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Community Colleges

Delta Community College’s Push For New Campus Clears Major Hurdle in La.

BATON ROUGE, La.— Despite concerns about the financing arrangement, a state money panel — backed by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration — agreed Tuesday to the $45 million construction of a new community college campus in Monroe.

January 24, 2008

Community Colleges

Democratic Lawmakers Break With Iowa Governor Over Community College Funding

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Democrats are breaking with Governor Culver over funding for community colleges.

January 24, 2008

Community Colleges

Chat Transcripts: International Talks – Community Colleges and Global Recruiting

Read transcripts of the Diverse web chat event on community colleges and global recruiting. Chat was held on Tuesday, January 22nd.

January 21, 2008

GOP Bill Would Deny Undocumented Students Admission To S.C. Public Colleges

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — House Republican leaders unveiled an immigration reform plan Monday that would bill the federal government for the cost of detaining illegal immigrants and prevent illegals from attending any public college.

January 17, 2008

Community Colleges

Iowa Governor’s Budget Short-Changes Community Colleges, GOP Lawmakers Say

DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican lawmakers complained Wednesday that Gov. Chet Culver’s proposed budget doesn’t provide enough funding for the state’s community colleges.

January 17, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Support For Undocumented Student Aid Costs California Community Colleges Board President Her Seat

This week in the majority-Democrat California State Senate, GOP senators succeeded in blocking the confirmation of Community Colleges Board of Governors President Katherine Albiani. The Senate voted along party lines to reject Albiani, the third of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s appointees to the board voted down in the past year by united GOP opposition to the board’s decision to back the Dream Act, which would grant financial aid to undocumented students.

January 17, 2008

Hispanic Women Pursue Higher Education Despite the Odds, Says Study

Researchers studying “Why Hispanic Undergraduate Women Persist in Higher Education” in spite of intense cultural pressure have concluded that their major reason for going to school was to create a better life for themselves and their families.

January 16, 2008

Community Colleges

Undocumented Arizona Community College Students Snared By New Tuition Law

Nearly 4,000 Arizona college students, nearly half of them community college students, have been unable to prove legal residency status and are being charged out-of-state rates as a result of a voter-approved referendum that prevents undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition and state-funded financial aid, according to The Arizona Republic.

January 9, 2008

MetLife Community College Excellence Award Finalists Revealed

The MetLife Foundation has launched its Community College Excellence Award program to recognize two-year colleges that have demonstrated the biggest commitment to serving underprivileged students, and six colleges have been selected as finalists.

January 9, 2008

Community Colleges

Massachusetts Governor Signals Intention To Create Education Secretary Post

BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick plans to file legislation this week to create a cabinet-level education secretary, as part of an effort to make education a top issue for 2008, The Associated Press has learned.

January 9, 2008

Community Colleges

Law Aimed at Undocumented Students Possibly Snares 4,000

Nearly 4,000 Arizona college students, nearly half of them community college students, have been unable to prove legal residency status and are being charged out-of-state rates as a result of a voter-approved referendum that prevents undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition and state-funded financial aid, according to The Arizona Republic.

January 8, 2008

Community Colleges

University of Arizona Checks Legal Status of Students Under Proposition 300

TUCSON, Ariz. The University of Arizona has reviewed the legal status of 877 students identified as potentially ineligible for in-state tuition under a state law aimed at illegal immigrants, but cleared most of them.

January 1, 2008

Black, Brown and College Bound

Annual conference focuses on boosting minority male higher ed attainment.

December 26, 2007

Community Colleges

Missouri Community Colleges Coping With Remedial ‘Epidemic’

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Higher education leaders in southwest Missouri say freshmen in the region are increasingly unprepared to pass basic college-level courses.

December 20, 2007

Community Colleges

Driver For Former Ala. Two-Year College System Chancellor Pleads Guilty To Obstruction

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The driver for former two-year college system Chancellor Roy Johnson pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstructing a federal investigation by lying about corrupt financial deals.

December 20, 2007

Community Colleges

Proposed New York Higher Ed Reforms Said to Benefit Minorities

The New York State Commission on Higher Education recommended to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer this week a series of reforms and a compact to ensure that the state’s public higher education institutions are properly funded. These recommendations and the compact could significantly improve the education of students of color in New York, educators say.

December 20, 2007

In Brief: An Academic Scandal Snags Florida State

Also, a Princeton University student who argued that his conservative views were not accepted on the campus confessed to fabricating an assault and southwest Missouri freshmen said to be increasingly unprepared to pass basic college-level courses.

December 18, 2007

Community Colleges

Amid Uproar Over Undocumented Students, Ralls Named N.C. Community College System President

RALEIGH, N.C. — The next president of North Carolina’s community college system said Thursday he will continue to focus energies on helping train the state’s work force to compete in a high-tech economy.

December 15, 2007