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Section: Institutions
Community Colleges
Commentary: Floridaâs Community Colleges Provide a History Lesson
Not only is the history of the civil rights movement inadequately taught to students today, but primary sources documenting the events of that era are being lost, an English professor at Floridaâs Broward College writes.
February 23, 2012
Latinx
Civil Rights Project: California Maintains Segregated Community College System
The vast majority of Black and Latino students in California are being subjected to a âsegregatedâ community college system where very few transfer to four-year institutions, researchers charged Tuesday as they released three reports.
February 14, 2012
Community Colleges
New Budget Targets Pell, Community Colleges
The Obama administration on Monday outlined a new federal education budget with an increase in the maximum Pell Grant and a major new $8 billion initiative to promote community college/business partnerships.
February 13, 2012
Community Colleges
Policy Forum: Research Necessary to Explain Dual Enrollmentâs Full Impact Among Low-Income Students
While high school/college course enrollment programs lead to higher GPAs for some students, more research should develop a stronger link between the programs and post-secondary success, panelists asserted at a Washington forum.
February 12, 2012
Community Colleges
Emanuel Announces City Colleges of Chicago Workforce Training Initiative
City Colleges of Chicagoâs new âCollege to Careersâ program will create partnerships with local corporations and organizations to prepare city residents for jobs in high-growth industries.
February 9, 2012
Latinx
Hispanic Education Highlighted at Twitter Town Hall Meeting
During a Twitter Town Hall hosted by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, more than 400 tweeted questions and received answers related to Hispanic education.
February 8, 2012
Community Colleges
Obama Administration Focuses on How to Keep the Cost of College Education Affordable
The plan would include reforms that would steer federal funds away from colleges that fail to keep net tuition down and toward those colleges and universities that do their fair share to keep tuition affordable, provide good value, and serve needy students well.
February 6, 2012
Community Colleges
College Presidents Wary of Obama Cost-control Plan
President Barack Obamaâs new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach.
January 29, 2012
Community Colleges
Obama Maps 2012 Education Agenda
President Obama outlined an election-year higher education plan that includes a major expansion of college work-study programs and a stronger role of community colleges in workforce training.
January 25, 2012
Community Colleges
LSU, ULL May Partner for 3-year M.D. Program
The new partnership would be an expansion of a current program allowing LSU med students to complete the first two years of medical school in New Orleans before coming to Lafayette to spend two years doing clinicals at University Medical Center.
December 4, 2011
African-American
Commentary: Reframing the FAMU Tragedy
Itâs been disappointing how Florida A&M University and the national news media have handled the death of FAMU marching band member Robert Champion, a Washington-based communications expert and strategist writes.
December 1, 2011
Students
Southern University Systemâs Online Program To Expand
Southern System President Ronald Mason Jr. said the project â gotosouthernuniversityonline.com â will help Southern attract more out-of-state and older, nontraditional students.
November 30, 2011
Students
Experts: Streamlining Employee Benefits, Increasing Student Credit Loads Among Ways to Reduce College Costs
The House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training heard expert testimony Wednesday on how colleges and universities can reduce institutional costs and lower student tuition.
November 30, 2011
Students
Tribal College âBeats the Oddsâ to Find Academic Success
In 2011, the college awarded 204 diplomas and certificates, 155 in 2010 and 133 in 2009.
November 29, 2011
Students
Death of FAMU Band Member Puts Other Universities on Notice
With FAMUâs internationally known âMarching 100â band suspended for an indefinite period, presidents, student life officials and band directors at many schools say they are taking new steps to reinforce their anti-hazing policies.
November 29, 2011
Students
Higher Education Leaders Urged to Improve Data Collection for College Completion Efforts
A new report recommends that higher education leaders use historical data to gauge graduation rates among diverse student groups for whom graduation is less likely so that institutional improvements can be made to help those students defy the odds.
November 28, 2011
Students
A Master Teacher Leads the Bronx Community College
The new Bronx Community College President Carole Berotte Josephâs lifelong commitment to teaching is the key to her success.
November 28, 2011
African-American
Attorney Says Lawsuit Planned in FAMU Band Death
The family of a Florida A&M University drum major who died in what authorities suspect was a hazing incident will sue the school, an attorney said Friday.
November 27, 2011
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