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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
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Proponents Unveil ‘America’s College Promise Act’
The proposed bill, America’s College Promise Act, will impact at least 9 million students attending community colleges and minority-serving institutions.
July 8, 2015
Students
Tennessee State University Exposes Students to Cutting-Edge Research
More than 20 incoming Tennessee State University freshmen spent part of their summer getting exposed to real-world scientific work and cutting-edge research.
July 6, 2015
Community Colleges
CCBC Finding Student Success at Accelerated Pace
The Community College of Baltimore County’s accelerated learning program has proved successful for students, despite the mired state of remedial education.
July 6, 2015
Students
Students See Value of Internships
Of the 50,000 college students and recent graduates surveyed, 70.8 percent of students believe that internships should be a requirement when obtaining a college degree.
July 6, 2015
Sports
BCCC in Good Standing; Sojourner-Douglass Loses Accreditation
Two Baltimore schools recently received good and bad news respectively with regard to their accreditation status.
July 5, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Presidents Partial to Severance Packages
Severance packages for college and university president can be quite hefty.
July 1, 2015
Students
Rethinking Remediation
Community College of Baltimore County seeing much success with innovative remedial education programs.
July 1, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Police Departments Compete for a Few Good-Hearted Officers
They poach officers from nearby police departments. They entice recruits by playing up the drama and heroism of policing through video close-ups of flashing lights and holstered guns. They wrestle with how to offer better pay. But most of all, cognizant of the recent turmoil over officer-involved deaths in Missouri, Baltimore and elsewhere, America’s police […]
July 1, 2015
African-American
CIA Announces Plan to Do Better on Diversity
WASHINGTON, Jun 30, 2015 (AP) – The CIA is failing to hire and promote enough minorities despite years of vowing to do so, Director John Brennan said Tuesday, announcing a new effort to tackle the problem of a largely white workforce whose lack of diversity he says is undercutting the spy agency’s intelligence mission. Brennan […]
July 1, 2015
Community Colleges
Idaho Refugee Program Faces Opposition From Activist Group
Conservative activists are calling for the College of Southern Idaho to remove its refugee program following concerns over the influx of Syrian refugees expected to arrive in south-central Idaho later this fall.
June 30, 2015
Community Colleges
Lincoln College to Become a University, New President Says
The newly installed president of Lincoln College says the central Illinois school will become a university with the addition of baccalaureate degrees.
June 30, 2015
Community Colleges
Diverse Docket: Race Discrimination Suit Still on Table
Borough of Manhattan Community College and the chair of its Business Management Department must continue defending a race discrimination suit by an adjunct professor of Nigerian descent, a federal judge has ruled.
June 30, 2015
Leadership & Policy
CELESTINO LIMAS
CELESTINO LIMAS has been appointed vice president for student affairs and enrollment at Heritage University. He was vice president for campus life and senior diversity officer at Lafayette College. Limas earned a bachelor’s from the University of Iowa, a master’s from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and a doctorate from the University of Oregon.
June 30, 2015
Students
The Legacy of Dr. Norman C. Francis and Xavier University
Physicians and alumni of Xavier University, Trevonne M. Thompson, MD and Myiesha Taylor, MD remember the lasting impact of Dr. Norman C. Francis and Xavier University.
June 29, 2015
Students
ELIZABETH CARDONA
ELIZABETH CARDONA has been appointed executive director for multicultural affairs and international student life and assistant to the provost for diversity and inclusion at Bay Path University. Cardona is the former senior director and civic engagement advisor to Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick. Cardona holds a bachelor’s from Springfield College and a master’s from Syracuse University.
June 29, 2015
Students
KATHRINE SWANSON
KATHRINE SWANSON has been named vice chancellor for student success and engagement at Metropolitan Community College, starting August 3. She was vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Swanson holds a bachelor’s from Northern Michigan University, a master’s from Montana State University and a doctorate from the University of North Texas.
June 29, 2015
Students
SUSAN L. KRINSKY
SUSAN L. KRINSKY has been appointed chair of the Law School Admission Council. She is associate dean for student affairs at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Krinsky earned a bachelor’s from Kirkland College (now Hamilton), a master’s from Tulane University and a juris doctor from Yale University.
June 29, 2015
Community Colleges
ED Scraps Plans for College Ratings System
The Department of Education announced Thursday that it is shelving plans to move forward on a controversial college rating system and instead will offer a tool providing data that allows the user to compare schools to each other.
June 25, 2015
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