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Community Colleges
Momentum Grows for Trading Life, Job Experience for Academic Credit
Universities and colleges are being pressed to increase graduation rates and speed up the time it takes for students to complete degrees by awarding college credit for their life and work experience.
December 1, 2010
Community Colleges
How Will Education Funding and Policy Fare in a Republican Congress?
Despite bipartisanship on some issues, experts predict budget cuts and less regulation.
December 1, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Christopher Brown Named New President of Alcorn State
Fisk University provost has been named president of Alcorn State University in Mississippi.
November 30, 2010
Home
UVa Preserves Civil Rights-era News Films
The University of Virginia Library is preserving Civil Rights-era television news footage that includes clips of civil rights leaders discussing plans for demonstrations and former Gov. Lindsay Almond vowing to fight racial integration.
November 30, 2010
Students
Perspectives: When College is a Means to an End
How do you reach college students who are only enrolled to develop marketable skills rather than critical-thinking skills?
November 30, 2010
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Colin Powell, Educators Focus on High School Dropout Epidemic
America’s Promise Alliance, a Washington-based advocacy group released a new report Tuesday on the U.S. high school dropout crisis, which is considered a major dilemma for the Obama Administration’s college-completion agenda.
November 30, 2010
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The Tombs from the Air
“The Tombs” is the colloquial name for the Manhattan Detention Complex, a jail in lower Manhattan at 125 White Street. The nickname has been used for several structures dating from the early to mid-19th century.
November 29, 2010
African-American
The Unreported Economic Depression in Black America
This is a classic Depression for Black America, and few appear to be paying attention. Just look at the numbers.
November 29, 2010
Community Colleges
Elderly Increasingly Looking to College to Boost Job Skills
Community colleges report increasing number of older students looking to remain competitive in tough employment landscape.
November 29, 2010
Native Americans
Pennsylvania Museum Ordered to Return Alaskan Tribal Artifacts
For the first time, the federal repatriation review committee must resolve a bitter ownership dispute between museum, Native Alaskan tribe.
November 29, 2010
Students
Book Reviews: Life Journeys in Academia
While college professors spend a lot of time preparing others for careers, three recent academic memoirs show it can be instructive when scholars share the stories of their own development and life journeys.
November 29, 2010
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College Counseling Runs in the Family
Inspired by their parents, some up-and-coming college admissions counselors are joining the family business.
November 29, 2010
Opinion
Developing a Research Agenda
Young people pursuing graduate study often ask me how I developed my research agenda. They wonder how one carves out an area of research. For those of you who read this blog often, you know that the majority of my work focuses on historically Black colleges and universities and students of color. Recently, I was […]
November 28, 2010
African-American
Lomotey Stuns Southern University-Baton Rouge by Resigning as Chancellor
More than two years ago, Dr. Kofi Lomotey arrived at Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus with much fanfare and high expectations. So how did it all go wrong?
November 28, 2010
Sports
AD Kirby Hocutt: ‘Better Days are Ahead’ for Miami
University of Miami Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt fired head coach Randy Shannon on Saturday night, hours after Miami lost to the University of South Florida in its regular-season finale.
November 28, 2010
Students
Sullivan Seeks to Lead the University of Virginia at a Challenging Time
Dr. Teresa Sullivan, the first female president of the University of Virginia, leads the institution into a new era amid state budget cuts and other challenges.
November 28, 2010
Students
Advocates Decry Loss of N.J. Scholarship Program for Preschool Teachers
Education advocates say New Jersey’s Abbott initiative—offering scholarships to employees of preschools in New Jersey’s poorest districts—had tremendous impact.
November 23, 2010
Students
Report: For-profit Schools Likened to Subprime Mortgage Lenders
The embattled for-profit college sector has taken another hit with the release of a new report that indicts the industry for preying on low-income and minority students in a way that will ultimately lead to a financial catastrophe like the subprime mortgage collapse of 2008.
November 23, 2010
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