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Community Colleges

Kentucky Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against For-profit College

Attorney General Jack Conway took another for-profit college to court on Tuesday, alleging a violation of Kentucky’s consumer protection laws by making deceptive claims about job placement successes.

September 27, 2011

Complete College America Report Examines Low Higher Ed Graduation Rates

A new, comprehensive report on college graduation rates released Tuesday revealed why college completion rates, including analyses of Black, Hispanic, Pell Grant and part-time students, are low among Americans.

September 27, 2011

New Federal Aid Targets Community Colleges, Hispanic-Serving Schools

The Obama administration made major cash infusions to community colleges and Hispanic-Serving Institutions on Monday through grant programs meant to spur innovation.

September 26, 2011

Southern University Enrollment Falls More Than 5 Percent from Last Year

Southern’s enrollment for the fall semester dipped below 7,000 students, a drop of more than 5 percent since 2010, according to figures reported to the Louisiana Board of Regents.

September 15, 2011

Leadership & Policy

U.S. Education Department’s Community College Leader Makes ‘Acceleration Strategies’ Part of Ambitious Agenda

After more than a year at the Education Department, Dr. Frank Chong describes his job as a “whirlwind” that has included legislative battles in Washington, D.C., and listening tours to 25 states.

September 15, 2011

Community Colleges

College Leaders Urged To Focus on ‘Near Completers’

Summit organizers advise colleges to invest in re-engaging “near completers”—or those students who would have left college despite only being a few credits shy of a degree.

September 13, 2011

Enrollment on the Rise at Grambling State University

Grambling State University’s preliminary enrollment report for the 2011-12 academic year shows enrollment has risen to 5,207, a 4.27 percent increase from the previous academic year.

September 12, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Advocates Voice Caution on Community College Study

Although a new study has found that underrepresented community college students fare better in classrooms with an instructor of their ethnic background, diversity leaders warn the study is too limited in scope to draw any solid conclusions.

September 12, 2011

Tribal Colleges

Obama Administration Jobs Plan Has Higher Education Funds

Community and tribal colleges would receive $5 billion for construction projects under President Obama’s new jobs plan, which also could shore up state education budgets and provide post-secondary job training opportunities.

September 11, 2011

Obama jobs plan

African-American

Virginia State University Drumline Performs at the White House

Less than a month after they performed with fellow band members in the Honda Battle of the Bands showcase, an eight-person drumline from the Virginia State University’s Trojan Explosion marching band entertained guests at the Feb. 26 executive order signing for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities by President Barack Obama.

September 3, 2011

Community Colleges

Morris Brown College Pays Off Debt to U.S. Government

Morris Brown College has settled a nearly $10 million debt for pennies on the dollar with the U.S. Education Department.

August 24, 2011

Morris Brown College

Community Colleges

Report: Lack of College Completion Could Cost States Billions

A report released today from the American Institutes for Research suggests that students who do not complete college may cost states billions in lost revenue.

August 21, 2011

Community Colleges

For-profit College Targets Attorney General Conway in Election

Leaders at Sullivan University, which has its main campus in Louisville, asked employees during an Aug. 3 training session to contribute $25 each to attorney general candidate Todd P’Pool, according to The Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader.

August 11, 2011

Community Colleges

Mississippi Community College Degree Program Allows Academic Credit Earned from Military Training, Experience

A Mississippi community college is offering a new associate degree program that it says will enable veteran and active-duty members of the armed services to combine their military training with academic credits.

August 10, 2011

Community Colleges

U.S. Justice Dept. Accuses For-profit College of Breaking Law

The Obama administration and four states are accusing a private, for-profit college of illegally paying recruiters to enroll students in an $11 billion fraud, the latest action in a long-running examination of the industry’s recruitment techniques.

August 9, 2011

U.S. Justice Department

For-profit Colleges Respond to Increased Scrutiny

Now, the industry will see if it can still make healthy profits from its challenging demographic — low-income workers, older students and those with spotty academic backgrounds — while being much more accountable for its results.

August 8, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Sticker Shock

State funding cuts lead to sharp tuition hikes at Florida colleges. “All capital outlay funding was vetoed by the governor,” notes Dr. Rolando Montoya, the provost of Miami Dade College. “The college continues doing more with less,” says Montoya, adding that the school is trying to keep the budget cuts “out of the classroom, as best as possible.”

August 4, 2011

Rolando Montoya

Faculty & Staff

New York Public Policy Think Tank Zeroes In on Debate Over Dwindling Resources in Higher Education

Just as the debate over resources has simmered down with a debt deal in Washington, policy analysts heated things up at a forum in New York City over the precious resources in higher education.

August 3, 2011

Ann Marcus, Dennis Parker and Richard Kahlenberg