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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
Students
Higher Ed Gets Opportunity to Benchmark Diversity
The Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmark tool — also known as the GDIB — is being made available for the first time in its 10-year history to colleges and universities.
September 11, 2016
Students
Report: Free College Proposal a Threat to Private Colleges, Diversity
Hillary Clinton’s free college proposal could ultimately cause enrollment at private colleges to drop and diversity at public schools to suffer, according to a new study.
September 6, 2016
Students
Enrollment Numbers Early Sign of Success for Colleges
Early enrollment numbers emerging on college campuses around the nation are a signal that the 2016-17 school year is helping institutions around the country achieve new goals.
September 5, 2016
Students
Analysis: Child Care Centers Losing Ground at Public Colleges
Despite an increase in the number of college students with children, campus-based child care at public colleges is steadily becoming more scarce, according to a new analysis released Thursday.
September 1, 2016
Students
Helene Fuld College of Nursing Tops List of Best Community Colleges
In WalletHub’s analysis, New York City’s Helene Fuld College of Nursing was the best community college overall, when looking at all metrics of cost and educational and career outcomes in combination.
August 31, 2016
Faculty & Staff
At the Bottom of the Resource Gap Lies the Diversity Desert
Actually, it really is difficult to hire a more diverse faculty, and it’s a phenomenon that affects colleges across the country.
August 31, 2016
Students
GOP Strategist: Free Education a Ploy for Votes
A Republican strategist threw shade on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s plan for free college Tuesday but conceded he had nothing to report on where Republican candidate Donald Trump might be headed with higher education.
August 30, 2016
Students
Would Guns be Allowed in Texas Classrooms if They Were More like Stadiums?
Back-to-school now includes guns, thanks to the new campus carry law that took effect in the state of Texas.
August 28, 2016
Native Americans
Native Communities Get Help with Health Disparities
BOZEMAN, Mont. ― Montana State University and its partners have received $20 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to address health disparities facing Native communities in Montana and Alaska. University officials say the new American Indian-Alaska Native Clinical and Translational Research Program includes collaborators from Blackfeet Community College, the University of Montana, the […]
August 21, 2016
Students
Rallying Millennials to Vote
Despite their large population (83 million), millennials vote at lower rates than their share of the population.
August 16, 2016
Students
Diverse Docket: Howard University Prevails in Title IX Suit
Howard University has defeated a lawsuit by a former graduate student who claimed she was wrongfully denied readmission twice to the doctoral program in history.
August 15, 2016
Students
California Federation of Teachers Calls for ED to Delist ACCJC as Accreditor
A coalition of two California unions and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed a new complaint against the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC).
August 10, 2016
Students
Diverse Conversations: Is the Federal Government Behind the Rising Cost of Higher Education?
If it seems like college is more expensive than ever before — and with less return on investment than in previous generations — it’s not your imagination. Consider this: today, a degree is a requirement for more entry-level jobs than before. This will be even truer in the future. In fact, according to the Committee […]
August 8, 2016
Students
Illinois Community College Works to Reform Juvenile Offenders
A program at an Illinois community college is working with youth at a local juvenile justice center to help prepare them for college or a future occupation.
August 7, 2016
Students
Professor Looks at What Type of Exercise Benefits Academics
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ― A West Virginia University professor has been researching which types of exercise are effective in improving academic performance. The university said in a news release that Assistant Dean James C. Hannon of the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences says resistance exercise such as weight lifting and using resistance bands seems […]
August 4, 2016
HBCUs
Some Colleges say Hosting a Debate Worth $5M Cost
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. ― Democracy doesn’t come cheap. Between the logistics of accommodating an estimated 2,500 news reporters and arranging security for VIPs, the cost of hosting a presidential debate now tops $5 million. But that price tag has not deterred New York’s Hofstra University. The Long Island school is hosting a presidential debate for the […]
August 1, 2016
Students
Report: Standardized Assessments Best Measure of Graduates
A technology think tank’s report released Monday calls for the use of standardized assessments in measuring the abilities and job readiness of college graduates.
August 1, 2016
HBCUs
The Clinton Acceptance Speech and the Future of Higher Ed
If we aren’t smart enough to discern the real public servants from the frauds, then maybe the most important part of Hillary Clinton’s speech is her outline on higher education spending.
July 31, 2016
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