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Leadership & Policy

NISOD Conference Attracts Record Number of Attendees

A record 2,300 attendees from community colleges across the nation descended on Austin, Texas last week for the 29th annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, held May 20-23. Hosted by the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin through its National Institute for Staff & Organizational Development outreach arm, the conference touched on a broad range of issues relating to enriching and enhancing two-year college leadership and faculty instruction.

May 30, 2007

Fisk Turns to Seasoned Fund-raiser to Reverse its Fortunes

University no longer pinning its financial future on sale of priceless art.

May 30, 2007

Grants & Gifts

The City College of New York has received a four-year, $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue the college’s participation in the Institute of General Medical Sciences’ SCORE program. The program provides research funds for faculty development at minority-serving institutions. A collaborative effort between the City College of San Francisco and […]

May 30, 2007

Community Colleges

Shoreline Community College Home Gets Boost From the Sun

SHORELINE, Wash. Mike Nelson stood in his new office, where walls of corrugated metal clash just a tad with silky-smooth floors and walls of sustainably harvested eucalyptus. “Very soon, the old ways are going,” Nelson, director of the Northwest Solar Center, told visitors. His office is the solar-powered Zero Energy House at Shoreline Community College, which is intended to produce as much energy as it uses.

May 29, 2007

Leadership & Policy

New Ivy Tech Community College President Visiting Campuses Across Indiana

SELLERSBURG, Ind. Ivy Tech Community College’s incoming president has spent much of his time in recent weeks traveling the state as he prepares to take charge of the school.

May 29, 2007

Community Colleges

Tennessee Bill Seeks to Reduce Costs of College Textbooks

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. A bill moving through the Legislature would require the University of Tennessee and Tennessee Board of Regents to develop policies for minimizing the costs of textbooks for students.

May 29, 2007

Community Colleges

Tenn. Bill Seeks to Reduce Costs of College Textbooks

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. A bill moving through the Legislature would require the University of Tennessee and Tennessee Board of Regents to develop policies for minimizing the costs of textbooks for students.

May 29, 2007

Community Colleges

Meeting Labor Demands by Improving Education Access For Home-grown Talent

Although California’s modern economy has relied heavily on highly skilled out-of-state U.S.-born and immigrant talent, a newly released study by the Public Policy Institute of California says that meeting state work force needs over the next two decades will require sharp increases in the production of college-educated native Californians.

May 28, 2007

Post Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans HBCUs Invest in Better Communication Systems, Training

Nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters demolished much of New Orleans, officials at the city’s hard hit historically Black universities are busy updating their disaster plans in the face of another hurricane season.

May 23, 2007

Native Americans

Bringing the Global Market to Native Lands

At the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, a group of college entrepreneurs are preparing to enter the global market by launching an American Indian news service — and without ever having to step foot off the reservation.

May 23, 2007

Community Colleges

Southwest Idaho Voters to Decide Proposed Community College

BOISE, Idaho Voters in Idaho’s two most populated counties will decide Tuesday whether to build a new community college in the Treasure Valley.

May 22, 2007

Prosecutors File No Charges in Case of Calif. College Alleged Gang Rape

SAN JOSE, Calif. Santa Clara County prosecutors announced Monday they have declined to file charges in the case of the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl by De Anza College baseball players at a party in March.

May 22, 2007

Maine Students, Lawmakers Plead for More Community College Funding

AUGUSTA, Maine With a balanced state budget still beyond lawmakers’ grasp, a community college student, an administrator, a business leader and legislators pleaded last week for more funding for the seven-campus system, saying the state is failing to address surging demand by prospective students.

May 20, 2007

In Fairness

Tribal college leaders criticize proposal to fund nontribal institutions with 10 percent American Indian student enrollment.

May 16, 2007

A Prescription For Success

The Medical University of South Carolina says mentoring program is key to retaining minority medical students.

May 16, 2007

Study: HBCU Graduates Earn Less Than Black Graduates Of Traditionally White Institutions

A study by two economists gives more reasons for Blacks to attend traditionally White institutions over historically Black colleges and universities, further fueling the debate about the relevancy of the HBCUs.

May 16, 2007

Community Colleges

Replicating Success

Recent college grads help low-income students navigate the path to college through innovative program.

May 16, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Learning, Diversity and the Road Ahead

Community college leaders anticipate wrestling with the increasing challenges of students enrolling at their institutions at different ages, with different backgrounds and beliefs and with vastly different levels of preparation.

May 16, 2007