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New York Launches Campaign to Combat Campus Sexual Assaults

New York has begun a statewide campaign to raise awareness about campus sexual assault and to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call to expand a new sexual consent policy to private colleges.

February 25, 2015

African-American

Umar Johnson Disinvited From Anne Arundel Community College

Dr. Umar Johnson, a controversial Black activist and speaker, has been disinvited from speaking at Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland after a group of students complained that he espouses anti-gay rhetoric.

February 24, 2015

Community Colleges

Va. Governor Announces Higher Education Agreement

Virginia’s public institutions of higher education and economic development officials are teaming up to meet the business needs of employers and deliver the jobs graduates seek.

February 23, 2015

Latinx

College Major a Factor in Unemployment Rates, Earnings

New report shows college graduates tend to earn more than those with only a high school diploma, but this advantage varies depending on one’s major.

February 23, 2015

Community Colleges

Community Colleges After Michael Brown

Despite the openness and inclusion of community colleges, they still remain tethered to the elitist and exclusive history of higher education.

February 23, 2015

Community Colleges

Sojourner-Douglass College Loses Appeal to Reclaim Accreditation

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education cited the Baltimore school’s inadequate financial resources.

February 22, 2015

Community Colleges

Jill Biden: Community Colleges Are Vital

Dr. Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States, shared stories of success with community college leaders at the annual Achieving the Dream National Reform Network conference in Baltimore on Friday.

February 22, 2015

HBCUs

In Case You Missed It…

Philadelphia Futures Paying Off With College Access Race a Factor in South Carolina State University ‘Mess’ Paul Quinn College to Undergo Massive Makeover USC Researchers to Issue Hollywood Diversity Report Card

February 19, 2015

Community Colleges

Diverse Conversations: Will Free Community College Help Minorities Succeed?

The financial burden of college is a big one, but there are accompanying issues to consider as well.

February 19, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Boston College Under Investigation Over Access for Disabled

Boston College has become more difficult to navigate for people with disabilities in recent years, according to former and current students whose complaints have prompted an investigation into whether the school is violating accessibility laws.

February 18, 2015

Community Colleges

City College of San Francisco Wins a Battle in Fight for Survival

The college has been embroiled in a legal battle with the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), ever since the commission voted to revoke the college’s accreditation in 2013.

February 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

La Salle University Picks First Layperson, Female President

After 152 years of brothers at the helm, La Salle University has appointed a lay woman as its president.

February 17, 2015

Community Colleges

Congressional Report — by Colleges — Claims They’re Over-Regulated

Review ordered by congressional committee was produced by the American Council on Education.

February 16, 2015

Students

Race a Factor in South Carolina State University ‘Mess’

The barriers to the solutions are politics, race, intransigence, corruption and political dysfunction.

February 16, 2015

Community Colleges

Hate Crime Prosecutions Rare in North Carolina

Relatives of the three Muslim college students killed in North Carolina are pressing for hate crime charges against the alleged shooter, but legal experts say such cases are relatively rare and can be difficult to prove.

February 15, 2015

Students

Yale Fraternity Banned for Sex Misconduct Policy Violation

A fraternity has been banned from Yale University’s campus for two years over an initiation ceremony that violated the school’s sexual misconduct policy, the Ivy League university announced Friday.

February 15, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Happy President’s Day for HBCUs? Not Likely

You would think with the first Black president in our country’s history, there would be more of a lovey-dovey relationship with HBCUs. Apparently not. “President Obama was critical of Historically Black Colleges and Universities during a meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus this week according to several in attendance. The February 10 meeting was […]

February 15, 2015

Community Colleges

College Ratings Proposal Continues to Be Work in Progress

Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell said that the proposed ratings system would no longer be linked to financial aid funding, and suggested that it would be open to reinterpretation after its first iteration.

February 15, 2015