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African-American
Community College News Now Aggregate List 1/29/201
Community College News Now Aggregate List 1/29/2014 State of the Union: Obama asks Congress to reverse economic inequality http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-state-of-the-union-obama-2014-20140128,0,2195484.story#ixzz2rntqPptb Low-key state of the union for education – Is the Pell shortfall back? – Connecticut backs off value-added teacher evals http://www.politico.com/morningeducation/0114/morningeducation12853.html How Cody Anderson went from a community college outfielder to one of the Indians’ top […]
January 31, 2014
Community Colleges
Anna Dina Joaquin Utilizes Linguistic Skills to Help Others Succeed
There was no indication in Dr. Anna Dina Joaquin’s high school report card that she would one day become a university professor, but the Filipino American’s family’s strong immigrant values — hard work and education — along with encouragement from a key mentor, eventually propelled her to go from nearly the bottom of her […]
January 28, 2014
Community Colleges
State AGs Investigating For-Profit Education Firms
Attorneys general for more than a dozen states have ordered several for-profit education companies to turn over information on the firms’ business practices.
January 27, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Eduardo González Putting UMass Boston on Map With Grants and Success
This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar is exactly where he wanted to be, doing high-level research on theoretical math that has attracted the attention of his peers and federal grantmakers.
January 26, 2014
Community Colleges
Humanities Majors Don’t Fare as Badly as Portrayed, New Earnings Report Says
People who major in the humanities and social sciences don’t earn as much as their classmates in the physical and natural sciences, math or engineering, but the gap is not as wide as has been portrayed.
January 26, 2014
Students
Mississippi 2-Year Colleges Plan to Rework Remedial Courses
A new structure for remedial courses at Mississippi’s 15 community colleges could help more students graduate more quickly.
January 22, 2014
Latinx
Genao Now More Than Willing to Lead the Way
This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar’s upbringing in a lower-income Latino community inspires her to be part of a conversation about education and diversity.
January 22, 2014
Students
Cheating Uncovered at Kapiolani Community College
Students in radiologic technology program took advantage of email message that included a photo of the multiple-choice test and answers.
January 21, 2014
Students
Kentucky State Drops Students Over Accounts
Roughly 200 students at Kentucky State University were cutting class this last week, but not getting in trouble for it.
January 19, 2014
African-American
Diverse Conversations: Learning to Lead
When a faculty member is promoted to an administrative position, it can be quite a challenge to master the art of leading.
January 19, 2014
Faculty & Staff
HBCUs Need to Seek Leaders from Nontraditional Sources
In this environment of limited educational funds, stable leadership is the key to ensuring the health of any university. However, unsteady leadership acutely impacts historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With the recent departure of Alcorn State University’s former president, M. Christopher Brown, another HBCU has seen a change in leadership. Unfortunately, some of these […]
January 19, 2014
African-American
Scholar Works to Combat ‘Academic Fraud’ for Black Males
University of Oklahoma professor and 2014 Emerging Scholar Dr. T. Elon Dancy II focuses on African-American males in educational settings, finding inspiration in his own life journey.
January 16, 2014
Students
LSU’s Graduation Rate at All-Time High
BATON ROUGE, La.—For the third year in a row LSU has notched an all-time high graduation rate, with 69.1 percent of students walking away from the university with a degree in hand—the highest graduation rate out of all public universities in the state.
January 15, 2014
Community Colleges
Obama Announces Manufacturing Institute at North Carolina State
President Obama revealed Wednesday that North Carolina State University will be the first university to have a manufacturing hub that will help create jobs.
January 15, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Scholar Poised to Introduce Intersection Between Race, Modern English
2014 Emerging Scholar Dr. Dennis Austin Britton is bringing the “theological account of race and racialization in early modern England” to a wider audience.
January 15, 2014
HBCUs
Alabama State Bans President from Campus Cohabitation
An Alabama university has barred its incoming president from living in her required campus home with any romantic interest as long as she remains unmarried.
January 15, 2014
Community Colleges
Fighting Inequality: Is Higher Ed Creating a New Class of Highly Educated Poor?
In this era where college tuition is pretty much an automatic $40,000 a year, even with scholarships, the average middle-class family still struggles.
January 13, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Modern Language Convention Focuses on ‘Vulnerable Times’
The 129th Modern Language Association Convention lacked the racial diversity it has seen in the past.
January 12, 2014
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