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Section: Institutions
Students
Dillard President: What President Trump Needs to Hear
We’ve seen federal and state divestment in education, making the idea of education as the path to the American Dream more of a hallucination for the poor and disenfranchised.
February 27, 2017
Students
Tennessee Finds Remedial Education Reform Success
A new report from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University sheds light on why developmental education may not be working at the community college level and offers some solutions.
February 27, 2017
Students
HBCUs, Advocates Looking for Help from Trump on Funding
WASHINGTON — The nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are pushing for President Donald Trump to set aside more federal contracts and grants for their schools, and take a greater hand in their welfare by moving responsibility for a key program for those colleges to the White House. The presidents of the nation’s 100-plus […]
February 27, 2017
Students
Professor Slashed with Box Cutter Allegedly Groped Woman
RICHMOND, Va. — According to a police report a Reynolds Community College professor allegedly touched a 24-year-old woman’s buttocks before she slashed him with a box cutter. The Richmond Times Dispatch reports that a Virginia State Police complaint states that the woman, Brittany Leigh Burfield, went to the officer of Douglas Gava at about 12:30 […]
February 26, 2017
Students
Report: MSIs Key to Texas Reaching Higher Ed Goals
Currently, 35 percent of young adults in Texas age 25-34 hold an associate’s degree or higher. Texas’ goal is to raise that number to 60 percent by 2030.
February 23, 2017
Students
California Looks to Add More Four-year Degree Programs to Community Colleges
A new bill, SB 769, would double the number of four-year degree programs that the community college system can offer from 15 to 30.
February 22, 2017
Students
Achieving the Dream Promotes 7 Principles to Help Students Succeed
Several thousand educators from nearly 265 community colleges throughout the nation are meeting this week to strategize over how best to support and enhance student success work at their respective institutions.
February 22, 2017
Faculty & Staff
As the Academic World Turns, Leadership Evolves
The following trends stand out as significant and influential in terms of how colleges and universities operate.
February 22, 2017
Students
Report: Financial Pressure Swamping Community College Students
Despite relatively low costs, a Center for Community College Student Engagement report found that nearly half of all students said they were considering dropping out due to financial pressures.
February 20, 2017
Students
Leadership Encouraged HBCUs a Part of National Conversation
At an executive leadership forum, HBCU leaders across the HBCU spectrum gave their take on digital media, veteran students, student success and retention, and other topics of interest for HBCUs.
February 19, 2017
African-American
Advocates Cautiously Optimistic About Potential Executive Order on HBCUs
While there has been no word from the White House on when the order might be released and what directives it might contain, organizations have laid out their own proposals for what the order could accomplish.
February 19, 2017
Students
DeVos Says Community Colleges Key to Workforce Development
Community colleges will play an important role in advancing President Donald Trump’s workforce agenda, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said at a meeting of community college leaders Thursday. It was DeVos’ first appearance at a conference event in her new role.
February 16, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Kentucky State Presidential Search Accompanied by Controversy
Kentucky State University’s search for a new president has run into a rolling storm of troubles amid widespread criticism this week from across the university’s community over its search committee’s recommendations.
February 16, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Trump Issue Dividing Howard University Administration, Students
In a town hall meeting on Tuesday night, students expressed disappointment that the administration of the nation’s flagship historically Black university had not done more to put itself at the frontline of resistance to the new administration.
February 15, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Scholar Lara Thompson Navigates an Unconventional Route
Step into the engineering lab of Dr. Lara A. Thompson, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, and you will quickly get a glimpse of why she loves what she does.
February 14, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Mangum to Join Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions
Dr. Elmira Mangum, former president of Florida A&M University (FAMU), will join the University of Pennsylvania this April, where she will research leadership pathways at HBCUs.
February 14, 2017
Leadership & Policy
List of Finalists for Kentucky State U. President Stirs Controversy
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky State University faculty and alumni are expressing concern with the list of finalists for university president, and that interim university President Aaron Thompson is not among them. Media outlets report that Thursday, the KSU Board of Regents voted to approve three finalists for the job: M. Christopher Brown of Southern University […]
February 14, 2017
Students
Sides Not Close in Maryland HBCU Remedy Trial
The plaintiffs and those representing the state of Maryland are still apparently far apart when it comes to how to remedy a segregated higher ed system that has disadvantaged Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). In the ongoing remedial bench trial in Baltimore, testimony on behalf of the state has put the price tag […]
February 9, 2017
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