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Section: Institutions
Students
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx: Limit Federal Role in Higher Education
House subcommittee chair plans to address oversight and regulatory issues in federal higher education spending.
March 8, 2011
Students
No Worker Left Behind Program Helps Spur Community College Enrollment
Adult enrollment at Michiganâs Jackson Community College has risen 65 percent over the past five years, and federal and state programs, such as No Worker Left Behind have helped boost enrollment.
March 3, 2011
Students
Federal Shutdown Averted, But Some Education Cuts Take Effect
While a newly approved bill will stop a federal government shutdown for at least two weeks, the legislation comes at a price â terminating a long-standing $64 million student financial aid program.
March 3, 2011
Students
Perspectives: Teacher Quality is Key to Student Success
Teacher effectiveness is a critical focus in our nation, and growing the number of board-certified teachers of color should be a priority, writes the president of a national teaching standards organization.
March 2, 2011
Community Colleges
U.S. Secretaries Solis, Duncan Promote Job, Community College Collaborations
The U.S. secretaries of education and labor toured a job-training center and dropped in on a community college summit to promote collaborations that help adult learners join the workforce and obtain college degrees.
March 1, 2011
Students
Helping College Students Stay Safe While Dating
Increasingly, college administrators are prioritizing dating violence prevention and intervention services.
February 28, 2011
Community Colleges
Creative Partnerships Among Business, Colleges and Universities Key to Competing in Global Economy
Employers and educators should align research and development goals, U.S. labor official says.
February 27, 2011
HBCUs
Advocate Hopes to Use International Experience to Build HBCU Capacity
Longtime HBCU teacher and education advocate Boyce Williams talks about her new role at NAFEO.
February 23, 2011
Latinx
Lower Maryland College Tuition Sought for Undocumented Immigrant Children
To be eligible, students must attend two years of high school in Maryland, and their parents pay one year of income taxes before the student graduates from a Maryland high school.
February 17, 2011
Community Colleges
Civil Right Groups Urge Congress to Protect âGainful Employmentâ Rule
Citing the need to protect students of color, civil rights organizations Wednesday urged Congress to reject a House Republican plan that would prevent the Obama administration from issuing new rules on the operation of for-profit career colleges.
February 16, 2011
Community Colleges
Lawmakers Target Obama Plan on For-Profit Colleges
A pair of Washington lawmakers say they will seek to limit federal Education Department spending on an Obama administration Biographies Plus Newsplan designed to better track studentsâ academic performance at for-profit colleges.
February 15, 2011
Latinx
Study: California State Northridge Students Hit Hard by Recession
The report, âSqueezed From All Sides,â blames Californiaâs recession and education cuts for pushing students to the breaking point, with some reporting they must forgo college.
February 15, 2011
Community Colleges
Regaining the Edge in American Higher Education
Can American higher education regain its edge? A group of advocates, policymakers and scholars attempted to answer this question Tuesday during a Washington think tank policy forum.
February 15, 2011
Students
Obama Budget Protects Pell Grants, Sets Education Priorities
President Obama presented a 2012 budget that has limited increases for education but a commitment to protect the current $5,550 maximum Pell Grant, which is the subject of potential cuts on Capitol Hill.
February 14, 2011
Latinx
Yale, Peruvian University Sign Deal on Incan Artifacts
Yale University announced that it will send back to Peru thousands of Incan artifacts removed from the famed Machu Picchu citadel nearly a century ago.
February 13, 2011
Students
New Federal Data Show Rising Student Loan Default Rates
The federal governmentâs new system to calculate student loan default rates â while highlighting the problems of many for-profit colleges â also may pose risks for some minority-serving institutions that are seeing their rates increase as well.
February 13, 2011
African-American
CIAA Commissioner Remains Bullish on Charlotte
CIAA Commissioner Leon Kerry remains bullish on Charlotte despite the city being the target of protests and criticism from Black leaders.
February 10, 2011
Students
HBCU President Brings Sex and Health Education to the Campus
Sex Week, Philander Smithâs first-ever campus wide sexual education forum, brought students together with medical, religious, health, and relationship experts.
February 10, 2011
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