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Section: Institutions
Community Colleges
Life Goes On Regardless of a Particular Outcome
A student’s first-choice school may not necessarily be the best one for them.
April 15, 2015
Community Colleges
City College of San Francisco Gains Political Support
As the college continues to regroup from the blow it was dealt several years ago, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, the body that oversees California’s community colleges, has come under increasing scrutiny.
April 15, 2015
African-American
Knoxville College Board Chairman Insists Closure Not Permanent
The Tennessee HBCU is suspending instruction for the fall 2015 semester and its board hopes it can restructure to better position itself to advance the viability of the college.
April 14, 2015
Community Colleges
Students Seek Answers as UNC Suspends Mexican American Studies
More than 50 people who attended a forum on Friday are demanding answers after a degree majoring in Mexican American studies was suspended.
April 12, 2015
Faculty & Staff
South African University Removes Statue of Colonialist
Hundreds of South African students cheered loudly Thursday as a crane lifted the decades-old statue of a British colonialist — celebrating the end of what they described as a symbol of White privilege.
April 9, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Students Charged in Graffiti Case No Longer at Ohio School
Two Miami University freshmen students charged in connection with offensive graffiti in a residential hall are no longer enrolled at the school, according to the university.
April 8, 2015
Latinx
A Look at the College Tuition Perks at Starbucks, McDonald’s
Starbucks says it will now cover four years of tuition reimbursement for workers to earn an online undergraduate degree from Arizona State University, instead of just two years.
April 7, 2015
Community Colleges
Philadelphia Latest City to Offer Free Community College Tuition
The city of Philadelphia just joined the vanguard of states and cities implementing free tuition at local community colleges.
April 7, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Lawsuit: S. Carolina Discriminates Against Black University
As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, South Carolina’s only Black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed in part for the school’s financial woes.
April 6, 2015
Students
COLLEEN HANYCZ
COLLEEN HANYCZ has been appointed president of La Salle University, effective in July. She is currently principal of Brescia University College in Ontario. Hanycz earned a bachelor’s from the University of Toronto, a bachelor’s from Dalhousie University and a master’s and a doctorate from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.
April 6, 2015
Students
RHONDA TRACY
RHONDA TRACY has been named chancellor of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, effective April 16. She is currently the senior vice president for academic affairs at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of South Carolina, a master’s from West Virginia University and a doctorate from Ohio University.
April 6, 2015
Students
REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER
REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER has been named president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, effective in April. He is a former president of the Christian Theological Seminary. Wheeler earned a bachelor’s from Morehouse College, a master’s from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and a doctorate from Emory University.
April 6, 2015
HBCUs
E. Ethelbert Miller Among Those Let Go at Howard
In an April 2 letter to the campus community, Howard University President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick announced the firing of 84 Howard staffers, effective immediately.
April 6, 2015
HBCUs
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Inequalities in Education Continue to Fuel Wealth Gap in U.S. NYC Cop Apologizes for Racist Rant Against South Asian Nonprofit Provides Life-Coaching Services to Students With Mental Illness Obama’s Immigration Plan Would Have Positive Results for Students
April 2, 2015
African-American
Spelman College Appears to be Riding Wave of Momentum
Students, or Spelmanites, as they call themselves, have high hopes for what Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell will contribute to the college as its new president.
April 2, 2015
HBCUs
Brown Grad Student Dies After Jumping Off Campus Building
A Brown University graduate student from South Korea has died after jumping from the 12th floor of a campus building.
April 1, 2015
HBCUs
Kean University Cancels Common as Commencement Speaker
New Jersey’s Kean University has cancelled hip-hop artist Common as commencement speaker after police voiced concerns over a song released 15 years ago about a woman convicted of killing a police officer who fled to Cuba.
April 1, 2015
African-American
Huston-Tillotson Names Pierce Burnette President
Huston-Tillotson University’s Board of Trustees has selected Colette Pierce Burnette as the successor to Larry L. Earvin as president of the private, historically Black institution in East Austin, Texas.
April 1, 2015
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