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MSIs
Black Male Initiative Worth Duplicating
New York City College of Technology’s Black Male Initiative (BMI) program was recently named one of nine U.S. Model Replication Institutions by NASA and the National Science Foundation for its innovative approaches in attacking the problem of Black male student enrollment and retention.
November 28, 2007
HBCUs
Addressing the Mental Health Ailments Facing Black College Students
BALTIMORE If the walls of Cicely Evans’ office could talk, they would tell of the mental health ailments facing Black college students, including domestic violence, depression, anxiety, stress, unresolved issues of homosexuality and thoughts of suicide.
November 28, 2007
Community Colleges
University Systems Commit to Closing Gap
Black college students earn bachelor’s degrees at nearly half the rate — Hispanic students at nearly less than a third the rate — of White students. Low-income students get their undergraduate degrees at one-eighth the rate of more economically advantaged students.
November 28, 2007
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Students
New Choice Requirement on Student Loans May Break Near-monopoly Lenders Have at 55 Schools
Colleges and universities, including minority- serving institutions, will have to include at least three different funding sources on any “preferred lender list” they give to prospective student borrowers, under rules being proposed by the U.S. Department of Education.
November 28, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Duke’s New Wrongful Convictions Clinic Takes Shape
DURHAM, N.C. James E. Coleman Jr., a professor and associate dean at Duke University’s School of Law, says the lacrosse case in which three White students were wrongly charged in the alleged rape of a Black woman was not the catalyst for Duke’s new Wrongful Convictions Clinic and Innocence Project.
November 28, 2007
Students
Tribal Colleges: The Model For Cultural- and Community-based Education Reform
Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling’s Commission’s report, “A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education” denotes much-needed reforms in higher education. The report, which emphasizes that all Americans need access to higher education to thrive in today’s global economy, highlights the needs of the Black, Hispanic and low-income communities, but it fails to address those of American Indians.
November 28, 2007
Students
Growth In Minority Student Enrollment Gives Rise To More MSIs
More minority undergraduate students are enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities than ever before, and more of them are choosing minority-serving institutions such as historically Black colleges and universities, Asian-serving institutions and Hispanic-serving institutions.
November 27, 2007
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Community Colleges
North Carolina Community Colleges Required to Admit Undocumented Immigrants
North Carolina’s community colleges must admit illegal immigrants as long as they are 18 years old and high school graduates, a legal decision that reverses a 2004 rule that gave campuses the option to say no.
November 27, 2007
Leadership & Policy
New University of Hawaii Chancellor Says School’s a Tarnished Jewel
HONOLULU The University of Hawaii’s new Manoa chancellor says the campus is a tarnished jewel.
November 20, 2007
Community Colleges
Barack Obama says family experience gives him broader base for foreign policy views
CLARION Iowa Democrat Barack Obama said Monday his childhood experience in Asia and his family in Kenya give him a greater foreign policy understanding than politicians who merely take junkets to other countries.
November 20, 2007
Community Colleges
Idaho Board of Education to Study Fairness in Dual Credit System
TWIN FALLS Idaho A State Board of Education official says the time may be ripe to re-examine the dual credit system that allows high school students to earn college and high school credit at the same time when they take college-level classes.
November 19, 2007
Community Colleges
Clatsop Community College Looks for Federal Grant for Renovations
ASTORIA Ore. Clatsop Community College officials are hoping that federal officials will come through with a grant to help stabilize the crumbling facilities on the campus, which have been rated as 100 percent likely to collapse in a major earthquake.
November 19, 2007
Community Colleges
Enrollment Tailing Off in Some Phoenix-area Community Colleges
MESA Ariz. Despite a growing population in Maricopa County, enrollment in the county’s community college system is dropping.
November 19, 2007
Community Colleges
West Hawaii Campus Building not a Long-term Solution
KAILUA-KONA Hawaii Work is to begin next summer on the first building for the planned West Hawaii Community College center, but it’s not a state or university project.
November 19, 2007
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Community Colleges
Tennessee State Panel Recommends No Tuition Hike for Community Colleges
NASHVILLE Tenn. A state panel is recommending for the first time that community college and technology center tuition rates not be increased.
November 19, 2007
Community Colleges
Kirkwood Professor Makes Push for Atheism
DES MOINES Iowa An Iowa community college professor is leading an effort to promote atheism and lobby for the removal of religious references from public life.
November 19, 2007
Students
New Leader Gives Troubled Texas College a Makeover
DALLAS (AP) — Jeans, flip-flops, sneakers, T-shirts, sweats. These define the college student wardrobe, right? Not at Paul Quinn College. Not anymore.
November 19, 2007
Community Colleges
Arkansas Community Colleges Team up for More Aviation Programs
NORTH LITTLE ROCK Ark. Several Arkansas community colleges are teaming up to increase aviation education in the state.
November 18, 2007
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