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Community Colleges
Obama Announces Manufacturing Institute at North Carolina State
President Obama revealed Wednesday that North Carolina State University will be the first university to have a manufacturing hub that will help create jobs.
January 15, 2014
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Faculty & Staff
Scholar Poised to Introduce Intersection Between Race, Modern English
2014 Emerging Scholar Dr. Dennis Austin Britton is bringing the “theological account of race and racialization in early modern England” to a wider audience.
January 15, 2014
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HBCUs
Alabama State Bans President from Campus Cohabitation
An Alabama university has barred its incoming president from living in her required campus home with any romantic interest as long as she remains unmarried.
January 15, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Education Champion George Miller to Retire from Congress
U.S. Rep. George Miller, ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee, has announced that, after four decades in Congress, he won’t be seeking re-election in 2014.
January 15, 2014
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Faculty & Staff
Univ. of Utah Investigates Clinic’s Sperm Mix-Up
The University of Utah is investigating a complaint that a convicted felon working at a fertility clinic replaced a customer’s sperm with his own, fathering a girl 21 years ago.
January 13, 2014
Community Colleges
Fighting Inequality: Is Higher Ed Creating a New Class of Highly Educated Poor?
In this era where college tuition is pretty much an automatic $40,000 a year, even with scholarships, the average middle-class family still struggles.
January 13, 2014
Leadership & Policy
U. of Ark. Spokesman Files EEOC Complaint Over Termination
Former University of Arkansas spokesman John Diamond has filed a complaint to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming that his firing violated his civil rights and asking that he be reinstated.
January 12, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Modern Language Convention Focuses on ‘Vulnerable Times’
The 129th Modern Language Association Convention lacked the racial diversity it has seen in the past.
January 12, 2014
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Leadership & Policy
South Louisiana Community College Says it Needs More Nursing Teachers
South Louisiana Community College PR director says nurses can earn a better wage for practicing rather than teaching.
January 9, 2014
African-American
FAMU Names Elmira Mangum President
Magnum becomes the first female permanent president in the school’s 126-year history and the first non-alumnus to hold the position in 46 years.
January 9, 2014
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Faculty & Staff
Baraka’s Controversial Legacy
Black academicians, activists and artists remember the life of Amiri Baraka, one of the nation’s most prominent Black writers, who died at the age of 79.
January 9, 2014
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Community Colleges
Gates Foundation Invests Half-Billion in Success of Community College Students
Dr. Lenore Rodicio is vice provost for Miami Dade Community College and a managing project director for Completion by Design in the Florida cadre.
January 8, 2014
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Students
Obama Administration: End Zero Tolerance
The wide-ranging series of guidelines issued Wednesday in essence tells schools that they must adhere to the principle of fairness and equity in student discipline or face strong action if they don’t.
January 8, 2014
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Students
Study Urges Tough Measures for Parent PLUS Loan Requirements
A new report released by the New America Foundation urges reforms to ensure that the Parent PLUS loan program does not burden parent borrowers with debt they cannot pay back.
January 8, 2014
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HBCUs
University of South Florida: Guns Can Be Kept in Cars on Campus
Gun rights groups had threatened to sue any university that continued to ban guns in cars following the appeals ruling.
January 7, 2014
HBCUs
Louisiana-Monroe Alum’s Family Gives $1M to School
The donation will provide a facility to house 14 new international students.
January 7, 2014
Community Colleges
Community Colleges Explore Creative Approaches to Counter Budget Cuts
Fundraising is becoming a necessity, as community colleges also look to foundations, rely on scholarships and partnering with more business and industry for support and opportunities.
January 7, 2014
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Community Colleges
Let’s Not Underestimate Undermatch
Some of the small details of undermatch have big implications for higher education reform.
January 7, 2014
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