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Section: Institutions
Students
NAFEO, AT&T Launch Effort To Help Students With Disabilities Attend HBCUs, PBIs
The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and the AT&T telecommunications giant have launched an initiative to provide scholarships to students with disabilities attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions.
December 2, 2010
Community Colleges
Momentum Grows for Trading Life, Job Experience for Academic Credit
Universities and colleges are being pressed to increase graduation rates and speed up the time it takes for students to complete degrees by awarding college credit for their life and work experience.
December 1, 2010
Community Colleges
How Will Education Funding and Policy Fare in a Republican Congress?
Despite bipartisanship on some issues, experts predict budget cuts and less regulation.
December 1, 2010
Community Colleges
Elderly Increasingly Looking to College to Boost Job Skills
Community colleges report increasing number of older students looking to remain competitive in tough employment landscape.
November 29, 2010
Students
Advocates Decry Loss of N.J. Scholarship Program for Preschool Teachers
Education advocates say New Jersey’s Abbott initiative—offering scholarships to employees of preschools in New Jersey’s poorest districts—had tremendous impact.
November 23, 2010
African-American
Miss. College Board Names Top HBCU Presidential Candidates
The preferred candidates to lead two of Mississippi’s historically Black universities have executive experience at HBCUs in other states and are prepared to lead schools with distinct academic missions, state College Board members say.
November 22, 2010
Community Colleges
Feinstein Intervenes To Halt Student’s Deportation
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco community college student awaiting deportation to his native Peru won a temporary reprieve Friday when U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation halting immigration enforcement proceedings against him. Steve Li, 20, had been due to be separated from his parents and sent back to Peru last Monday, but federal immigration […]
November 21, 2010
Leadership & Policy
College Called Key to Community in Brunswick, Ga.
The impact of the College of Coastal Georgia’s transformation from a two-year to a four-year school will reach well beyond the college’s campus, driving right through the heart of Brunswick, Ga.
November 18, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Morgan State Expands Community College Leadership Program Via Online
Community College Leadership Doctoral Program establishes online presence to enhance Morgan State University’s mission of education access.
November 17, 2010
Community Colleges
Experts Urge Academic and Business Collaboration to Boost U.S. Education Attainment
Education and labor experts, including White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes, explored the role business could play in helping improve educational attainment Wednesday morning during a Washington policy forum.
November 17, 2010
African-American
Black Colleges Look to Increase Online Education Presence
Online education market could prove lucrative for HBCUs.
November 16, 2010
Students
First-Person Narrative: HBCU Alumnus Explores Hampton Humanities Online Class
Diverse correspondent Marlon Walker experiences HamptonU Online, which promises a slice of the historically Black college campus in a virtual world.
November 9, 2010
Leadership & Policy
New Rules May Hurt For-profit Colleges
The for-profit college industry has been criticized as being predatory or too business-focused, but the institutions say new federal regulations on them will limit access to higher education.
November 8, 2010
African-American
Medical School Association Diversity Chief Talks Health Care Reform
Dr. Marc Nivet, the Association of American Medical Colleges chief diversity officer, says the emphasis on prevention and wellness in the health care reform law will benefit minorities.
November 7, 2010
Students
Critics, Supporters Express Concerns on Proposed Rules Targeting For-profit Colleges
Supporters and opponents of the controversial “gainful employment” rule being directed at for-profit colleges voiced their concerns Thursday at one of a series of public hearings being conducted by the U.S. Department of Education this week as it mulls modifying the rule before putting it into effect.
November 4, 2010
Students
Conveying the Black College Experience into Distance Learning
With HBCUsOnline.com, radio personality Tom Joyner ventures into ‘expanding the voice’ of HBCUs by targeting growing contingent of nontraditional students.
November 3, 2010
Leadership & Policy
For-profits Under Increased Scrutiny — This Time From Military
U.S. Defense Department proposes new rules regulating quality of online programs accessed by members of the armed services.
November 2, 2010
Students
Forum: Reaching 2020 Degree Completion Goal May Require Multi-State Approach and Credit for Prior Learning
At a Center for American Progress forum Thursday, U.S. Education Under Secretary Martha Kanter pinpointed the challenges that education leaders and advocates must overcome to successfully boost in 10 years the proportion of students who complete college from 42 percent to 60 percent.
October 28, 2010
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