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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
Faculty & Staff
UCLA Study Offers Hope on Emergency Room Crowding
The research could offer hope to those who worry that the expansion of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act will not ease emergency room crowding as President Obama and others have predicted.
October 15, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Alleged Capo Kills Self as Search in Mexico for Missing College Students Continues
The alleged leader of a drug gang implicated in the disappearance of 43 college students killed himself during a confrontation with Mexican security forces Tuesday, a day after protesters demanding an investigation into the students’ whereabouts burned government buildings in the southern state of Guerrero.
October 14, 2014
Leadership & Policy
South Carolina State Still Owes $6.5M on Unpaid Bills
South Carolina State University still owes $6.5 million on bills and needs more help from the state to move forward, President Thomas Elzey told the Budget and Control Board on Tuesday.
October 14, 2014
Community Colleges
Nearly 200 Students Sue Kansas-Based College
Nearly 200 students have joined a lawsuit accusing Kansas-based Wright Career College of fraud.
October 13, 2014
Students
Veterans Affairs Secretary Wooing Medical Students
The new secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs made an impassioned recruitment pitch to medical school and nursing students at the University of Vermont on Monday, urging them to consider careers in the VA.
October 13, 2014
Leadership & Policy
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Calls for Diversity Officer
The chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hoping to see the institution join others in adding a chief diversity officer to its administrative cabinet.
October 12, 2014
Students
Report: Shift from Boutique Programs to Broad Efforts to Help Minority Males
Community colleges are looking at addressing the achievement gaps of the men of color they enroll with broad, data-backed approaches to helping all students succeed and complete their academic programs.
October 12, 2014
African-American
In Case You Missed It…
Experts: ‘Opportunity Gap’ Key Impediment to Black Male Academic Achievement Darker-Skinned African-American Students Suspended More Frequently HSI Advocates Question Relevancy, Accuracy of College Ratings Systems With Its Vital Signs Weakening, Wilberforce University Calls In a Specialist
October 9, 2014
African-American
Top 100 Degree Producers Special Report
Our annual Top 100 Degree Producers special report — the only national report on the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to award associate, bachelor’s, graduate and professional degrees to African-American, Hispanic, Asian American and American Indian students.
October 9, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Iran’s President Calls for Greater Academic Freedom
President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday called for more academic freedom in Iran’s universities, saying restrictions stifle innovation and breed sycophancy.
October 7, 2014
Latinx
Starbucks: 1,000-plus Enrolled for Tuition Program
Starbucks says more than 1,000 of its workers have enrolled for an upcoming fall semester at Arizona State University to take advantage of a program that helps pay for their tuition.
October 7, 2014
Faculty & Staff
HBCUs Must Be Up for the Challenge
Increasing retention and graduation rates for Black males will require an ambitious effort from both stakeholders and policy makers.
October 6, 2014
Students
Can Focusing on Workplace Skills Increase College Completion Rates?
In spite of controversy, community colleges and businesses at a conference in New York say the answer is yes.
October 5, 2014
Community Colleges
New Jersey Bill Ties For-Profit College Degrees to Graduation Rates
New Jersey’s higher education secretary would be allowed to revoke the ability of for-profit colleges to award degrees if they fail to achieve minimum graduation rates under a bill advanced by lawmakers Thursday.
October 2, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Roderick Smothers Selected as Philander Smith College’s President
Dr. Roderick L. Smothers, who currently serves as vice president for institutional advancement and development at Huston-Tillotson University, has been tapped to lead Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.
October 2, 2014
Community Colleges
Jailed Cop Killer Selected as Goddard College Graduation Speaker
A man serving life in prison for the killing of a Philadelphia police officer in 1981 has been selected as a commencement speaker at his Vermont alma mater.
October 1, 2014
African-American
Diverse On The Go…
Senior Writer Jamal Eric Watson will be covering the International Colloquium on Black Males today through Friday at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
September 30, 2014
LGBTQ+
University of California to Add ‘Gender-Neutral’ Restrooms
Responding to concerns raised by gay and transgender students and employees, University of California President Janet Napolitano directed the system’s 10 campuses on Monday to create more gender-neutral restrooms and to allow students to update their records with a preferred name that does not necessarily match their legal name.
September 30, 2014
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