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Leadership & Policy
Oregon Coast Community College Gets New Home, At Last
NEWPORT Ore. Oregon Coast Community College has been without a home for 20 years.
October 9, 2007
Community Colleges
Indiana Black Expo president going to Ivy Tech Community College
INDIANAPOLIS The president of Indiana Black Expo is stepping down to take a job heading the fundraising efforts for Ivy Tech Community College.
October 9, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Alabama Architect Defrauded Two-Year System With Bribes, Prosecutors Say
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Federal prosecutors say Anniston, Ala. architect Julian W. Jenkins gave bribes worth $85,000 to two-year college system Chancellor Roy Johnson and his family and $1,800 to a college president in return for more than $2.6 million in contracts.
October 9, 2007
HBCUs
Jury Deliberates Fate of Texas Southern University’s Former President
HOUSTON The first full day of jury deliberations in the trial of Texas Southern University’s former president, who is accused of spending more than $500,000 of school money to lavishly furnish and decorate her homes, ended Tuesday without a verdict.
October 8, 2007
Community Colleges
AACC Awarded $3.2 Million Grant to Boost Programs for Older Learners
Many businesses anticipate mass worker shortages as baby boomers retire and are looking to two-year colleges to fill the coming skills gap. However, many of these older workers can’t afford to retire and are needing new skills to keep up with new jobs created in this age of ever-changing technology.
October 8, 2007
Community Colleges
AACC Awarded $3.2 Million Grant to Boost Programs for Older Learners
Many businesses anticipate mass worker shortages as baby boomers retire and are looking to two-year colleges to fill the coming skills gap. However, many of these older workers can’t afford to retire and are needing new skills to keep up with new jobs created in this age of ever-changing technology.
October 3, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Alabama Architect Defrauded Two-Year System With Bribes, Prosecutors Say
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Federal prosecutors say Anniston, Ala. architect Julian W. Jenkins gave bribes worth $85,000 to two-year college system Chancellor Roy Johnson and his family and $1,800 to a college president in return for more than $2.6 million in contracts.
October 3, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
New HBCU Rankings Get Mixed Reviews
U.S. News & World Report has launched a new ranking series, “America’s Best Black Colleges,” which ranks historically Black colleges and universities separately but by using the same methodology as its annual “America’s Best Colleges” rankings.
October 2, 2007
MSIs
Perspectives: Empty Promises in the STEM Fields
Are efforts to broaden diversity leading to empty promises of increased employment opportunities in science and engineering? The U.S. Government has been promoting and funding programs since the 1980s to increase the number of American women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities in the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce.
October 2, 2007
HBCUs
What Is the Context of Our Emotions Related to the “Jena 6”?
Why has the Jena 6 situation garnered so much attention and outrage? Many of us, as people of color, feel responsible and compelled to stand up for our brethren in small town America who are resigned to the persistent unjust treatment of African- Americans.
October 2, 2007
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HBCUs
White House HBCU Initiative Chief Quits During Contentious Board Meeting
On the job for slightly over a year, White House Initiative on HBCUs Executive Director Charles Greene has called it quits. This came at a meeting of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs last week, in which several members expressed frustration with Greene for failing to deliver on time a completed 2004-05 report on federal agencies’ grant activity with HBCUs.
October 2, 2007
Sports
Video Football Gaming
A video game soon to hit stores will offer what has yet to be seen: the Black college footballwatching experience.
October 2, 2007
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Community Colleges
Indiana Black Expo president going to Ivy Tech Community College
INDIANAPOLIS The president of Indiana Black Expo is stepping down to take a job heading the fundraising efforts for Ivy Tech Community College.
October 2, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Oregon Coast Community College Gets New Home, At Last
NEWPORT Ore. Oregon Coast Community College has been without a home for 20 years.
October 2, 2007
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HBCUs
Oklahoma University student volunteers for Iraq duty
NORMAN Okla. University of Oklahoma student Jeff Gray knew he had a choice to make when he heard last month that his National Guard brigade had been called up for duty in Iraq.
October 1, 2007
Community Colleges
Enrollment grows at Carroll Community College
WESTMINSTER Md. Carroll Community College officials say full-time enrollment has jumped more than 12 percent this fall and part-time enrollment grew nearly three percent.
October 1, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Shelton State finance chief placed on leave pending probe
TUSCALOOSA Ala. The head of Shelton State Community College’s finance office was placed on paid leave Monday pending a probe of financial operations by the office, school officials said.
October 1, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Community College Aims to be First to Sponsor Presidential Debate
Clark College in Vancouver, Wash., may be the first community college to ever sponsor a presidential debate. In partnership with the Metropolitan Exposition Recreation Commission of Portland, Ore., Clark aims to convince the Commission on Presidential Debates to select the Oregon Convention Center to host the candidates.
September 25, 2007
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