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College “Student Group” Aided by For-profit Industry

Career College Association, a lobbying group for for-profit schools, provided the organizational muscle to launch the grassroots-sounding Students for Academic Choice at a time when for-profit colleges are under fire.

An Everest College counselor advises a student on career options. Everest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc. (photo courtesy of Everest College)

Why We Need Diverse Books

Many fine examples of general-interest, academic, literary books from the university and small presses are overlooked when it comes time to hand out accolades. Most are never reviewed, which contributes to their invisibility. Writing about them can be a lonely enterprise. It helps if you have eclectic reading habits, a taste for the esoteric and […]

College Success Foundation Celebrates 10 Years of Helping Students

The College Success Foundation, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, released a report highlighting its success in preparing socially disadvantaged middle and high school students to enter college and graduate.

Becoming a Force for Diversity and Inclusion

Rosemary E. Kilkenny is Georgetown University’s vice president for institutional diversity and equity, a position that was created for her in 2006, and she has become the university’s most visible cheerleader for diversity and inclusion.

Rosemary Kilkenny

Arizona State Forum: Fixing U.S. Education

Taking the uncommon step as a public flagship university to help stimulate the national conversation on education reform, Arizona State University convened a panel of education experts for a forum titled “Getting Back in the Race: Fixing American Education” this past Friday.

Freeman Hrabowski

Hispanic College Success: It’s All in The Family

Studies show that more Hispanic students are enrolling in college, but a disproportionate number drop out with debt instead of degrees.

Student Immigrants Use Civil Rights-era Strategies

Students fighting laws that target undocumented immigrants are taking a page from the civil rights era, adopting tactics and gathering praise from the generation of demonstrators who marched in the streets and sat at segregated lunch counters.

Dreamwalkers talk about their experiences on the Trail of Dreams

Recommendations for National K-12 Education Standards Target College Readiness

The goal of Common Core State Standards is to ensure that every student graduates from high school prepared to attend a post-secondary institution or enter the workforce.

National Education Association vice president Lily Eskelsen

Community College Trends Examined at Conference

At a conference of community college faculty and staff members, attendees looked to veteran leaders for a glimpse at what the future holds for U.S. community colleges.

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Community College Conference Urges Focus on Student Success

The theme of improving student success in community colleges took center stage Monday at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Thirty-Second Annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence.

Collaboration Among USC Researchers, Western States Seeks To Spur Minority College Success

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and the USC Center for Urban Education are partnering to improve policies that measure and increase the college success of underrepresented minority students.

David Longanecker is president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. (photo courtesy of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

Revoked Scholarships Surprise College Athletes

With the U.S. Justice Department investigating the NCAA over the one-year scholarship award practice, college sport watchdogs say athletes too often fall victim to unkept promises and bottom-line decisions that force many out of big-time sports programs.

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