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Community Colleges

University of Miami Web Site Named Best in Higher Education

University of Miami Web Site Named Best in Higher EducationFOLSOM, Calif.The University of Miami (Fla.) has the best higher education Web site in America, according to the Center for Digital Education, a research and advisory institute on information technology (IT) in education. The organization sponsors an annual Best of the Web Contest. The center, which […]

November 5, 2003

Community Colleges

University of Miami Web Site Named Best in Higher Education

University of Miami Web Site Named Best in Higher EducationFOLSOM, Calif.The University of Miami (Fla.) has the best higher education Web site in America, according to the Center for Digital Education, a research and advisory institute on information technology (IT) in education. The organization sponsors an annual Best of the Web Contest. The center, which […]

November 5, 2003

America Loses Ground in College Access, Participation, Study Finds

America Loses Ground in College Access, Participation, Study FindsWASHINGTONAmerica has fallen alarmingly behind other industrialized countries in access to and participation in college, which encompasses most education and training beyond high school, according to a recent study. “Closing the College Participation Gap,” released last month by the Education Commission of the States (ECS), paints a […]

October 22, 2003

Postsecondary Participation and State Policy

Calif. Colleges Not Liable for Off-Campus Injuries, Court Rules

Calif. Colleges Not Liable for Off-Campus Injuries, Court Rules QUINCY, Calif.California community colleges and their faculty are not responsible for injuries to students who are engaged in off-campus assignments, a state appellate court has unanimously held.The decision bars a suit by a Feather River Community College student who suffered crippling injuries when she was thrown […]

October 8, 2003

Community Colleges

Salt Lake Community College Faces Discrimination Lawsuits

Salt Lake Community College Faces Discrimination LawsuitsSALT LAKE CITYSalt Lake Community College is facing a federal lawsuit from several employees who claim the school has discriminated against them. The suits claim the college has created a hostile work environment for minorities and that White employees enjoy preferential treatment. An SLCC spokesman, Joy Tlou, said the […]

October 8, 2003

Community Colleges

UC Closes Door to Mid-Year Community-College Transfers

UC Closes Door to Mid-Year Community-College Transfers BERKELEY, Calif.Community college student Anoop Kaur expected to work hard and make good grades to transfer to the prestigious University of California. She didn’t expect her future to depend on whether state officials have the smarts to handle California’s money troubles. Last month, students such as Kaur got […]

October 8, 2003

Diversity: Here Today, More Tomorrow

Diversity: Here Today, More TomorrowROCKVILLE, Md.Haniee Chung, a 22-year-old spring honors graduate of Montgomery College, has an outlook on diversity that might sound strange to her elders.“We’re used to it,” she says. “Really, a lot of people my age don’t think about the question of diversity much at all.”Since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings […]

September 24, 2003

Faculty & Staff

Diverse City

Diverse CityCommunity colleges are the most diverse institutions in academia, and getting more so by the dayBy Garry BoulardOf all the many numbers that illustrate community colleges’ rich diversity, the most telling are these: In 2000, the latest year for which comparable U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Census statistics are available, 12 percent of […]

September 24, 2003

Community Colleges

On the Road to Reauthorization

On the Road to ReauthorizationWith the Higher Education Act up for reauthorization, the fate of student aid and the future of colleges’ regulatory independence is uncertainAs Congress returns to work this month, it has plenty on its plate, but all eyes and hopes in higher education will be pinned on the reauthorization of the legislative […]

September 24, 2003

Community Colleges

Internships Prove Valuable in Poor Job Market

Internships Prove Valuable in Poor Job Market PRINCETON, N.J.In today’s poor employment climate, it takes more than a college degree to get a job, according to CollegeJournal.com, the Wall Street Journal‘s Web site for career-minded college students. A recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that 42.4 percent of employers said […]

September 10, 2003

Community Colleges

Committed to Open Access

Committed to Open Access By Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail The academic value of diversity has long been proven but is rarely given national attention other than in emotionally charged affirmative action debates. Such debates were at the heart of the wrangling over the University of Michigan admissions policies and the U.S. Supreme Court’s final ruling. […]

August 27, 2003

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

Expanding Roles for Minorities And Professionals in Higher Education

August 27, 2003

Professional Development

Community Colleges

Baltimore Community College To Offer Online Law Enforcement Degree

Baltimore Community College To Offer Online Law Enforcement DegreeBy Ronald Roach BaltimoreBaltimore City Community College (BCCC) will offer an associate’s degree in law enforcement entirely online beginning this fall. Online courses will include Introduction to Criminal Justice, Fundamentals of Law Enforcement, People’s Law, Organizational Dynamics, and Investigative Principles and Concepts, and others. All course requirements, […]

August 27, 2003

Community Colleges

North Carolina A&T Goes the Distance to Curb Shortage of Agricultural Education Teachers

North Carolina A&T Goes the Distance to Curb Shortage of Agricultural Education TeachersBy Ronald Roach GREENSBORO, N.C.In an effort to boost the number of North Carolina’s agricultural education teachers, North Carolina A&T State University has introduced an online degree program to allow community-college graduates to attain a bachelor’s degree in agricultural education.The program, known as […]

August 27, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Serving Urban Populations … A Continent Away

Serving Urban Populations … A Continent Away Bronx Community College works to expand educational, employment opportunities for Black South AfricansBy Ben HammerBronx Community College President Carolyn Williams has prepared most of her professional career for what she calls a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” — developing a junior college system in post-apartheid South Africa that mirrors what exists […]

August 27, 2003

A ‘Passport’ to a Four-Year Degree

A ‘Passport’ to a Four-Year DegreeHBCUs are finding the community college to be a valuable resource when looking to recruit students of colorBy Ronald RoachCheryl Scott, a native of Norfolk, Va., wanted to attend a four-year college. After being a stay-at-home mom for more than a decade, Scott decided to pursue her dream of becoming […]

August 27, 2003

Leadership & Policy

An Overlooked Oasis?

An Overlooked Oasis? Education advocates say two-year institutions should not be considered an afterthought, but rather belong at the centerpiece of the nation’s higher education agendaBy Kendra HamiltonWhile the decision reached by the U.S. Supreme Court in June regarding the University of Michigan’s admissions policies is being rightly hailed by defenders of affirmative action and […]

August 27, 2003

Community Colleges

Partnership Gives Teacher Education Students a Head Start

Partnership Gives Teacher Education Students a Head Start MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich.Central Michigan University will join three Michigan community colleges to pilot a new admissions program intended to help potential teacher education students get a jump on their course requirements.Starting this fall, the university will initiate a provisional admissions program for teacher education transfer students from […]

August 27, 2003