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Community Colleges
College students struggle to gain experience and pay their bills
As companies cut costs, the number of internship opportunities offered nationwide has dropped 21 percent from last year, according to the Pennsylvania-based National Association of Colleges and Employers. Many that remain are unpaid, the Belleville News Democrat reported. More than ever, internships are viewed as the surest route to a job after graduation.  However, as […]
August 2, 2009
MSIs
Perspectives: The Black Community’s Shared Responsibility in ‘Wrongful’ Police Profiling
What is apparent and missing from the dialogue on police profiling minorities is the dark side of the coin that asks the question, “is there a shared responsibility between the African-American community and policing that co-equally contribute to the disparity figures”?
August 2, 2009
Community Colleges
For Community Colleges, Wind Technician Training Is a Growth Business
Wind turbine technicians are strongly in demand — and community colleges are moving quickly to fill the need.  According to the New York Times, in recent months, the Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Michigan has added a wind course, as has the Lake Region State College in North Dakota. Riverland Community College in Minnesota will […]
July 30, 2009
Community Colleges
Colleges going paperless in attracting students
Riverland Community College’s “Programs of Study” publication looks like a notebook and makes paper-shuffling sounds when its pages are turned. The sights and sounds, however, all are through a computer via Riverland’s Web site and the ePaperFlip software for publications.  According to the Austin-Post Bulletin, it’s one of the ways Riverland, like many other colleges, […]
July 30, 2009
Community Colleges
Excelsior College Launches New Services for GIs
Excelsior College, a national leader in higher education for military members and veterans since the 1970s, has added specially-trained outreach staff and streamlined services to meet anticipated growth in demand for education benefits provided by the Post-9/11 GI bill. The bill takes effect Aug. 1. According to the Washington Examiner, 33 percent of Excelsior’s 32,000 […]
July 29, 2009
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Battle It Out
Highlights from the 2008 Honda Battle of the Bands, held in Atlanta. Music from North Carolina Central University’s marching band, Sound Machine, directed by Jorim E. Reid, is featured in the slide show.
July 28, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Community Colleges Lobby to Offer Four-year Degrees
Michigan community colleges are challenging four-year universities for the right to offer bachelor’s degrees, and if they succeed, would join more than a dozen states across the country that already allow such degrees.
July 28, 2009
Community Colleges
More Boston High School Grads Head To College, But Gaps Widen
More Boston public high school graduates are going onto college than ever before. According to a new report by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, 78 percent of 2007 graduates went on to college. That is up from 69 percent in 2000. The increases are greater than the national average. The survey […]
July 27, 2009
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Students
Sallie Mae Suffers Revenue Losses From Economy and Federal Loan Reforms
Sallie Mae, the largest private funding source for student loans, is under fire both from the recession and political reforms in student lending heralded by the Obama administration.
July 27, 2009
Community Colleges
Four-year Degrees to Hit Junior College
Michigan community colleges are challenging four-year universities for the right to offer bachelor’s degrees, and if they succeed, would join more than a dozen states across the country that already allow such degrees.  According to the News Chief.com, the move is being opposed by Michigan’s 15 public universities, which say it’s a clear case of […]
July 26, 2009
Faculty & Staff
New HBCU Initiative Leader Seeks to Forge Relationships Between HBCUs and Obama Administration
Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. looks back at his days as a Morehouse College student as a time when faculty, staff and administrators formed a campus community that was nurturing and family-oriented – a distinguishing characteristic of many of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.
July 26, 2009
Students
California Budget Deal Cuts Higher Ed, Saves Financial Aid
After marathon sessions including all-nighters, the California Legislature has passed a budget deal that will bring new gloom to higher education by slashing funding for public colleges by $2.8 billion and school districts and community colleges by $5.7 billion.
July 26, 2009
Community Colleges
A $4 Billion Push for Better Schools
President Barack Obama is leaning hard on the nation’s schools, using the promise of more than $4 billion in federal aid — and the threat of withholding it — to strong-arm the education establishment to accept more charter schools and performance pay for teachers, according to The Washington Post. Today, Obama will officially announce the […]
July 23, 2009
Students
GRANTS & AWARDS
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Texas) has received a $35,305 grant from the Texas Workforce Commission for 68 scholarships for two camps that provide students handson experience in computer programming and design. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO has received a $260,000 grant from Worldwide, HP for the Lyles College of Engineering to receive wireless tablet personal computers, wide-format […]
July 22, 2009
Leadership & Policy
REINVENTING ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS
To remain relevant, alumni associations must do more than plan class reunions and promote their schools, experts say.
July 22, 2009
Students
NOTEWORTHY NEWS : NEW GL BILL BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES
With expanded education benefits for war veterans taking effect in August, public institutions anticipate having to cater to veterans’ unique needs.
July 22, 2009
Faculty & Staff
The Overqualified Professor
Community and junior colleges are seeing a substantial increase in the number of job seekers, particularly Ph.D.s, who in other years might have opted for higher-profile opportunities.
July 22, 2009
Community Colleges
An Air Force Officer and Academic
With its red brick, Georgian-style buildings situated among the gently rolling hills of central Virginia, Hampden- Sydney College has long been considered a genteel place to raise crops of new leaders.
July 22, 2009
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