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Sports
White House Praises Gay Football Player for Coming Out
WASHINGTON ― The White House is applauding a college football player’s decision to announce he is gay, with President Barack Obama’s spokesman, first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden all portraying him as courageous and inspirational.
February 11, 2014
African-American
University of Utah Study Seeks Faith’s Effects on Brain
University of Utah researchers studying religion’s effects on the brain are gearing up to study the minds of Mormons who have come back from recent missions.
February 9, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Is ‘Saturday Night Live’ the Answer to Our Diversity Ills?
Lorne Michaels in an interview in the latest New York Magazine acknowledges his program has a diversity problem.
February 9, 2014
African-American
Hearings Planned on Connecticut College Sexual Assault Bill
The proposed legislation attempts to strengthen sexual assault policies on Connecticut college campuses and the way schools report sex assaults.
February 9, 2014
Faculty & Staff
The Next Generation
February is a good time to look ahead, especially to the next generation of Black leadership.
February 6, 2014
Sports
Temple Offers $4,000 If Students Limit Job Hours
The annual grants are available for incoming students who agree to not work more than 10 hours a week in off-campus jobs, in an attempt for students to graduate in four years.
February 4, 2014
Community Colleges
St. Paul’s College Officially for Sale
The financially strapped school in Lawrenceville, Va., that shut down last year is now listed with Motley’s Auction and Realty Group for a sealed bid auction of its buildings and acreage. Bids will be accepted through March.
February 4, 2014
Community Colleges
Diana RamÃrez-Jasso Designing Her Own Course of Action
This 2014 Diverse Emerging Scholar has created the first liberal studies program for Boston Architectural College, capitalizing on her interest in history, Mexican background and time at Harvard.
February 4, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Elizabeth City State Looking at More Layoffs
Chancellor Charles Becton says eliminating up to 65 positions would save $3.7 million a year.
February 3, 2014
African-American
Community College News Now Aggregate List 1/29/201
Community College News Now Aggregate List 1/29/2014 State of the Union: Obama asks Congress to reverse economic inequality http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-state-of-the-union-obama-2014-20140128,0,2195484.story#ixzz2rntqPptb Low-key state of the union for education – Is the Pell shortfall back? – Connecticut backs off value-added teacher evals http://www.politico.com/morningeducation/0114/morningeducation12853.html How Cody Anderson went from a community college outfielder to one of the Indians’ top […]
January 31, 2014
Community Colleges
Anna Dina Joaquin Utilizes Linguistic Skills to Help Others Succeed
There was no indication in Dr. Anna Dina Joaquin’s high school report card that she would one day become a university professor, but the Filipino American’s family’s strong immigrant values — hard work and education — along with encouragement from a key mentor, eventually propelled her to go from nearly the bottom of her […]
January 28, 2014
Community Colleges
State AGs Investigating For-Profit Education Firms
Attorneys general for more than a dozen states have ordered several for-profit education companies to turn over information on the firms’ business practices.
January 27, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Eduardo González Putting UMass Boston on Map With Grants and Success
This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar is exactly where he wanted to be, doing high-level research on theoretical math that has attracted the attention of his peers and federal grantmakers.
January 26, 2014
Community Colleges
Humanities Majors Don’t Fare as Badly as Portrayed, New Earnings Report Says
People who major in the humanities and social sciences don’t earn as much as their classmates in the physical and natural sciences, math or engineering, but the gap is not as wide as has been portrayed.
January 26, 2014
Students
Mississippi 2-Year Colleges Plan to Rework Remedial Courses
A new structure for remedial courses at Mississippi’s 15 community colleges could help more students graduate more quickly.
January 22, 2014
Latinx
Genao Now More Than Willing to Lead the Way
This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar’s upbringing in a lower-income Latino community inspires her to be part of a conversation about education and diversity.
January 22, 2014
Students
Cheating Uncovered at Kapiolani Community College
Students in radiologic technology program took advantage of email message that included a photo of the multiple-choice test and answers.
January 21, 2014
Students
Kentucky State Drops Students Over Accounts
Roughly 200 students at Kentucky State University were cutting class this last week, but not getting in trouble for it.
January 19, 2014
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