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Community Colleges
NISOD Conference Attracts Record Number of Attendees
AUSTIN, Texas 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-Austin through its National Institute for Staff & Organizational Development (NISOD) outreach arm, the conference touched on a broad range of issues relating to enriching and enhancing two-year college leadership and faculty instruction.
May 31, 2007
HBCUs
Congress Extends Tuition Assistance Program for D.C. Students
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill to extend for five years a program that helps District of Columbia high school graduates better afford the cost of attending public universities and historically Black colleges.
May 31, 2007
HBCUs
Minorities Continue Growth in Degree Attainment But Attend TWIs for Advanced Degrees, Says Report
Minority students accounted for half of the growth in bachelor degree attainment over the last 20 years, and minorities with advanced degrees are more likely to have attended traditionally White institutions, according to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
May 31, 2007
Latinx
Minority-Serving Institutions Scrambling For Quick Funds
HSIs look for increased federal funding through NSF and farm bills.
May 30, 2007
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
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HBCUs
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
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Students
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
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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
HBCUs
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
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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
Sports
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
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Students
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
Students
In Fairness
Tribal college leaders criticize proposal to fund nontribal institutions with 10 percent American Indian student enrollment.
May 16, 2007
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