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Community Colleges

Recruiting the Underserved To College

Five big buses are currently cruising Texas high schools, shopping malls and low-income neighborhoods with one primary goal…

January 24, 2007

Hibbing Community College Football Team Suspended For Poor Grades

HIBBING, Minn. Hibbing Community College announced Wednesday it has suspended its football program indefinitely because of the poor academic performance of its players.

January 23, 2007

Community Colleges

New College Access Campaign Teaches Students To “KnowHow2GO”

With only 9 percent of low-income students completing college by age 24, compared to 75 percent from high-income families, a coalition of higher education advocates today will launch a new multi-media campaign to clear up misconceptions and show poor students that college is within their reach.

January 16, 2007

Community Colleges

Just Asking for a Little Respect

It’s great that Mr. [Andrew] Zimmer chose to attend Salish Kootenai College…

January 10, 2007

Community Colleges

Visa Denials for African Students

Relatively speaking, African applicants seeking international student visas are denied visas…

January 10, 2007

Community Colleges

College Textbook Prices Focus of Congressional

With many low-income students already struggling to pay for higher education…

January 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Community Colleges Under Pressure To Steer Students Toward Four-year Schools

PHOENIX Officials at Maricopa Community Colleges are searching for ways to keep their students in class. Three-quarters of the college’s first-time, full-time students do not earn two-year degrees or certificates or transfer to universities within three years, according to The Arizona Republic.

January 8, 2007

Community Colleges

Woman Pilot Follows In Tuskegee Airmen Footsteps

Chrystal Cole’s uncle recently made a church announcement, in their hometown of Hernando, Miss., that his niece might be a “Jeopardy!” question. He told the congregation that Cole would be the correct answer in identifying the first Tuskegee Airwoman.

January 4, 2007

Trying Times for Bishop State

Decades before segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace blocked the University of Alabama’s doors to African-Americans…

December 27, 2006

Black, Hispanic Male Crisis Focus Of Higher Ed Summit

For Dr. James H. Ammons, the crisis confronting Black and Hispanic males is obvious, but so is the solution…

December 27, 2006

Community Colleges

Plan Seeks to Grow Enrollment at Struggling Central State University

Central State University, the only historically Black public institution in Ohio and one of the state’s smallest universities…

December 27, 2006

Professor Suggests Survival of the Fittest Strategy For AME Colleges

Like Morris Brown in Atlanta, a number of African Methodist Episcopal Church-sponsored colleges are in financial trouble…

December 13, 2006

NYC College Will Yank Sign Honoring Bomb Maker, Black Militant

NEW YORK A New York City college has agreed to take down a sign naming a student center after a fugitive terrorist and a Black militant convicted of murdering a police trooper.

December 12, 2006

Research Roundup

New studies show workplace diversity has little effect on employee retention rates and minority actors are possibly being discriminated against as the majority of acting roles are specifically available to Whites.

December 11, 2006

Community Colleges

Plaintiffs Seek End of Alabama College Desegregation Case

BIRMINGHAM Ala. A federal judge is expected to issue an order next week that would bring an end to Alabama’s long-running college desegregation case, but some oppose the move, saying more still needs to be done.

December 7, 2006

Community Colleges

Plan Seeks to Grow Enrollment at Struggling Central State University

Central State University, the only historically Black public institution in Ohio and one of the state’s smallest universities, may be hitting a growth spurt if state regents adopt what local papers call a “rescue proposal” for the school.

December 5, 2006

Black, Hispanic Male Crisis A Concern At Higher Ed Summit

TAMPA, Fla. At a recent summit of higher education officials looking to confront the crisis of minority males, Dr. James H. Ammons summed up the mission ahead: “We, as leaders, have to step to the plate. [Black male] enrollment in prison cannot continue to supersede enrollment in higher education.”

December 4, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Spellings: Use Accreditation to Hold Colleges Accountable

The nation needs a more accountable higher education system that includes a stronger accreditation process with more information about the quality of colleges and universities, U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said Wednesday.

November 29, 2006