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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
Community Colleges
Community College Grapples With Ways to Help Students Without Housing
According to FAFSA data, 58,000 applicants nationwide self-identified as homeless in the 2013-2014 academic year, up from 33,000 students in 2010-2011.
January 1, 2014
Community Colleges
GED Test Overhauled; Some States Opt for New Exam
The General Educational Development (GED) test, for decades the brand name for the high school equivalency exam, is about to undergo some changes.
January 1, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Ohio State to Invest $200M to Create Arts District
Ohio State University wants to invest as much as $200 million over the next decade to create an arts district with a goal of helping make Columbus a world-class arts destination.
December 30, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Arkansas State to Break Ground on Campus in Mexico
A Feb. 5 groundbreaking is scheduled for Arkansas State University’s new campus in Mexico, a $50 million undertaking that’s being funded with private money.
December 26, 2013
Students
Calif. Higher Ed Leader: Demand-Based Funding Best Serves Underrepresented Groups
California Community Colleges Chancellor Dr. Brice W. Harris says that the prospect of outcome-based funding poses the risk of forcing colleges to leave a whole generation of students behind.
December 24, 2013
Sports
Minn. College Offers Program on Analyzing Images from Drones
Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls is offering a one-year Imagery Analysis certificate and a two-year associate’s degree in Geospatial Intelligence Analysis.
December 24, 2013
Leadership & Policy
College President’s Primary Goal? Make a Difference
For those attracted to the work it’s a pretty unique job as college remains that one special place where dreams still matter.
December 24, 2013
HBCUs
Shuttered HBCU St. Paul’s College Names Stith President
Prior to closing, St. Paul’s had struggled to keep its accreditation due to financial issues and declining enrollment.
December 23, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Summoning a Little Sympathy for the Harvard Non-Bomber, Eldo Kim
It’s sad that the academic and financial pressure in college is such that a student is unable to tell the simple truth that he is unprepared to take an exam.
December 22, 2013
Students
Alabama State Trustees Choose Boyd as President
Gwendolyn Boyd went from a Montgomery housing project as a girl to a career with a leadership position at Johns Hopkins University.
December 22, 2013
Community Colleges
In case you missed it …
Here are some of the key stories in higher education this week reported by Diverse: Boulder’s Anti-Intellectual, Unfree Culture of Fear Minneapolis Community College Professor Denounced for Structural Racism Teachings Knight Commission Database Exposes Division I Athletic, Academic Spending Center for American Progress Urges ‘Game Changing’ Higher Education Reforms
December 19, 2013
African-American
HBCUs Still Waiting for Solution to Parent PLUS Loan Crisis
HBCUs still have no news from the Department of Education on whether the problems over the Parent PLUS Loan program will be resolved before the 2014 recruiting season.
December 19, 2013
Students
Report Presses UNC System for Greater Efficiency
North Carolina’s public university system should increase its focus on efficiency as students and taxpayers alike grapple with the rising cost of higher education, a report Wednesday to state legislators said.
December 18, 2013
Students
Diverse Conversations: Preparing Students for the Labor Force
William Peace University’s Dr. Lynn Owens explains how employers’ needs have changed and how educators can prepare graduates for today’s labor force.
December 15, 2013
Leadership & Policy
In case you missed it …
Here are some of the key stories in higher education this week reported by Diverse: Howard Univ. Honors Mandela in Photo Exhibit Bennett President Fights for Investment from Alumni, Wealthy Donors Fisk, Florida A&M get Clean Bills of Health from Accreditation Group Lane College President McClure Dies
December 12, 2013
African-American
Pay Gains for Young Women; Inequality Still Seen
Taking time off or reducing hours for families still cited as main reason for gender gap in pay equality.
December 11, 2013
African-American
‘CommUniversity’ Takes Educational Outreach to a New Level
Dr. Zachery Williams, an associate professor of history at the University of Akron, is in the final stages of launching what some are affectionately calling “college in the hood.”
December 11, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Diverse December 6 Edition
In this edition, Diverse features a Spectrum reflection on James Meredith, activist and first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Also included are reports on the efforts of HBCUs to diversify and grow enrollment, the need for more alumni and wealthy donor giving at HBCUs, the struggle of Catholic universities adapting to modern changes in efforts to adhere to the Catholic Church, and the re-emergence of co-op programs that offer students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the real world.
December 10, 2013
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