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Community Colleges

System Allows Credits to Transfer Between Ivy Tech, Universities

INDIANAPOLIS A system that allows community-college students to transfer credits to the state’s seven public universities is nearly complete – a milestone in the decades-long effort to create transfer agreements that benefit students and their checkbooks.

Leadership & Policy

Alabama College President’s Indictment Leads to Internal Investigation of Two-Year System

MONTGOMERY Ala. Two-year colleges chancellor Bradley Byrne said n internal investigation has begun following the indictment of former Alabama Fire College President William Langston and will focus on the hiring of the director’s children.

Community Colleges

New community college affirmative action policies announced; California keeps some elements of old hiring programs – Special Report Top 100 Degree Producers

California Community Colleges officials have changed the system’s affirmative action hiring policies to make sure that they don’t include any “illegal preferences” for minorities.

Leadership & Policy

California’s Mertes to resign – David Mertes, chancellor of California Community College system

David Mertes, who led the nation’s largest collection of colleges through massive social changes and numerous political mine fields, will resign June 30 as chancellor of the California Community College system.

Georgia gov. proposes major changes in lottery program – Governor Zell Miller

Augusta, GA The Georgia Lottery has produced cash for winners and scholarships for students. But Gov. Zell Miller (D) has proposed changes in the system that critics charge could deny hundreds of African Americans the hope of going to college.

Senate Report Questions Student Lender’s Old Rewards System

LINCOLN Neb. Student lender Nelnet used a points system to reward members of an advisory board with donations to universities in exchange for attending meetings and providing ideas, according to a U.S. Senate report.

Community Colleges

Seamless system – financial problem of public higher education in the US

WASHINGTON As funding problems persist, state legislators are looking to increase tuition and raise admissions standards at public four-year colleges, making community colleges the primary access to higher education, according to a new survey of state legislators released here this month.

New Liberian President Seeks to Rehabilitate Country’s Education System

Finding teachers still country’s main hurdle.

Faculty & Staff

Study: Immigrants Create Hi-Tech Firms, Not Take Jobs From Americans

In a new study, researchers from Duke University, the University of California-Berkeley, and the Kauffman Foundation show that there is a strong correlation between educational attainment in the STEM disciplines and innovation among immigrant founders of U.S.-based engineering and technology companies.

Perspectives: College Dream Can Be Reality For America’s Refugee Citizens

Education is the proven universal passport to a better personal and financial future. Our nation prides itself on providing equal educational opportunities for all. The system isn’t perfect, and no one knows that better than the poor and those outside the mainstream of American life. Like other Americans, refugee and asylum families in this country dream of college for their children, but few find their way to our campuses. We must change that.

Low Percentage of Latino Students Transfer From Community Colleges to Four-Year Universities, UCLA Study Shows

LOS ANGELES Although a majority of Latino students in California are enrolled in the community-college system, only a handful transfer to a four-year university, according to a new report by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.

Minority-Serving Institutions Scrambling For Quick Funds

HSIs look for increased federal funding through NSF and farm bills.

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