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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
Leadership & Policy
California College Students Brace for State Budget Cuts
California college students are bracing for higher tuition bills and fewer courses and campus services under a new state budget that once again slashes spending on higher education.
July 5, 2011
Students
A Tribal College’s Bold Approach to Launching Public School Academies, Charter Schools
Established throughout Michigan by the Bay Mills Community College, public school academies preserve Native culture and language with commitment to increasing student achievement.
June 30, 2011
Students
Report: College Enrollment Pool Increasingly Turning to Adult Learners
The Washington-based Center for Law and Social Policy, in its report “Not Just Kids Stuff Anymore: The Economic Imperative for More Adults to Complete College”, finds that the demand for college-educated workers is expected to rise 16 percent by 2018.
June 30, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Report: Merging N.C. Community Colleges Would Save Millions
North Carolina’s community colleges could save about $5 million a year by folding administration and back-office work at the smallest campuses into larger neighbors, a legislative efficiency report released Tuesday said.
June 29, 2011
Latinx
Obama Administration Officials Take High Profile at Senate Hearing on DREAM Act
A congressional hearing on Tuesday breathed new life into the decade-old and oft-thwarted effort to pass the proposed federal DREAM Act, but Democratic leaders concede there is no clear path to enactment and that one of the main obstacles is lack of Republican support.
June 28, 2011
Community Colleges
With Focus on College Readiness, Panel Seeks Better Middle School Outcomes in the South
As educators prepare students to compete in a world where technology changes with blinding speed, they should focus more on young teens who too often fall behind in reading, math and science, a Southern education group said Monday.
June 27, 2011
Students
Book Reviews: A Tapestry of Challenges
New books examine new hurdles for educators and students in a diverse climate.
June 22, 2011
Latinx
Pennsylvania Legislation Seeks In-state Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Undocumented immigrants would qualify for the less expensive in-state tuition rates at Pennsylvania universities if they meet residency requirements included in proposed legislation introduced Monday.
June 20, 2011
Students
Averting Deportation, Undocumented Student Realizes DREAM
After political intervention by federal officials leads to withdrawal of deportation order, community college graduate pursues studies to become civil engineer.
June 20, 2011
Students
Michigan Two- and Four-Year Colleges Team Up To Boost Minority STEM Enrollment
In Michigan, the alliance builds on a five-year effort by the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University and Western Michigan University. Between 2005 and 2010, those universities increased the number of STEM bachelor’s degrees awarded to underrepresented minority students by almost 50 percent.
June 13, 2011
Latinx
More Hispanic Students Finishing High School
The percentage of Hispanic 18- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school and don’t have an equivalent degree was 22 percent in 2008, down from 34 percent in 1998.
June 12, 2011
African-American
U.S., Foreign Higher Education Institutions Unite To Help Haiti
New consortium hopes to help Haitian universities recover and improve a year after earthquake.
June 12, 2011
Students
IHEP Launches College Completion Coalition
The National Coalition for College Completion—made up of civil rights organizations, businesses and student advocacy groups—will focus on increasing access to financial aid and building support networks for low-income students.
June 9, 2011
Sports
No More National Anthem at Pacifist Indiana College
A small Christian college with ties to the Mennonite Church has decided to stop playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at sporting events after some complained the song’s images of war undermined the school’s pacifist message.
June 8, 2011
Students
Skip Senior Year and Go Straight to College?
When the Indiana legislature passed the budget at the end of April, it also launched a plan by Gov. Mitch Daniels, which allows high school students who complete their core requirements by the end of their junior year to skip senior year and go straight to college.
June 7, 2011
Students
Senate Committee Puts For-profits Back in Spotlight Following Education Department Ruling
The for-profit college sector underwent tough scrutiny Tuesday from members of the U.S. Senate committee that has been leading the charge for tighter controls over the proprietary schools accused of preying on minorities and the poor.
June 7, 2011
Community Colleges
Mississippi Community Colleges Keeping More Students
A record increase in the number of new students in Mississippi’s community colleges translated this spring into a record number of degrees.
June 6, 2011
Students
Big Student Debt Could Limit Schools’ Financial Aid Access
Newly-released federal rules aimed at for-profit schools stipulate that, if graduates owe too much relative to their income or too few former students are paying back their tuition loans on time, institutions stand to lose access to Pell grants and federal student aid.
June 2, 2011
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