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NCCU Seeking to Triple Community College Transfers

NCCU Seeking to Triple Community College TransfersDURHAM, N.C. North Carolina Central University is freeing up scholarship money and tweaking its course requirements as it tries to triple the number of community college transfer students within five years.“It’s a fertile pool of qualified students for the baccalaureate,” Chancellor James H. Ammons said. More than 72,000 North […]

November 3, 2004

Community Colleges

Community Colleges Vital for Diverse Engineering Work Force, Report Says

Community Colleges Vital for Diverse Engineering Work Force, Report SaysBy Dee Ann FinkenWASHINGTONHow critical are community colleges in educating America’s engineers? According to many educators, the schools play a vital role, and their influence will continue to grow. In 1999-2000, 40 percent of engineers reported having turned to a community college for help at some […]

November 3, 2004

Congress Weighs Simplifying Student-Aid Process

Congress Weighs Simplifying Student-Aid ProcessBy M.H. MillerNora Diaz almost didn’t make it to college because her student-aid application form was too long and complicated. Diaz told a congressional panel that she couldn’t have filled out the form without help from counselors. And without student aid, college wouldn’t have been an option for Diaz, whose father […]

November 3, 2004

Community Colleges

Senate Bill to Fund Bush Community College Plan

Senate Bill to Fund Bush Community College PlanSeven months after President Bush proposed a new $250 million initiative for job training at community colleges, a Senate panel is stepping forward to try to fund it.The Senate committee responsible for education spending has included funds for the initiative in its 2005 budget bill, approved in mid-September. […]

October 20, 2004

Presidential Proposals

Presidential ProposalsCandidates Envision Ways to Promote Postsecondary EducationBy Crystal L. KeelsQuestions of military service and non-service, missing weapons of mass destruction, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, the threat of further terrorist attacks and the unprecedented suggestion that U.S. elections may be postponed are topics that have characterized the 2004 presidential election campaign thus far. […]

October 6, 2004

OBAMA RISING

OBAMA RISING All but assured to become the fifth Black American to hold a seat in the U.S. Senate, Obama represents to many the emergence of a new generation of national political leadershipBy Ronald Roach SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Less than two months after a stellar keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Barack Obama […]

October 6, 2004

Community Colleges

Riley House Receives Collection of Abolitionist Papers

Riley House Receives Collection of Abolitionist PapersTALLAHASSEE, Fla. The John G. Riley Center/ Museum of African American History and Culture formally received a nationally significant collection of Black abolitionist papers last month at Tallahassee Community College Library. The collection, which will be housed at Tallahassee Community College (TCC), contains documents including editorials, sermons, speeches, letters […]

October 6, 2004

Saving for College May Result in Future Losses, Report Says

Saving for College May Result in Future Losses, Report Says By Kathleen Kennedy ManzoPinching pennies early for college and investing in state-sponsored savings plans may actually result in a net loss for students, considering the financial aid reductions that may result, particularly for low-income students who plan to attend community colleges, a new report concludes.Money […]

October 6, 2004

Community Colleges

Congress Returns to a Full Plate With Little Time

Congress Returns to a Full Plate With Little TimePerkins Act, HEA renewal to dominate sessionsBy Charles DervaricsDespite the few days left on the legislative calendar, Congress came back in September for a fall session that has education experts cautiously optimistic about the prospect of action on subjects ranging from technical education to the 2005 budget. […]

October 6, 2004

Community Colleges

Elizabeth City State Offers New Birth-to-Kindergarten Degree Program

Elizabeth City State Offers New Birth-to-Kindergarten Degree Program ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.Beginning this fall, Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is offering a new bachelor’s of science degree in education — birth to kindergarten.University officials say the program will appeal to numerous child-care providers, recent high school graduates, community college graduates and teachers currently working in elementary […]

September 22, 2004

Community Colleges

Bush Offers Glimpse of a Second-Term Education Agenda

Bush Offers Glimpse of a Second-Term Education AgendaBy Charles DervaricsPresident Bush in early September outlined a second-term education agenda that includes more Pell Grant support for low-income students, new funds for community colleges and a collection of other proposals designed to spur K-12 reform and college access.“In this time of change, most new jobs are […]

September 22, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Two-Year Schools Overworked, Undervalued, Report Says

Two-Year Schools Overworked, Undervalued, Report SaysBy Garry BoulardWASHINGTONFor those who are still not certain that community colleges really have a role to play in the nation’s higher education story, a small series of statistics is undoubtedly eye-opening: In 1965, 1.2 million students attended two-year schools. By 1998, that number was up to 5.7 million with […]

September 8, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Report: Transfer Barriers Loom Large for Two-Year Students

Report: Transfer Barriers Loom Large for Two-Year StudentsBy Kathleen Kennedy ManzoMisperceptions and a lack of coordination between community colleges and four-year institutions combine to create significant obstacles to baccalaureate degrees for two-year students, according to a report that culminates an 18-month study and marks a rare collaboration between the different higher education sectors.“Central to a […]

September 8, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Brave New Leadership

Brave New LeadershipWith community college presidents retiring left and right, what’s an open-access institution to do? Leadership programs just might be the answerAs community colleges grapple with some of the most pressing issues they’ve ever faced — teacher shortages, swelling enrollments and budget cuts, to name a few — those at the helm of the […]

August 25, 2004

Congress Questions Sky-High Costs of College Textbooks

Congress Questions Sky-High Costs of College TextbooksBy Peggy OrchowskiWhy are textbooks costing community college students almost 50 percent of what they pay for tuition each year? Some members of the U.S. Congress and higher education officials sought to find an answer to that question at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill that explored the reasons […]

August 25, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Calling All Leaders

Calling All LeadersWe are kicking off the academic year with an edition we think you’ll find particularly useful, especially those of you that are looking for ways to enter the administrative ranks of higher education.In “Cracking the Cement Wall to the College Presidency,” assistant editor Kendra Hamilton profiles the American Association of College and Universities’ […]

August 25, 2004

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet HomeCongressional Black Caucus initiative leads HBCU, community college students down the road to homeownershipBy Cassie ChewWhen students graduate from college, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) wants to make sure they hold the keys to economic success. And one of those keys, the CBCF says, should unlock the door to their own home. […]

August 11, 2004

Community Colleges

Community College Automotive Program Recognized

Community College Automotive Program Recognized By DaimlerChrysler NEVILLE ISLAND, Pa.The DaimlerChrysler Corp. has named Community College of Allegheny County a College Automotive Program (CAP) School of the Year in recognition of the college’s commitment to excellence in automotive education and training.The DaimlerChrysler CAP program, offered at CCAC’s Technology Center on Neville Island, is one of […]

August 11, 2004