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States Finding Higher Ed Funding a Taxing Issue

Only three states—Alaska, Wyoming, and North Dakota—are spending more per student than they did before the recession, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

July 1, 2015

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Getting Race and Poverty Right in Education

Several months ago, I was invited to conduct a professional development session in a school with a high proportion of students of color and those living below the poverty line

July 1, 2015

Study: Limited Support for Transgender Census Category

Researchers find that among transgender individuals there may be limited support for the inclusion of a transgender category in the U.S. Census.

July 1, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Presidents Partial to Severance Packages

Severance packages for college and university president can be quite hefty.

July 1, 2015

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Rethinking Remediation

Community College of Baltimore County seeing much success with innovative remedial education programs.

July 1, 2015

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Arhin Resuscitates Fayetteville State Nursing Program

When Afua O. Arhin arrived at Fayetteville State University (FSU) to take over the nursing program in the fall of 2010, the program had been suspended due to low pass rates on the national nursing licensure exam. But instead of viewing the problems at the beleaguered nursing program as a liability, Arhin viewed them as […]

July 1, 2015

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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

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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

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Montana Creates Office of American Indian Health

HELENA, Mont. — Gov. Steve Bullock signed an executive order June 16 to establish a state Office of American Indian Health, saying the current health care system in Indian Country limits access to preventative care and quality health care services and providers. Bullock issued the directive with health officials and tribal leaders at the conclusion […]

July 1, 2015

Native Americans Complain of Bias at a VA Hospital

WICHITA, Kan. – – Members of a Native American sweat lodge at a VA hospital in Wichita have been subjected to discrimination and “blatant hostility” aimed at shutting down their religious services, according to a letter sent by a religious liberties group June 24 to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Among the concerns outlined […]

July 1, 2015

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STELLA FLORES

STELLA FLORES has been named director of access and equity in the Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy and an associate professor of higher education at New York University. She was associate professor of public policy and higher education at Vanderbilt University. Flores earned a bachelor’s from Rice University, a master’s from The University of Texas at Austin, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.

July 1, 2015

Diverse on the Go

Executive Editor David Pluivose, Online Editor G.E. Branch and Advertising Accounts Manager Marla Scher will be at the CMC Media Conference at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, D.C. Be sure to stop by our booth and say hello!

July 1, 2015

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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

Underserved Students Not as Likely to be Ready for STEM Careers

A newly released ACT report suggests that underserved students are far less likely to be prepared for careers in STEM, despite an often equal interest in the disciplines.

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

UC Berkley Drops Dependent Coverage From Health Plan

The University of California, Berkeley recently decided to drop dependent coverage from its student health care plan.

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

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