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Community Colleges
Online System to Help Pennsylvania Students Transfer College Credits to Participating Schools
Pennsylvania’s massive pool of potential college transfer students now have a system that makes the transfer process easier, less time-consuming, and more affordable.
Students
Va. Expands Program to Improve Diversity Among Community College Faculty
The 23-school Virginia community college system has announced an expansion of its Chancellor’s Graduate Student Fellowship program to enhance the initiative’s capacity to increase faculty diversity.
STEM
New Reports Illustrate Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice System
Marking the 35th anniversary of New York’s controversial Rockefeller drug laws, the tough mandatory minimum sentencing laws for drug offenders, three new reports were issued by the Human Rights Watch (HRW), The Sentencing Project (TSP) and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) that highlight the alarming racial disparities that exist in drug-related arrest and imprisonment.
STEM
NACME: Growing ‘Opportunity Gap’ Exists in the Number of Minority Students Pursuing STEM Degrees
Interest among American students of all races and ethnicities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) has dissipated over the last several years.
Community Colleges
Higher ED Leaders in California Protest Budget Cuts
The leaders of the California Community College, the California State University and the University of California systems have come together to petition policymakers in the state capitol to resist deep budgets cuts for public higher education.
Community Colleges
Galliher Not Target Of Alabama Two-Year College System Probe
State Rep. Blaine Galliher said he has been told by federal prosecutors that he is not a target of the investigation of the state’s two-year college system.
Leadership & Policy
College Leaders Say Ohio’s New Education Plan a Good Start
College administrators generally support Ohio’s new goals of making higher education more affordable through lower tuition and more accountable by setting up a system of benchmarks.
Community Colleges
Former Ala. Two-Year System Chief Pleads Guilty to 15 Federal Charges
The fired head of Alabama’s two-year colleges Roy Johnson formally pleaded guilty Monday to 15 charges in a far-reaching federal investigation of corruption in the state’s two-year college system.
Faculty & Staff
Are Magnet Schools the Answer
The concept of diversity in America is likely to become more of a reality with the prospect of a Black man or female becoming the next president of the United States. However, outside the Oval Office, minority students are still not well represented within the country’s best educational systems.
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Leadership & Policy
President Stays True to Faculty Values
In today’s installment of “Women Redefining Leadership,” Dr. Renu Khator, president of the University of Houston and chancellor of the University of Houston System, talks about her path to the college presidency and her goals.
Students
UC System Considers Dropping SAT Subject Test Requirement
Facing pressure from an influential faculty group, the University of California system is considering dropping subject tests of the Scholastic Aptitude Test as a requirement for admission into its nine universities.
Community Colleges
Maine Community College System May Face $1.95 Million Funding Cut
Gov. John Baldacci, spelling out how he would make up for the second $95 million reduction in state revenue estimates in three months, unveiled a budget change package Wednesday that relies largely on new proposals to cut back planned expenditures, including on state aid to local schools.
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