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Community Colleges

Small Rise in College Completion for Young Adults

The percentage of young adults earning a college degree has increased slightly but still remains far below the level needed to reach the president’s goal of having the U.S. rank first worldwide in college graduates.

July 12, 2012

Report Finds Penn State Officials Negligent in Handling of Child Sex Abuse Allegations

A newly-released report on the findings surrounding the sex scandals at Penn State University says officials close to the team demonstrated “total disregard” for the victims of Jerry Sandusky.

July 11, 2012

African-American

Tennessee State University Embroiled in Student Grades Controversy

With more than 100 Tennessee State Univ. students initially given incompletes in two fall courses and those marks later changed to letter grades, officials have clashed over whether school policies were violated.

July 11, 2012

Fire Brings Challenges at Washington State’s Heritage University

A fire at a private, liberal arts college in Washington state has left school officials scrambling to ensure academics aren’t adversely affected for the largely minority students who make up the school’s student body.

July 11, 2012

Heritage University

Putting Forth The Ph.D. Value Proposition

Humanities Ph.D.s are managing to find jobs both within and outside academia despite the economic downturn.

July 11, 2012

African-American

FAMU President James Ammons Resigns

Florida A & M University’s embattled president, Dr. James Ammons, abruptly announced his resignation Wednesday, further complicating the school’s scramble to restore its tarnished reputation in the wake of a student’s hazing death.

July 11, 2012

Dr. James Ammons

African-American

FAMU President Resigns in Wake of Hazing Death

The president of Florida A&M University announced his resignation Wednesday, more than seven months after the drum major for the university band died following a hazing incident, CNN reported Wednesday afternoon.

July 10, 2012

In Nevada, A Higher Education Brain Drain

To Nevada’s unhappy distinction as the state with the nation’s highest unemployment and foreclosure rates, add this: the proportion of its population with college degrees is falling the fastest.

July 10, 2012

Asian American Pacific Islander

Research Initiative to Examine Asian American and Pacific Islander Student Success

Rapid demographic change in U.S. has alerted advocacy organizations of the need to address challenges faced by Asian American and Pacific Islander college students.

July 10, 2012

Dr. Robert Teranishi

African-American

‘Phased’ Retirement Plans Accepted by Howard University Faculty Members

Howard University has joined the ranks of institutions offering tenured faculty generous retirement plans in exchange for helping the school better manage its faculty recruitment, retention, and retirement efforts.

July 10, 2012

Wayne Frederick

Graduate Diversity Officers Play Key Role in Helping STEM Departments Diversify

I’m honored to have contributed to a piece recently published in the 2012 summer edition of The Review of Higher Education. The article focuses on efforts to diversify graduate education at research-intensive universities across the country. While underrepresented minority students comprise about a quarter (and growing) of the nation’s undergraduate population, just 11 percent of […]

July 9, 2012

African-American

Experts: Expanding Age Gap between Whites and Minorities May Increase U.S. Racial Divide

A generation gap in several states between older Whites and younger minorities has race relations experts concerned.

July 9, 2012

Community Colleges

Southern University Devises Strategy to Boost Enrollment

Southern University’s flagship school will vie for a portion of the Baton Rouge, La. community college market as part of a strategy to increase enrollment at the historically Black campus.

July 9, 2012

Targeting Blacks, Latinos for College Success: No Man Left Behind

A growing number of programs offer models to increase the chances that young Black and Latino males will graduate from college.

July 9, 2012

African-American

FAMU Dean’s Notes Urged Long-term Suspension of Marching Band

Florida A&M University’s dean of students wanted to suspend the school’s Marching 100 band for hazing practices three days before drum major Robert Champion’s death, according to notes obtained in a public records request.

July 8, 2012

Community Colleges

Q&A with Jonathan Lightman: The Uncertain Future of California’s Community Colleges

The Hechinger Report spoke with Jonathan Lightman, executive director of the Faculty Association of California’s Community Colleges (FACCC) about what a tax initiative could mean for California higher education.

July 8, 2012

Jonathan Lightman

African-American

Fisk University Campaign Falls Short

Fisk University ended its fiscal year June 30 with a balanced budget, although the university’s enhanced annual fund raising drive this winter and spring fell far short of its ambitious goal of $8 million.

July 8, 2012

Fisk University

North Carolina A&T Joins ‘Model’ List on Financial Aid Award Letters

The White House has enlisted the aid of 10 post-secondary institutions — including historically Black North Carolina A&T State University — to serve as models in providing students with vital information.

July 8, 2012