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Community Colleges

AACC Report Calls for Fundamental Shifts in Community Colleges’ Focus

A major report is released as 2,400 community college chancellors, presidents, deans and faculty members meet in Orlando for the 92nd annual American Association of Community Colleges convention.

April 22, 2012

Community Colleges

Questions Persist in Fatal Shooting of Black Community College Student

The fatal shooting of Citrus College student Kendrec McDade by police officers has provoked outrage in Pasadena, Calif., as yet another example of a young Black man losing his life under questionable circumstances.

April 12, 2012

Community Colleges

Students Angry over Pricey Courses Pepper-sprayed

The dozens of student protesters who were pepper-sprayed by police at a California community college this week weren’t just angry about not getting into a meeting of school trustees.

April 5, 2012

Santa Monica College

Community Colleges

Commentary: Community College Campuses Provide an Accurate Reflection of Diversity

Higher education must stop viewing community colleges as drive-by institutions and recognize the significant contribution they are making to American higher education, writes New York-based college administrator Mary Hinton.

March 22, 2012

Community Colleges

Job Training Initiative, Campaigning on President Obama’s Agenda in Prince George’s County

In addition to highlighting a community college job training partnership in Prince George’s County, President Obama focused on the economic pain that Americans are feeling.

March 15, 2012

President Barack Obama

Community Colleges

Florida’s Higher Education Diversity Imperative

In a state with a booming Hispanic and steadily growing African-American population, the issues of access and diversity in higher education are almost always front and center.

March 12, 2012

Community Colleges

Study: Pell Grant Use Surges at Kansas JUCOs

A study of Kansas community colleges shows the number of students receiving federal financial aid jumped dramatically as the nation struggled to recover from the recession.

March 11, 2012

Obama Plan to Raise Dropout Age Draws Mixed Reviews

Raising the high school dropout age may bring more focus to postsecondary education, but analysts express divergent opinions on how such a requirement would impact the dropout dilemma.

March 11, 2012

Dr. Antonio Flores

African-American

Chronicling the Life and Career of a Higher Education Giant — Norman Francis

In this unique series, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education honors the life and career of Xavier University of Louisiana President Norman Francis. For more than four decades, Francis has led the private, historically Black, New Orleans-based university to exemplary accomplishment and achievement. Diverse recounts the challenges Francis faced and triumphs that are credited to his leadership. Please read and join the discussions at the end of each story in the series. ENDPARAGRAPH

March 3, 2012

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Community Colleges

Commentary: Florida’s Community Colleges Provide a History Lesson

Not only is the history of the civil rights movement inadequately taught to students today, but primary sources documenting the events of that era are being lost, an English professor at Florida’s Broward College writes.

February 23, 2012

Dr. Rivka Spiro

Civil Rights Project: California Maintains Segregated Community College System

The vast majority of Black and Latino students in California are being subjected to a “segregated” community college system where very few transfer to four-year institutions, researchers charged Tuesday as they released three reports.

February 14, 2012

Dr. Gary Orfield

Community Colleges

New Budget Targets Pell, Community Colleges

The Obama administration on Monday outlined a new federal education budget with an increase in the maximum Pell Grant and a major new $8 billion initiative to promote community college/business partnerships.

February 13, 2012

Community Colleges

Policy Forum: Research Necessary to Explain Dual Enrollment’s Full Impact Among Low-Income Students

While high school/college course enrollment programs lead to higher GPAs for some students, more research should develop a stronger link between the programs and post-secondary success, panelists asserted at a Washington forum.

February 12, 2012

Community Colleges

Emanuel Announces City Colleges of Chicago Workforce Training Initiative

City Colleges of Chicago’s new “College to Careers” program will create partnerships with local corporations and organizations to prepare city residents for jobs in high-growth industries.

February 9, 2012

Hispanic Education Highlighted at Twitter Town Hall Meeting

During a Twitter Town Hall hosted by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, more than 400 tweeted questions and received answers related to Hispanic education.

February 8, 2012

Community Colleges

Obama Administration Focuses on How to Keep the Cost of College Education Affordable

The plan would include reforms that would steer federal funds away from colleges that fail to keep net tuition down and toward those colleges and universities that do their fair share to keep tuition affordable, provide good value, and serve needy students well.

February 6, 2012

Community Colleges

College Presidents Wary of Obama Cost-control Plan

President Barack Obama’s new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach.

January 29, 2012

President Obama

Community Colleges

Obama Maps 2012 Education Agenda

President Obama outlined an election-year higher education plan that includes a major expansion of college work-study programs and a stronger role of community colleges in workforce training.

January 25, 2012