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Community Colleges To Benefi t from New Higher Ed Bill

Ambitious higher education legislation is loaded with student aid, community college improvements.

September 16, 2009

Disappearing Act

Failure to educate a fast-growing segment of the U.S. work force — Latino males — may put the country at a global economic disadvantage, experts say.

September 16, 2009

Developmental Education: An Investment We Cannot Afford NOT To Make

The Kiss of Death? An Alternative View of College Remediation, by Cliff Adelman; No One to Waste, by Bob Mc- Cabe; and Salvage, Redirection, or Custody: Remedial Education in the Community Junior College, by John Roueche — look no further than these titles to sense the commitment and controversy surrounding developmental education.

September 16, 2009

Professional Appoitments

DR. WILLIAM BYNUM JR. has been named vice president for student services at Morehouse College (Ga.). He previously served as vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Bynum earned a bachelor’s from Davidson College and a master’s and doctorate from Duke University. DR. JAME’L HODGES is director of multicultural […]

September 16, 2009

Enrolling vs. Serving Latino Students

For Hispanic-serving institutions, there’s a difference between enrolling and really ‘serving’ Latino students.

September 16, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Survey Shows More Diversity and Higher Graduation Rates at Public HBCUs

Public Historically Black Colleges and Universities have grown and expanded in the last 20 years, making their students and faculty among the most intellectually and racially diverse in higher education, according to a survey released Monday.

September 13, 2009

Community Colleges

Students Burn Midnight Oil at Boston Community College

Community college professor Kathleen O’Neill was setting the ground rules for her psychology students when she came to an issue she didn’t normally have to address.

September 13, 2009

Community College Photo

The Coca-Cola Company Gives $7.2 Million to Atlanta University Center

Spelman College, Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University will receive millions from the Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola made the announcement Tuesday. According to Reuters, Spelman will receive $1.2 million, Morehouse and Clark Atlanta will receive $6 million. This support will assist students at these Atlanta-based historically black colleges and universities with scholarship funds where economic hardship […]

September 8, 2009

Best & Brightest: The War Vet, Financial Aid Activist and Ivy League Student

For John Around Him, the idea of attending Dartmouth College was more than impossible.

September 8, 2009

Howard, Va. Tech Join U.S. Intelligence Program

Howard University and Virginia Tech have joined 19 other colleges and universities in developing national security studies that support critical skills needed by intelligence agencies. According to The Washington Post, the $2.5 million academic program, which is funded by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, is designed to teach undergraduates skills that the […]

September 7, 2009

Faculty & Staff

OU Cancels Classes Today; Will Ask Court to Order Professors to Work

Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., will cancel classes again today. The university plans to head to court to ask a judge to order professors back to work. According to the Detroit Free Press, the faculty and the university disagree over several points, including increasing medical insurance rates, pay raises, hiring more instructors on contract and […]

September 7, 2009

Swine Flu Causes Stillman to Cancel Home Football Game

Stillman College canceled its home football opener against Clark Atlanta because of swine flu, college officials announced.

September 7, 2009

LEGAL BATTLES CONTINUE IN FIGHT FOR EQUITY IN MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION

In an ongoing struggle to right past wrongs, lawyers, community activists and students are awaiting their chance in court to make all Maryland universities equal and to reverse policies they say serve to weaken HBCUs.

September 2, 2009

WASHINGTON UPDATE: Minority-serving Institutions Seek Long-term Funding Increases

Advocates seek additional funding through a couple of bills under consideration in Congress.

September 2, 2009

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Retiring Morgan State President Earl Richardson says his school has accomplished a great deal, but could do more with equitable support from the state.

September 2, 2009

MARYLAND NEWS NUGGETS

The Old Line State has variety of institutions from Asian-serving and historically Black universities to a military academy and a plethora of community colleges.

September 2, 2009

Faculty & Staff

JUST A CLICK AWAY

University of Maryland University College has charted a unique path as a public insitution in online education.

September 2, 2009

FINDING THEIR IDENTITIES

Responding to the demands and needs of Asian-American Students, the University of Maryland, College Park, expands course offerings related to culture, identity.

September 2, 2009