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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
Faculty & Staff
Study: Higher Ed Would Pay Steep Price for Unionized Adjuncts
As adjuncts throughout the nation continue to organize themselves into collective bargaining units and push for more resources, two university professors have publicly questioned whether it’s wise for institutions to cave in to their demands.
March 31, 2016
Students
UVA Student Group Supporting Undocumented Students Finds Its Footing
A new student group at the University of Virginia—DREAMers on Grounds—is working to create a support network for students who are either undocumented or who have received DACA benefits.
March 30, 2016
Students
Chicago State U. Students Left Adrift Amid Budget Impasse
The uncertainty surrounding the south Chicago institution’s future can be demoralizing, CSU students said.
March 27, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Bill to Defund University of Tennessee Diversity Office Withdrawn
Lawmakers, angry over web postings by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion of the University of Tennessee, want to strip the office of all state funding for the coming fiscal year.
March 24, 2016
African-American
University of Missouri Announces New Diversity Official
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri has named a diversity official to help the four-campus system recover from racial protests at the flagship campus in Columbia. The school announced Wednesday that Kevin McDonald has been tapped to serve as the first ever chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. President Michael Middleton said McDonald would […]
March 23, 2016
Students
Report: Black Student Graduation Rates Improving at Slower Rate Than Whites
A recent report released by the Education Trust found that Black student graduation rates improved by 4.4 percent compared to 5.6 percent for White students.
March 22, 2016
Students
Program to Help Pay for Community College for Detroit Grads
By Associated Press DETROIT — Detroit will start using state education tax dollars to fund a program that will pay for two years of community college for the city’s high school graduates. Detroit Promise scholarships will be available to students starting in 2018. The program follows promise zone legislation passed years ago by state lawmakers […]
March 22, 2016
African-American
PAULA JOHNSON
PAULA JOHNSON has been named president of Wellesley College, effective July 1. She was chief of women’s health at Harvard Medical School and executive director of the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Johnson earned a bachelor’s, an M.D. and a master’s from Harvard University.
March 22, 2016
Faculty & Staff
GREGORY E. TRIPLETT
GREGORY E. TRIPLETT has been appointed associate dean for graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and associate director of the Honors College at the University of Missouri. Triplett earned a bachelor’s from Florida A&M University, a master’s from Florida State University and a doctorate from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
March 22, 2016
Community Colleges
MARJORIE L. DORIMÉ-WILLIAMS
MARJORIE L. DORIMÉ-WILLIAMS has been named director of assessment in the Office of Academic Affairs at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. She was director of academic assessment at Baruch College (CUNY). Dorimé-Williams earned a bachelor’s from Saint Joseph’s University, a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
March 22, 2016
Faculty & Staff
JULIA JASKEN
JULIA JASKEN has been named provost and dean of the faculty at McDaniel College. She was acting provost and dean of the faculty and an associate professor of English at McDaniel. Jasken earned a bachelor’s from the College of Saint Benedict in Minnesota, a master’s from Northern Illinois University and a doctorate from Michigan Technological University.
March 22, 2016
African-American
NADINE SHIGEZAWA
NADINE SHIGEZAWA was appointed director of the Veterans in Transition to Academic Leadership (VITAL) program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was a psychologist for the Veterans Administration. Shigezawa holds a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
March 22, 2016
Community Colleges
Funding Still a Major Concern for Future Community College Leaders
League of Innovation leaders debate issues that will affect the new generation of community college leaders during a recent forum in Chicago.
March 21, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Baccalaureate Degrees in Growing Demand at Community Colleges
The Innovations conference’s opening general session in Chicago on Sunday focused on the growing trend to offer baccalaureate degrees at select community colleges across the country.
March 21, 2016
Community Colleges
Kentucky House Approves Free Community College
All students who graduate from Kentucky high schools, home schools or obtain their GEDs in Kentucky will be able to attend community colleges for free under a bill that passed the Kentucky House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill now moves to the state Senate. House Bill 626 requires students to apply for available student aid and […]
March 20, 2016
Women
Career Undermatching: The Higher Ed Issue You Need to Know About
Career undermatching describes the phenomenon in which talented, college graduates from low-income families wind up in jobs that don’t match their abilities or ambitions.
March 16, 2016
Community Colleges
Kansas House OKs Campus Faith Groups Restricting Membership
TOPEKA, Kan. ― Kansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved a long-delayed proposal allowing faith-based groups on college campuses to restrict their membership to like-minded people. Nearly a year after the Senate approved the bill, the Republican-controlled House voted 81-41 to send the bill to Gov. Sam Brownback, a strong supporter of religious rights. Supporters have said […]
March 16, 2016
Students
Poll: About Half U.S. Students Identify as ‘Hopeful’ and ‘Engaged’
Only about half of U.S. students are “hopeful” and “engaged” in school, while the rest are either not engaged or actively disengaged and stuck or discouraged, according to an annual Gallup Student Poll.
March 15, 2016
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