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Section: Institutions
Community Colleges
Community Colleges Offer Online Courses to Address Specific Needs of Remedial Students
A self-paced model of instruction can be especially beneficial to students looking to accelerate through their developmental programs.
April 11, 2011
Native Americans
Online Course Helping American Indian Leaders Improve Tribal Governance
A new online course is giving tribal nations the information they need to take control of their own governments.
April 10, 2011
HBCUs
South Carolina Moves to Define Performance-based Funding Formula for Higher Education
S.C. Governor Nikki Haley has said the state needs to get away from funding colleges and universities based on subjective influences like loyalty from lawmakers or the popularity of their football programs.
April 10, 2011
Community Colleges
Middle Colleges Grow in Number and Target Lower-Income, Minority Students
This fall, Maryland will become the latest in a growing number of states to open a “middle college,” or a high school housed on a college campus.
April 7, 2011
Students
Military Spending Becomes Latest Battleground of For-Profit Colleges
For-profit colleges are facing a new challenge from congressional Democrats as some lawmakers have questioned the steep rise in military tuition benefits going to high-cost proprietary schools.
April 6, 2011
Sports
CIAA Tournament Draws Record Crowd to Charlotte
Attendance for official CIAA functions topped 190,000 and provided an economic impact of $44.3 million, a 19 percent increase from last year.
April 5, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Debate Over Relevance of HBCUs Opens 37th NAFEO Conference
The president of Morgan State University uses NAFEO luncheon discussion to announce the school has won a contract to help manage research at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, signaling how one historically Black university competes at the highest levels in science.
April 5, 2011
Community Colleges
Report Suggests Associate’s Degrees in Nursing Are Sufficient for Employment in the Field
AACC report finds no significant differences between competencies of nurses with bachelor’s degrees vs those with associate’s degrees.
April 4, 2011
Women
Federal Effort Seeks to Help Colleges, Schools Prevent Sexual Violence
A nation that prides itself on fighting the abuse of power has an obligation to prevent sexual violence in schools and on college campuses, Vice President Joe Biden said as he kicked off a nationwide awareness campaign on schools’ responsibilities and victims’ rights.
April 4, 2011
African-American
HBCUs Must Embrace Online Education
Black college leaders recognize the importance of distance learning but remain hesitant to take the online leap, writes online education expert.
April 3, 2011
Students
Paying for Pell Grant Program Requires Stark Choices
To maintain the current maximum grant of $5,550 and meet demand, the Obama administration would eliminate in-school Stafford Loan subsidies for graduate students.
March 30, 2011
Community Colleges
Community College Programs Key to Solving Nursing Shortage
New Policy Brief underscores similar competencies among 2-Year, 4-year graduates.
March 28, 2011
Faculty & Staff
AACR Recognizes HBCU and HSI Faculty Contributions to Cancer Research
The American Association for Cancer Research will recognize leaders in the minority cancer community with the Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholars in Cancer Research Awards. The 36 recipients will be honored at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.
March 28, 2011
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Restructuring Plan Would Shut Down Numerous Programs
Faced with mounting financial challenges, Florida A&M University President James Ammons announced a major academic overhaul, proposing to close or merge about two dozen programs.
March 28, 2011
Students
“No One Told Me…”
The hit Broadway play “In the Heights” centers around the story of Nina, a child of the barrio who is the first in her family to go to college, indeed to Stanford.
March 23, 2011
Faculty & Staff
ETS Report Recommends Strategies to Reduce Racial Gaps in Praxis Exam Performance
Putting in place an early preparation program for student teachers is one of several recommendations made in a new report that prescribes ways to help prospective teachers from diverse groups pass teacher license exams.
March 23, 2011
Students
Black College Conference Takes on Public Criticism of HBCUs
This year, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s professional institute conference has provided practical ideas and strategies to address major challenges facing HBCUs.
March 22, 2011
Students
Georgia Technical College Students Required to Maintain B Average to Retain HOPE Funding
Thousands of working moms, laid-off factory employees and others who flocked to Georgia’s 26 technical colleges for job training because of the recession could lose the HOPE Grants that pay their tuition under changes the state is making to the cash-strapped program.
March 21, 2011
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