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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
Students
Federal Shutdown Averted, But Some Education Cuts Take Effect
While a newly approved bill will stop a federal government shutdown for at least two weeks, the legislation comes at a price â terminating a long-standing $64 million student financial aid program.
March 3, 2011
Community Colleges
U.S. Secretaries Solis, Duncan Promote Job, Community College Collaborations
The U.S. secretaries of education and labor toured a job-training center and dropped in on a community college summit to promote collaborations that help adult learners join the workforce and obtain college degrees.
March 1, 2011
Community Colleges
Creative Partnerships Among Business, Colleges and Universities Key to Competing in Global Economy
Employers and educators should align research and development goals, U.S. labor official says.
February 27, 2011
Latinx
Lower Maryland College Tuition Sought for Undocumented Immigrant Children
To be eligible, students must attend two years of high school in Maryland, and their parents pay one year of income taxes before the student graduates from a Maryland high school.
February 17, 2011
Community Colleges
Civil Right Groups Urge Congress to Protect âGainful Employmentâ Rule
Citing the need to protect students of color, civil rights organizations Wednesday urged Congress to reject a House Republican plan that would prevent the Obama administration from issuing new rules on the operation of for-profit career colleges.
February 16, 2011
Community Colleges
Lawmakers Target Obama Plan on For-Profit Colleges
A pair of Washington lawmakers say they will seek to limit federal Education Department spending on an Obama administration Biographies Plus Newsplan designed to better track studentsâ academic performance at for-profit colleges.
February 15, 2011
Latinx
Study: California State Northridge Students Hit Hard by Recession
The report, âSqueezed From All Sides,â blames Californiaâs recession and education cuts for pushing students to the breaking point, with some reporting they must forgo college.
February 15, 2011
Community Colleges
Regaining the Edge in American Higher Education
Can American higher education regain its edge? A group of advocates, policymakers and scholars attempted to answer this question Tuesday during a Washington think tank policy forum.
February 15, 2011
Students
Obama Budget Protects Pell Grants, Sets Education Priorities
President Obama presented a 2012 budget that has limited increases for education but a commitment to protect the current $5,550 maximum Pell Grant, which is the subject of potential cuts on Capitol Hill.
February 14, 2011
Students
Achieve Report Shows States Embracing College and Career Readiness Standards
Six years after coining the term âexpectation gap,â a nonprofit groupâs study proves that states are paying attention.
February 6, 2011
Community Colleges
Catching Up With Walter Bumphus
Dr. Walter Bumphus sits down with Diverse to discuss his plans as head of the AACC.
February 6, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Maryland Lawsuit Targets Undocumented Studentsâ Local Tuition Break
A Maryland community college is facing a lawsuit over its policy to provide low âin-countyâ tuition rates to any recent graduate of a local high school regardless of immigration status.
February 3, 2011
Community Colleges
Report: Americans Overemphasize College as Key to Upward Mobility
A report released today by Harvard Universityâs Graduate School of Education says the United Statesâ increasing emphasis on a single pathway to success is at least partly to blame for the country falling behind other nations.
February 1, 2011
Latinx
Federal Postsecondary Education Leader Urges Unity on College Completion Message
The many constituencies comprising U.S. higher education should come together to âspeak with one voiceâ to the rest of this country, says Dr. Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary for postsecondary education.
January 31, 2011
Community Colleges
Federal Agencies Announce Community College Grant Program
In what is said to be one of the largest federal investments in community colleges ever, the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Education Department announced a long-awaited $2 billion competitive grant program Thursday meant to support programs that help students and âtrade impactedâ workers secure jobs in new and growing industries.
January 20, 2011
Leadership & Policy
S.C. Governor Haley Says College Funding Needs Revamping
Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday that South Carolinaâs public colleges should be judged on their graduation rates, how many of their students come from outside the state, and their contributions to the economy.
January 18, 2011
Students
Cities Take Up Challenge of Helping Increase College Completion Rates
Cities from Hammond, Ind., and New Haven, Conn., to Denver and Pittsburgh have launched city scholarship programs at a time when the U.S. has fallen from first to ninth place in the world in the proportion of young people with college degrees.
January 5, 2011
HBCUs
More Early College Opportunities Coming to N.C.
North Carolina plans next fall to open another high school on a college campus that allows students to earn college credit as they earn a high school diploma.
January 4, 2011
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