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Community Colleges

Wisconsin Gives 8th-Graders Path to Higher Ed

MADISON Wis. Wisconsin is rolling out the nation’s most expansive guarantee of higher education to students in hopes of raising college aspirations and improving preparedness.

April 30, 2007

Tackling The Problem of Foster Children Missing Out On College

A Michigan task force, charged with recommending ways to help teenagers who age out of the foster care system, is focusing on higher education. One proposal would waive tuition for former foster children enrolled in Michigan’s public universities and community colleges.

April 23, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Community College Presidents And Congressional Black Caucus Join Forces To Reverse Decline In Black Male Enrollment

Alarmed by the declining number of Black males seeking higher education, the Presidents’ Round Table, a group of Black community college presidents, has mobilized to tackle that crisis.

April 15, 2007

Hinojosa Keeping the Focus on Access

New chair of House higher education subcommittee says the business community needs to partner with colleges.

April 4, 2007

Community Colleges

Professional Appointments

Anita Gliniecki has been named president of Housatonic Community College (Conn.). She had been serving in an interim role. Gliniecki earned a bachelor’s from Wayne State University and a master’s from the University of Michigan. Dr. Vivian Barnette has been named director of counseling services at North Carolina A&T State University. She holds a bachelor’s […]

April 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Closed For Business

While Community College of Philadelphia administrators and faculty engage in negotiating gamesmanship in week two of a faculty strike, CCP’s 37,000 students — most of whom are Black — continue to be denied access to the only community college serving the city of Philadelphia and Philadelphia County.

March 21, 2007

Native Americans

Recognizing Tribally Centered Cultures

Morehouse is expanding its admissions process to include interviews of all serious candidates. The school says it won’t make a decision on anyone until the prospective student has had a conversation — either in person or over the phone — with a school official or an alumnus who has been through recruitment training.

March 21, 2007

The ‘Whipping Boys’ of California Higher Education, CSU Faculty Say Strike Vote is About Getting Respect For Their Work, Protecting Students

As they enter the final day of voting to authorize a work stoppage, California State University faculty say they’re tired of being “devalued,” and they demand competitive salaries, improved student services and better leadership of the nation’s largest university system.

March 14, 2007

African-American

‘Call Me MISTER’ Program Expands To 11th College

The College of Charleston will soon become the 11th college in South Carolina to embark on a program that for seven years has been increasing the horrid numbers of Black male elementary teachers in the South Carolina state system.

March 11, 2007

Cost of Living, Not Tuition, Makes Community College Unaffordable, Says Report

Community college students in California cannot afford to attend college in spite of the low fees of the California Community College System, according to a new report released today by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.

March 5, 2007

Community Colleges

Stillman College Hosts Four-day Conference On Use Of N-word

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. With a debate swirling nationwide over the n-word, a historically Black college in Alabama set aside four days to discuss the racial slur.

February 25, 2007

Leadership & Policy

A New York State of Mind

Back in September, we took a look at the higher education landscape in Georgia and in this edition we turn…

February 21, 2007

Leadership & Policy

A Pathway to Success

With the total price tag of a bachelor’s degree from a top-tier U.S. college or university hovering around $150,000…

February 21, 2007

Community Colleges

Dreams Deferred?

Wrongly imprisoned, Alan Newton advises students in CUNY’s Black Male Initiative. So why is a civil rights group trying to stop him?

February 21, 2007

Community Colleges

Black College Leadership Under Scrutiny

Black College Leadership Under Scrutiny It is a pity that these two officials must be punished for engaging in practices that must have been shared with the institution that has oversight responsibility for Morris Brown College — the African Methodist Episcopal Church (see “Morris Brown President Sentenced to Five Years Probation,” Jan. 25). I find […]

February 7, 2007

Community Colleges

Celebrating Black History Month

Celebrating Black History Month Benedict College (S.C.)18th Annual Harambee Festival Berklee College of Music (Mass.)Performance/Discussion: “Black Music Matters” — Grammy Award-winning musical group Sweet Honey in the Rock, scholar Dr. Cornel West and the Berklee student gospel ensemble Overjoyed combine to weave a performance and lecture on the history and current landscape of Black music […]

February 7, 2007

Survey Says … Students Don’t See Eye to Eye

Minority college students say access to campus computer labs and improved campus security are among the things that make for a satisfying undergraduate experience. Their White counterparts, however, don’t share those priorities. Also, male and female students appear to have varied priorities, according to results of a student survey conducted by Noel Levitz, a consulting firm for higher education.

January 31, 2007

Community Colleges

NYC Community College Program Puts Emphasis on Graduation

In his annual “State of the City” address, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that the city would spend $20 million over three years to fund a new City University of New York program aimed at helping students in community colleges graduate and find jobs.

January 25, 2007