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Study Abroad? College Students Drop, Rethink Plans

Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students’ interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.

November 19, 2009

Study Abroad Programs Seek More Diversity

Bishops Discuss Authority over Catholic Colleges

Fallout continues from the summer controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights.

November 19, 2009

Community Colleges

AU Professor’s Cross-country Study Reveals American Hospitality Toward Muslims

American University professor Ahmed Akbar traveled the country to gauge Americans’ attitudes toward Muslims after the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks. The results are documented in a film, “Journey into America.”

November 19, 2009

Professor Ahmed Akbar

Understanding Identity Politics in a Classroom

When I taught at Penn State and Temple universities, my classrooms were mostly White save for a handful of Black and Brown faces. The toughest thing for me to come to grips with was the fact that I was a person of color teaching students who had rarely interacted with minority educators. Those dynamics were […]

November 18, 2009

Study Identifies Factors Behind Successful Community College Transfers

Researchers focused on six Texas community colleges with large proportions of socioeconomically disadvantaged students explain in newly released report why higher-than-predicted transfer rates were accomplished.

November 18, 2009

Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith

Community Colleges

Community Colleges Targeted by Goldman Sachs Small Business Initiative

Initiative by Goldman Sachs investment banking firm will funnel $200 million to higher education institutions, including community colleges, to assist small business owners with education and technical assistance.

November 18, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Black Coaches Group Seeks Increased College President Input on Football Hires

The Black Coaches and Administrators organization has called for more involvement by college presidents in hiring football coaches, a move believed would lead to more minority coaches on the sidelines.

November 18, 2009

Creating an Army of Latino College-goers

I recently attended a football game and was struck by the assertive approaches by military recruiters to engage the males in attendance. It reminded me of several focus groups we held with Latino students across the country and their comments that the military was more aggressive in recruiting them than any college. Given the national […]

November 17, 2009

Revisiting Higher Ed Accountability in the Obama Era

Panelists at a Washington think tank conference on higher education accountability questioned standards in financial management, accreditation, and the professoriate while addressing fundamental questions about the role and responsibility of U.S. higher education.

November 17, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Mississippi Plan to Consolidate Black Colleges Facing Opposition

Opposition to Gov. Haley Barbour’s plan to merge Mississippi’s three historically Black schools, includes Jackson State University President Ronald Mason and Black Mississippi legislators.

November 17, 2009

Indiana Professors Propose African Boarding School

Some Indiana University professors have proposed a novel way to give struggling inner-city students a fresh start: send them to boarding school in Ghana.

November 17, 2009

Looking Forward Rather Than Backward

Last Thursday, I attended the “Unfinished Business: National Dialogue on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century” meeting at Morgan State University. Most of the conversation centered on the inequity that continues to exist in public higher education, especially in the Southern and border states. During the presidents’ roundtable, the speakers detailed […]

November 16, 2009

As N.C. Families Struggle, College Aid Panel Meets

After N.C. lawmakers shuffled around financial aid programs around to help balance the state budget this year, a legislative commission meets this week to recommend reforms to the state’s financial aid system

November 16, 2009

N.C. Gov. Beverly Perdue (right)

Leadership & Policy

Getting Community Relations Down to a Science

Dr. Rose Tseng, chancellor at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, ensures the local community shares in the university’s advancement and success.

November 16, 2009

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College Students Find Support in Campus ‘Posses’

The Posse Foundation, founded by Deborah Bial, targets students in disadvantaged urban school districts who have strong leadership skills and helps keeps them in college by supporting their psychological and academic needs.

November 16, 2009

Mass. Immigrant Tuition Bill to Get New Push

The failure of Massachusetts, a left-leaning state that was the first to legalize gay marriage and the only so far to require health insurance for all its residents, to pass a bill allowing in-state tuition for undocumented students is a source of frustration for advocates.

November 15, 2009

Study Abroad Participation Up, Except Among Minority Students

Despite targeted outreach and the availability of financial aid, minority-student study abroad participation declined for several groups, according to the new Open Doors report from the Institute of International Education.

November 15, 2009

Teacher Shortage Gives Way to Teacher Glut

When Lilli Lackey started college, talk of a growing teacher shortage gave her confidence that a job would be waiting for her when she got out.

November 12, 2009