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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
HBCUs
Portland State University Faculty Strike Averted
A faculty strike set for next week at Portland State University has been averted after nearly yearlong negotiations produced a tentative contract agreement.
April 7, 2014
Community Colleges
Biden Announces New Apprenticeship Initiative for Students
Vice President Joe Biden announced a new initiative Monday, called The Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium, which will give students credit for job-training apprenticeships.
April 7, 2014
Champions Award
Jerry Sue Thornton Honored with Diverse Champions Award
Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton, the president emeritus of Cuyahoga Community College, was honored with the 2014 Diverse Champions Award Sunday evening.
April 6, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Three HBCU Presidents Announce Retirements
St. Augustine’s University, Grambling State University and Winston-Salem State University have officially joined other HBCUs on the hunt for new presidents.
April 6, 2014
Students
In Case You Missed It…
Undergrads Get Tips From the Experts at College Language Association Convention Simply Put, Dorothy Yancy Has a History of Leading the Way If Student Athletes Are Allowed to Unionize, Will It Change How Colleges View All Their Students? Community Colleges Facing Challenge of Amended Policies and Mission
April 3, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Conversations: 3 Things High School Students Should Know About College
There is no way to totally prepare a young adult for the realities of the college experience and what it will mean for his or her long-term success, but there are some things that high school educators should emphasize.
April 1, 2014
Community Colleges
Matchmaker U: Colleges Try to Engage Married Alums
Fundraisers, others on campus, follow Cupid’s arrow when seeking help from alumni.
April 1, 2014
African-American
Maryland Higher Ed Secretary Joining Lumina Foundation
Maryland’s secretary of higher education is leaving her post to work for an education foundation.
March 31, 2014
Community Colleges
Undergrads Get Tips From the Experts at College Language Association Convention
Students showed off their academic prowess before the largest gathering of literary and language scholars whose work focuses on African, Caribbean and African American themes.
March 30, 2014
Students
Peace Corps Aims to Boost Recruiting Diversity
The leader of the Peace Corps elaborated on the group’s plans to simplify the application process for prospective volunteers and to expand and further diversify the applicant pool during a speech Wednesday at the Michigan university where the agency traces its roots.
March 27, 2014
Students
Fueled By Rejection, Black Scholars Built College Language Association to Last
While the Modern Language Association never had an official policy to exclude Blacks from participating in one of the world’s largest academic organizations, they concede that for decades its membership wasn’t eager to bring African Americans into their ranks.
March 27, 2014
HBCUs
Diverse on the Go …
Senior Writer Jamal Watson is in New Orleans through Saturday covering the 74th Annual Convention of the College Language Association. If you can’t catch up to him in person, you can connect via jwatson1@diverseeducation.com or follow him on twitter @jamalericwatson
March 26, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Teaching Students the Process to Societal Change
One aspect that I try to instill in my students is that very little that is accomplished is done so alone
March 25, 2014
Community Colleges
Mississippi College Savings Plan to Reopen Enrollment
JACKSON, Miss.—A board has voted unanimously to re-open enrollment this fall in the Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition program. The state-backed savings plan had been closed to new enrollees since the fall of 2012 because of concerns about a funding shortfall. State Treasurer Lynn Fitch says in a news release that when the board voted […]
March 25, 2014
Community Colleges
In Case You Missed It …
Diverse Conversations: Potential Paths to Reforming College Debt Many Institutions Continue to Struggle With Gender Imbalance If You Dare to Discuss Racial Issues, Then You Are a Racist American Council on Education Wary of Obama Administration’s Plan to Rank Schools
March 20, 2014
HBCUs
Jackson State Wins Approval for $47M Dorm Complex
Jackson State University is moving ahead with a $47.3 million plan to build a new 628-bed housing complex, a 650-seat dining hall and a conference center, to be finished by January 2016.
March 20, 2014
Faculty & Staff
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Names Tuajuanda Jordan President
St. Mary’s College of Maryland has named a dean and scientist from Lewis and Clark College as the school’s next president.
March 19, 2014
Asian American Pacific Islander
Calif. Democrats Scrap Higher Ed Affirmative Action Amendment
Bowing to pressure from within their party, Democrats in the legislature abandoned an attempt to repeal California’s voter-approved ban on affirmative action in the state’s higher education system.
March 18, 2014
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