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HBCUs
Herbal traditions gain academic interest at Appalachian college
FROSTBURG Md. Frostburg State University instructor Sunshine Brosi leads a half-dozen earnest undergraduates 20 yards through the underbrush of a shady forest. Stooping near some black cherry trees, she plucks a pear-shaped yellow berry as long as her thumb from a shin-high plant with large, graceful leaves.
September 16, 2007
Students
Market’s tuition program nourishes workers’ minds
LEVITTOWN Pa. Redner’s Markets Inc. is using a new tuition reimbursement program to encourage employees at its local warehouse markets to go to school.
September 16, 2007
Community Colleges
Maricopa County colleges won’t arm police now despite new law
MESA Ariz. Police who patrol Maricopa County Community College District campuses won’t be armed until at least next year despite a new state law requiring them to carry guns that takes effect next week.
September 16, 2007
Community Colleges
Aging population likely to mean need for more nurses
ASHEVILLE N.C. It was Cynthia Busche’s first day as a nurse in the Mission Hospitals emergency department, but she is no stranger to the nursing world.
September 16, 2007
Community Colleges
Utah student loan defaults exceed national average
LOGAN Utah Utahs average rate of student loan default is exceeding the national average.’s default rate for 2005 was 5 percent, above the national average of 4.6 percent. The state’s community colleges have the highest default rates, led by Salt Lake Community College at 6.8 percent.
September 16, 2007
MSIs
New Web Site Aims to Ease the College Credit Transfer Process
The Institute for Higher Education Policy on Monday announced the launch of an enhanced Web site for the National Articulation and Transfer Network (NATN), www.natn.org, which leaders hope will become a one-stop resource for addressing the complex issues associated with the transfer process.
September 10, 2007
Community Colleges
SAAB Tackling the Black, Brown Male Crisis
Increasingly, dropping out of high school is a one-way ticket to prison for Black men.
September 5, 2007
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Community Colleges
New Study: California Community College Students Abandon Transfer Plans At High Rate
Six in 10 California community college system students with high school diplomas and transfer aspirations are giving up transfer plans or dropping out after only one semester, a new study reveals. Research conducted by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) also finds that two-year college students taking four classes or more are far more likely to transfer.
August 22, 2007
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Community Colleges
On the Big Screen: Poor Us
In the new documentary “Indoctrinate U.,” filmmaker Evan Coyne Maloney poses this question: What do all of the colleges and universities featured in U.S. News & World Report’s Top 100 have in common?
August 22, 2007
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Community Colleges
College Prep For Tykes
When longtime educator David Silver began making plans for an elementary school, he asked parents in the Oakland, Calif., neighborhood what mattered most to them.
August 22, 2007
Faculty & Staff
The Secrets Behind Their Success
Attracting and graduating minorities in large numbers, for-profit universities offer access, convenience and some risk.
August 22, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Disappearing Acts: The Vanishing Black Male On Community College Campuses
Many consider community colleges “open door” institutions, denoting their unique role of providing an affordable and quality education for the masses.
August 22, 2007
Latinx
Hispanic Outreach By Non-HSIs Lacking, Study Indicates
Hispanic-serving institutions make up only 6 percent of all colleges, but enroll half of all Hispanic college students, raising questions in a new study about outreach and diversity efforts at majority schools.
August 15, 2007
Latinx
Hispanic Outreach By Non-HSIs Lacking, Study Indicates
Hispanic-serving institutions make up only 6 percent of all colleges, but enroll half of all Hispanic college students, raising questions in a new study about outreach and diversity efforts at majority schools.
August 15, 2007
Students
The Evolution of a Texas HBCU
Now majority Hispanic, the historically black st. philip’s college has positioned itself to serve an increasingly diverse San Antonio population.
August 15, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Community colleges face ‘double-whammy’ from budget cuts
TALLAHASSEE Fla. Community colleges are facing a “double-whammy” from impending spending cuts because their enrollment is soaring although their budgets are based on last year’s attendance, Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp acknowledged Wednesday.
August 14, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Democratic loyalist is picked for Massachusetts higher education post
BOSTON Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday appointed Democratic loyalist Fred Clark to be chairman of the state’s Board of Higher Education.
August 14, 2007
Community Colleges
UNM, CNM getting together
ALBUQUERQUE The top officials at the University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College say a newly signed collaboration between the schools will be good for students.
August 14, 2007
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