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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
Community Colleges
More Community Colleges are Offering Housing to Recruit and Retain Students
Community colleges are becoming a more attractive option for students who don’t want to live at home but are not yet ready for a four-year institution.
December 24, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Embattled U.Va. Rector Lobbying to Keep Position
The head of the University of Virginia’s governing board has been meeting with lawmakers in an attempt to keep her position as opponents lobby for rejection of her reappointment.
December 20, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Mayor Supports Ouster of UDC President
The University of the District of Columbia board of trustees, citing the need to “go in a different direction,” fired Sessoms with nearly a year left on his contract.
December 20, 2012
Community Colleges
Oklahoma Higher Education to Focus on More Graduates
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education chancellor says the state must increase graduation rate of students who enroll in colleges and universities.
December 19, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Alabama State’s Board Considering President’s Fate
An email sent from one trustee to the board chairman says that it appears “the full Board has already decided to terminate President Silver” at a meeting Friday.
December 19, 2012
Students
Strong Programs Help High-Achieving, Low-Income Students
The goal is to help these talented students overcome the unaccounted-for hurdles they may face to obtain a college degree.
December 19, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Presley Retiring After 20 Years as Community College President
Dr. Vivian Mathews Presley, president of Coahoma Community College for more than two decades, and the first woman to head a community or junior college in the state of Mississippi, will retire June 30.
December 18, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Black Conservatives on Campus Stay Their Course
Finding themselves in the midst of liberal peers, Black conservatives embrace “not just a political ideology, but a way of life.”
December 18, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Group Issues ‘Call to Action’ on Teacher Prep Program Reform
The Council of Chief State School Officers is calling for states to hold teacher preparation programs more accountable for student achievement.
December 17, 2012
Community Colleges
Administrators Place Responsibility on Professors for Innovative Digital Education
Ronald Thorpe, president of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, says the glitch in the preparation of teachers is their lack of experience with digital learning standards.
December 17, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Students Rally for Ousted Morgan State President
More than 200 people turned out to rally Friday in support of Morgan State University’s president, whose contract has not been extended.
December 16, 2012
Faculty & Staff
HBCUs’ Self-Inflicted Wounds, Friendly Fire and Other Consequential Outcomes
.The high turnover rate in leadership at the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities has reached the crisis stage.
December 16, 2012
Students
Legislators seek money records from Alabama State
Three legislative leaders on education issues have asked Alabama State University for records of all contracts and payments to public officials or their immediate families.
December 13, 2012
Sports
U. Iowa Adds Optional LGBT Question to Application
The University of Iowa has become the nation’s first public university to include optional questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on its application, a move hailed Wednesday by advocates hoping to improve the college experience for gays and lesbians.
December 12, 2012
Community Colleges
Accreditation Warning Removed at Grambling State
Grambling State University’s accreditation warning has been lifted, one month after the state legislative auditor’s annual financial report for the school found no significant problems.
December 12, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Scandals Threaten FAMU’s Accreditation
A series of scandals in the last year, including the hazing death of a drum major, is now threatening to cost Florida A&M University its academic reputation.
December 11, 2012
Community Colleges
Ga. College Consolidation Plans Moving Forward
An accreditation agency approved plans to allow the State Board of Regents to merge eight colleges into four, dropping the number of colleges in the state’s university system from 35 to 31.
December 11, 2012
Students
Students Outraged by Morgan State’s Decision to Release President Wilson
Morgan State University’s Board of Regents voted last week not to renew President David Wilson’s contract.
December 11, 2012
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