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NW Ark. college offers program for Spanish-speaking students

BENTONVILLE Ark. Making the jump from high school to college can be difficult enough, let alone taking classes in a language other than your native tongue.

July 27, 2007

Community Colleges

Bredesen frustrated by Board of Regents pace on ‘Wal-Mart 101’

NASHVILLE Tenn. It’s been nearly a year since Gov. Phil Bredesen announced a proposal to create a community college curriculum designed to prepare students to become managers at big-box retailers like Wal-Mart.

July 27, 2007

Community Colleges

Interim chancellor named at LSU-Alexandria

BATON ROUGE La. Dr. H. Rouse Caffey, chancellor emeritus of the Louisiana State University AgCenter, has been appointed interim chancellor of LSU at Alexandria, officials said Thursday.

July 26, 2007

Community Colleges

Budget director named interim president of higher ed council

LEBANON Ky. The state Council on Postsecondary Education hired state Budget Director Brad Cowgill as interim council president on Thursday.

July 26, 2007

Community Colleges

Iowa community college students opt for out-of-state schools

AMES Iowa Many Iowa community college graduates are opting to transfer out of the state to complete four-year degrees, according to an Iowa State University study.

July 26, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Two North Alabama community colleges battle for robotics center

DECATUR Ala. Two north Alabama community colleges are jockeying for a robotics center that is being touted as a national center for robotics research, education, and training.

July 26, 2007

Community Colleges

Suspect in cash-for-grades scheme held on $250K bail

MARTINEZ Calif. A 25-year-old man about to graduate from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo pleaded not guilty to charges he reaped thousands of dollars helping fellow students at a Northern California community college get their grades changed on transcripts.

July 26, 2007

Community Colleges

Dewhurst makes plea for community colleges solution

AUSTIN Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst made a public plea Wednesday for state leaders to find a way to reallocate $154 million in vetoed funds for community college health insurance.

July 26, 2007

Community College Photo

Community Colleges

High schoool educators get look at Alabama HBCU’s auto institute

MONTGOMERY Ala. Trenholm State Technical College wants high school educators to know that the path to a career doesn’t always go through a four-year college.

July 26, 2007

Community Colleges

The Changing Face of Journalism

The business climate affecting journalism has radically changed over the years. Mergers between entertainment companies and news organizations have contributed to what many journalists see as an erosion of seriousness in the news media.

July 25, 2007

Letters

Competition Drives Rankings race Among CollegesDr. [Walter] Kimbrough certainly has legitimate grounds for complaint, and he is not alone (see “Are U.S. News’ Rankings Inherently Biased Against Black Colleges?” June 28). What I would hope, however, is that the institutions that refuse to participate in the U.S. News rankings would extend beyond HBCUs to include […]

July 25, 2007

Grants & Gifts

California State University-Northridge has received a $2 million contribution from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to support the university’s Performing Arts Center. The 1,700-seat center is expected to begin construction this year and should be completed by 2009. Chestnut Hill College (Pa.) has received a four-year, $799,600 grant from the U.S. Department of […]

July 25, 2007

Making the Transition From the Private Sector to Higher Education

When I moved into the higher education arena earlier this year, my family was ecstatic to see that my new position had been mentioned in Jet magazine. My mother thought I’d have three months off a year to play since I was “teaching.”

July 25, 2007

Closing the Digital Divide at Minority-serving Institutions

The U.S. Senate has approved a new $250 million federal program to address the digital divide at historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and other minority-serving universities, as part of a far-reaching higher education reform bill that also simplifies the federal financial aid application.

July 23, 2007

Over Time, HBCU Male Graduates’ Earnings Outpace Black Male Graduates of Other Schools

Black men who earn degrees from historically Black colleges and universities have higher lifetime earnings than those attending other four-year institutions, according to a new study by researchers from Virginia Tech.

July 22, 2007

FAMU QB Love suspended for 3 games

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Florida A&M football coach Rubin Carter has suspended redshirt freshman quarterback Robert Love for the first three games of the season for violation of team standards.

July 22, 2007

House Approves Major Funding Increase For HBCUs

Citing the need for a dramatic funding increase, the House of Representatives has approved a plan to raise Black college funding by $125 million next year – 40 percent more than the current budget.

July 18, 2007

Just the Stats: How to Increase Minority Presence in STEM Fields at Your Institution

A few weeks ago, I started to look at the programs that work to boost minority participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, specifically Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. The Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) is another successful program that focuses on helping STEM students by providing long-term institutional funding to Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, and tribal colleges and universities. The National Science Foundation provides funding for both programs.

July 18, 2007