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Community Colleges
How One Community College Gave Displaced Factory Workers the Confidence to Enroll
PROBLEM A few years ago, hundreds of displaced factory workers in southern Iowa were looking for training to reintegrate into the workforce when the Exide Battery Corp., closed shop in the area and they were laid off. ACTION Community leaders, administrators from Southeastern Community College in Burlington, Iowa, and displaced workers gathered to come up […]
February 19, 2008
African-American
Diverse Calendar
March 12-16 The National Black Graduate Student Association 20th Annual Conference “Brilliance in Black”Four Points Sheraton at O’Hare HotelChicagoWeb: www.nbgsa.org March 13- 15Eleventh Annual Regional HBCUSummit on Retention“Improving Retention at HBCUs:Retention is a Shared Enterprise”Clarion Resort HotelOcean City, Md.Contact: Dr. Anne L. Gaskins-NeddPhone: (301) 860-3687e-mail: anedd@bowiestate.edu March 14-15Faculty Resource Network at New York University“The Molecules […]
February 19, 2008
Community Colleges
Philadelphia Creates College Access Center To Boost Number of Degrees in City
Just 21 percent of Philadelphia residents have a bachelor’s degree; that’s below the national average and low considering the region has more than 80 colleges and universities. A new college access center aims to help the estimated 70,000 residents who started college but never finished go back to school.
February 17, 2008
Community Colleges
Wis. College to Give Bikes to Freshmen
RIPON Wis. A tiny liberal arts college here hopes it has found an answer to a nagging shortage of campus parking: a bicycle giveaway. If incoming freshmen promise not to bring a car to campus for a full year, Ripon College will give them a Trek 820 mountain bike, a helmet and a lock a […]
February 13, 2008
Students
Celebrating Black History Month
Numerous two-year and four-year colleges are hosting Black History Month events across the nation.
February 13, 2008
Students
Dual-Enrolled High School Students Get Head Start At N.C. Community Colleges
Led by two of its classmates, a freshman literature class plotted to break out of a concentration camp.
February 13, 2008
Community Colleges
Students, Educators Respond to Ohio Governor’s Early College Initiative
Educators, students and parents applauded and raised questions Thursday about Gov.
February 13, 2008
Students
Higher Ed Institutions Contribute to Country’s Widening Social Divide, Educators Say
It is difficult to find a college or university that does not have diversifying its student body on the top of its long list of goals and objectives, but one educator at the American Council on Education’s annual meeting said that many higher ed institutions are largely to blame for society’s widening social, racial and economic divide as many colleges’ own admissions policies keep out the very the populations they say they’re trying to admit.
February 12, 2008
African-American
Perspectives: The Future of Public HBCUs Depends On Exceptional Leadership
HBCUs make up 3 percent of colleges, but 23 percent of Black graduates. Surely, Black institutions add value to American higher education. The question is how can they contribute more?
February 10, 2008
Leadership & Policy
ACE: Significant Efforts Needed to Improve Diversity in College Presidency Ranks
An uneasy environment exists today for presidents of public HBCUs, leading to a revolving door of higher education executives.
February 7, 2008
Community Colleges
CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Here’s a look at how some colleges and universities around the country are celebrating Black History Month.
February 6, 2008
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Students
The Need to Equip, Prepare Community College Faculty Has Never Been Greater
Welcome to the NISOD column.
February 6, 2008
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Students
Perspectives: Need to Equip, Prepare Community College Faculty Has Never Been Greater
Welcome to the NISOD column. In our partnership with Diverse, the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), a consortium of more than 700 community colleges and universities worldwide, is pleased to write a monthly column focused on community college issues. NISOD is the service vehicle and outreach arm of the Community College Leadership Program (CCLP) at The University of Texas at Austin.
February 5, 2008
Community Colleges
Ballot Proposal To Boost California Community College Funding Defeated
BERKELEY, Calif.—Voters rejected a plan to secure more state dollars for California’s community colleges, but supporters say the campaign succeeded at drawing attention to the funding woes of the massive system.
February 5, 2008
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Community Colleges
Ohio Governor Unveils Dual Enrollment Initiative
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday proposed a $1.7 billion economic stimulus package to revitalize the economy in the midst of a national slump. He also proposed a plan in his second State of the State speech that would allow eligible high school seniors to spend their last year in high school taking classes on an Ohio public college campus for free.
February 5, 2008
Community Colleges
Study: Community Colleges Need To Graduate More Students
As elite universities debate Congress over how much of their multi-billion-dollar endowments to spend, a new report argues that higher education’s heavy-lifters, community colleges, need both more money and better results.
January 30, 2008
Community Colleges
Alabama Community College Former Chancellor’s Plea Turns Focus on State School Board
MONTGOMERY, Ala.  As revelations unfolded in the long-running federal investigation into the two-year college system, the state school board appeared to be well removed from what turned out to be a multimillion-dollar bribery case. But now some members of the board that voted to remove former two-year Chancellor Roy Johnson from his post amid corruption […]
January 27, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Bishop State Community College Among Three HBCUs Placed On Accreditation Probation
The nation’s second-largest historically Black university received a laundry list of issues it needs to address in the next year to regain full accreditation, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools officials said at its annual meeting in New Orleans last month.
January 24, 2008
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