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Community Colleges

Massachusetts Governor Signals Intention To Create Education Secretary Post

BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick plans to file legislation this week to create a cabinet-level education secretary, as part of an effort to make education a top issue for 2008, The Associated Press has learned.

January 9, 2008

Community Colleges

Law Aimed at Undocumented Students Possibly Snares 4,000

Nearly 4,000 Arizona college students, nearly half of them community college students, have been unable to prove legal residency status and are being charged out-of-state rates as a result of a voter-approved referendum that prevents undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition and state-funded financial aid, according to The Arizona Republic.

January 8, 2008

Community Colleges

University of Arizona Checks Legal Status of Students Under Proposition 300

TUCSON, Ariz. The University of Arizona has reviewed the legal status of 877 students identified as potentially ineligible for in-state tuition under a state law aimed at illegal immigrants, but cleared most of them.

January 1, 2008

Black, Brown and College Bound

Annual conference focuses on boosting minority male higher ed attainment.

December 26, 2007

Community Colleges

Missouri Community Colleges Coping With Remedial ‘Epidemic’

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Higher education leaders in southwest Missouri say freshmen in the region are increasingly unprepared to pass basic college-level courses.

December 20, 2007

Community Colleges

Driver For Former Ala. Two-Year College System Chancellor Pleads Guilty To Obstruction

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The driver for former two-year college system Chancellor Roy Johnson pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstructing a federal investigation by lying about corrupt financial deals.

December 20, 2007

Community Colleges

Proposed New York Higher Ed Reforms Said to Benefit Minorities

The New York State Commission on Higher Education recommended to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer this week a series of reforms and a compact to ensure that the state’s public higher education institutions are properly funded. These recommendations and the compact could significantly improve the education of students of color in New York, educators say.

December 20, 2007

In Brief: An Academic Scandal Snags Florida State

Also, a Princeton University student who argued that his conservative views were not accepted on the campus confessed to fabricating an assault and southwest Missouri freshmen said to be increasingly unprepared to pass basic college-level courses.

December 18, 2007

Community Colleges

Amid Uproar Over Undocumented Students, Ralls Named N.C. Community College System President

RALEIGH, N.C. — The next president of North Carolina’s community college system said Thursday he will continue to focus energies on helping train the state’s work force to compete in a high-tech economy.

December 15, 2007

Just the Stats: CRM Tools Help Boost Minority-Serving Institutions’ Enrollment

When institutions with deep pockets shift their marketing strategies to attract students by purchasing Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) tools, minority-serving institutions and community colleges with less resources have a hard time competing.

December 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Southern State Community College Faculty Moves Towards Strike

HILLSBORO, Ohio — Faculty members at Southern State Community College have taken the first step toward a possible strike.

December 15, 2007

California’s Golden Gateway

Over the past year, we have published what we call our “state editions” where we take a close look at higher education in a particular state. So far, we have featured Georgia, New York, Texas, in that order, and now California.

December 12, 2007

Community Colleges

Answering the Call for Multilingual Professionals

As ideological conflicts continue around the world, meeting the need for multilingual dignitaries and intelligence agents is critical.

December 12, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Golden News Nuggets

With nearly 500 degree-granting institutions in the state of California, Diverse couldn’t cover them all, but instead offers a few school snapshots.

December 12, 2007

Community Colleges

Competing Interests

With California community colleges experiencing severe budget woes, residents take issue with one district’s international student recruitment efforts.

December 12, 2007

Community Colleges

Serving the Undocumented

California community colleges struggle to navigate “frustrating” financial aid process for undocumented students.

December 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Second Annual Black, Brown & College Bound Conference Held In Florida

TAMPA, Fla. — Community college educators from as far as Washington state and the Bahamas descended on Tampa, Fla., last week for the second annual Black, Brown & College Bound Conference. Hosted by Hillsborough Community College and nine other Florida two-year institutions, BBCB featured numerous tracks dedicated to examining and removing barriers to college for young Black and Hispanic males.

December 5, 2007

Community Colleges

N.C. Community Colleges President Defends Undocumented Immigrant Policy

RALEIGH, N.C. — The president of the state community college system won’t back down from a new policy that allows Undocumented Immigrants to enroll on all campuses, saying that doing otherwise runs counter to a nearly 50-year-old tradition of open admissions.

December 5, 2007