
Over the objections of some student representatives and South Dakota’s Board of Regents, a legislative panel approved Thursday and sent to the full state House a proposal to allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on the six public university campuses.
February 12, 2015
Leadership & Policy
S.C. State Board Stands by President Despite Call for Ouster
The trustees of financially troubled South Carolina State University stood behind embattled President Thomas Elzey on Thursday, even as legislators proposed ousting the entire board along with Elzey.
February 12, 2015
Students
University of Texas Investigates Fraternity Party
A University of Texas fraternity is under investigation following complaints about how Hispanics were portrayed during a weekend party, university officials said Tuesday.
February 11, 2015
HBCUs
Saving South Carolina State
The proposed plan would close the university for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years. Many say they don’t believe it would reopen in the fall of 2017.
February 11, 2015
Community Colleges
SHARMILA MAKHIJA
Sharmila Makhija was named professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in the Bronx, New York. She will take on her new role on April 1. Currently, Makhija is a professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Makhija earned a bachelor’s from Cornell University and an M.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
February 11, 2015
Students
University of Texas Investigates Fraternity Party
A University of Texas fraternity is under investigation after complaints were filed about how Hispanics were portrayed during a weekend party.
February 10, 2015
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