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Muslim Students Seek Permanent Prayer Space at Iowa Colleges

by Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Muslim students at Iowa’s three public universities are seeking permanent spaces for daily and weekly religious observances. Motier Haskins, faculty adviser to the University of Iowa’s Muslim Student Association, says he’s scheduled to meet this week with the school’s vice president for student life to again discuss a […]

November 30, 2015

Community College Students, Union Call for President’s Exit

ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Students and staff at a Rochester community college are calling for the school’s president to leave, citing excessive expenses for the school’s recent centennial celebration as the latest example of her mismanagement. The student association and a faculty and staff union at Rochester Community and Technical College sent an open letter to […]

November 29, 2015

Colleges Trying to Find Ways to Deal with Racial Incidents

WASHINGTON ― Officials were slow to handle racial incidents at the University of Missouri, and that contributed to protests, a student hunger strike, a threatened boycott by the football team and ultimately, the resignations of two administrators. At the University of Oklahoma, damage over a racist chant that was caught on video was kept to […]

November 29, 2015

The Folly of Safe Space on Campus

If college is supposed to prepare one for life “in the real world,” should we continue to expect these things to change on campus?

November 24, 2015

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Leadership & Policy

Drake State President Placed on Administrative Leave

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ― Helen McAlpine, long-time president at Drake State Community and Technical College in Huntsville, has been placed on administrative leave. The Alabama Community College System Office made the announcement in a statement Monday, and did not give any reason for McAlpine’s leave, but said it is a “personnel matter.” Kemba Chambers, dean of […]

November 24, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Diverse Docket: African-American Student Loses Bias Suit Against Valparaiso

An African-American nursing student who was dismissed for low grades has lost her racial discrimination suit against Valparaiso University.

November 22, 2015

Report: Clear Path from Community Colleges to 4-Year Institutions

The Edvance Foundation issued a report that lays out a series of recommendations on how to smooth the transfer pathway from community colleges to four-year institutions.

November 19, 2015

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Official: Tennessee Promise Helps Spike in Higher Ed Enrollment

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam’s free-tuition program has contributed to a spike in students pursuing a postsecondary degree at the state’s public higher education institutions, the program’s executive director said Thursday. Tennessee Promise offers eligible high school seniors free tuition to a two-year community or technical college. According to the Tennessee Higher Education […]

November 19, 2015

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Brown University Students Demand Improved Race Relations

by Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A group of 35 graduate students at Brown University have joined together to demand that the Providence school’s administration makes an increased effort to improve race relations on campus. The Providence Journal reports the group, consisting of five graduate student organizations, co-authored a statement released Monday detailing its demands. […]

November 18, 2015

Community Colleges

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR

MALING EBRAHIMPOUR has been appointed dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island. He was dean of the business school at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Ebrahimpour earned a bachelor’s from the Institute of Advanced Accounting in Iran, an MBA from the University of Nebraska-Kearney and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

November 18, 2015

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Community Colleges

MARY D. BRUCE

MARY D. BRUCE was promoted to full professor in the College of Business and Public Administration at Governors State University in Illinois. She was a university professor at Governors State. Bruce earned a bachelor’s from Southern University, a master’s from Oakland University in Michigan and a doctorate from Wayne State University.

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CHRISTINE SUNG

CHRISTINE SUNG has been appointed assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Montana State University. She was an assistant professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Sung earned a bachelor’s from the Catholic University of Daegu in Korea, a master’s fromIndiana University and a doctorate from Michigan State University.

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Jacobs ‘Four Arrows’ Educates on Plight of Native Americans

When it comes to promoting education, Dr. Don Trent Jacobs — most commonly known as “Four Arrows” — favors unconventional pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning.

November 16, 2015

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Community Colleges

CODY YEAGER

CODY YEAGER was named dean of career and technical education at Southwestern Oregon Community College. She was director of transfer and pre-college programs at Columbia Gorge Community College in Oregon. Yeager earned a bachelor’s from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. She holds master’s degrees from Slippery Rock University, the University of Arkansas and the University of Oregon.

November 16, 2015

Tragedy in Paris

An American Global tragedy: Nohemi Gonzalez was an example of diversity in higher ed at its best.

November 15, 2015

Brown Vowing Action After Officer Detains Dartmouth Student

by Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University’s president is promising a full investigation and regular meetings on racial issues after a campus police officer handcuffed a student from another Ivy League school, an encounter officials called “heated and physical.” President Christina Paxson apologized in an email Saturday to the campus community for the “fear […]

November 15, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Four Finalists for President of S. Louisiana Tech College

BATON ROUGE, La. ― A North Carolina community college official and former official of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System is among finalists for president of Fletcher Technical Community College in south Louisiana. Two finalists already work at Fletcher, in Schriever ― about 60 miles west-southwest of New Orleans ― and the fourth is […]

November 13, 2015

Campus Marches Over Student Debt Held Coast-to-Coast

BERKELEY, Calif. ― Students at the University of California, Berkeley and more than a hundred other colleges and universities staged marches Thursday in support of free tuition, a $15 minimum wage for campus workers and the cancellation of debt from student loans. Known as the Million Student March, the demonstrations at schools from Massachusetts to […]

November 13, 2015