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Section: Institutions
Faculty & Staff
A thoroughly satisfying look at community colleges… – again
The American Community College by Arthur M. Cohen and Florence B. Brawer Jossey-Bass, Inc., San Francisco, 1996 512 pages Hardback: $38.95
July 4, 2007
Community Colleges
Report: Oklahoma making community college transfers easier
OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma is making it easier for students to transfer from community colleges to universities, according to a report by the Southern Regional Education Board.
July 4, 2007
Students
California proposes high school academic standards to combat higher education remediation
California’s higher education officials have teamed up with the public schools to create the state’s first proposal for academic standards for high school students.
July 4, 2007
Community Colleges
The key to welfare reform is postsecondary education – Speaking of Education – importance of welfare reform in education
In early December, my travels took me to Gateway Technical Community College in New Haven, Connecticut. I’d expected it to be a campus trip like any other campus trip, where a speaker comes in, hangs out a bit, gives a talk, entertains questions, packs up her glad rags and goes home. This doesn’t mean that the lecture circuit is rote.
July 4, 2007
Community Colleges
Kids in College curbs weight gain, improves learning
FLORENCE Ala. Physical education teachers like Missy Cupp have known for decades that summertime can have a negative impact on children.
July 3, 2007
Community Colleges
First woman picked as president of North Idaho College
COEUR D’ALENE Idaho The North Idaho College trustees have appointed Priscilla Bell, the interim leader on campus since February, to be the school’s next president.
July 3, 2007
Native Americans
University of Wisconsin woman’s disappearance remains a mystery
MADISON Wis. Was Kelly Nolan kidnapped? Is she lost, hurt, or worse? Or did she just walk away and not look back?
July 2, 2007
Community Colleges
Franklin Pierce College now a university
RINDGE N.H. Franklin Pierce College now is Franklin Pierce University
July 2, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Former state Indian Affairs official named to UND search panel
BISMARCK N.D. A tribal college president and former director of North Dakota’s Indian Affairs Commission has been appointed to the committee that will recruit the University of North Dakota’s new president.
July 2, 2007
Community Colleges
Bishop State nursing director resigns
MOBILE Ala. Bishop State Community College’s nursing director resigned days after a report by the state two-year college system cited problems in her department.
July 2, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Knoxville College President-Elect Starts At A Different Institution
This week, Dr. Earl Yarbrough Sr. is finally occupying the seat he’s sought most of his professional life — the one belonging to a historically Black university president.
July 2, 2007
Community Colleges
College of Southern Nevada shortens name, shuffles administrators
LAS VEGAS The Community College of Southern Nevada has a shortened name, and several administrators are being promoted as the campus prepares for the departure of its president, Richard Carpenter.
July 1, 2007
Community Colleges
Massachusetts’ free tuition proposal has its drawbacks
BOSTON Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposal to make the state’s community colleges tuition free for high school graduates is unlikely to alleviate the financial burdens of many low-income students who must hold down full-time jobs and support a family while they go to school, educators say.
July 1, 2007
African-American
Brown University Creates Commission to Commemorate History of R.I. Slavery
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University has established a 10-member commission to explore how the history of slavery and the slave trade in Rhode Island should be commemorated in Rhode Island, Providence, and at the university.
July 1, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Michael Eric Dyson Heads To Georgetown
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, the prominent African American scholar known for his writings on hip hop and African American life and culture is heading to Georgetown University in the fall, where he will hold the distinguished rank of University Professor—the highest position that a faculty member can have at the nation’s oldest Catholic university.
July 1, 2007
Students
‘Federalizing Accreditation’
Standards may include student outcomes, but should the government or accrediting agencies implement the change?
June 30, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Florida A&M’s new president, James Ammons, Will Try to Save School’s Reputation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Ten years ago, Florida A&M University was on top of the academic world, celebrated as one of America’s top universities after being chosen college of the year by Time magazine and the Princeton Review.
June 30, 2007
Leadership & Policy
NMSU Carlsbad branch names interim executive director
CARLSBAD N.M. A former community college president has been named interim executive director of New Mexico State University’s Carlsbad campus.
June 30, 2007
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