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A New Retention Tool: Personal Coaches For Students

For years, Northeastern University¡¯s School of Professional and Continuing Studies was losing its students at a disturbing rate.

University of Colorado Presidential Selection Upsets Campus

The man nominated to lead the state’s flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.D.s, he has only a bachelor’s degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser.

Colo. University Selection Upsets Campus

BOULDER Colo. The man nominated to lead the state’s flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.Ds, he has only a bachelor’s degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser. Bruce Benson’s nomination may be bitterly dividing this 52,000-student, three-campus institution, but it is a sign […]

Students Being Forced Out of Dorms Because of Poor Grades

Students attending State University of New York at Old Westbury may find themselves homeless and hungry if they don’t keep their grades up, according to a story in The New York Times. The college has recently began enforcing a 14-year-old policy that says any student with a cumulative grade point average lower than 2.0 will […]

Celebrating Black History Month

Numerous two-year and four-year colleges are hosting Black History Month events across the nation.

Dual-Enrolled High School Students Get Head Start At N.C. Community Colleges

Led by two of its classmates, a freshman literature class plotted to break out of a concentration camp.

Sacramento Editor Heads Journalism Program on Mexican Border Issues

Rich Rodriguez, 53, the former editor of the Sacramento Bee has joined the faculty of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication to train young journalists to cover Latino and U.S.-Mexico border issues.

Higher Ed Institutions Contribute to Country’s Widening Social Divide, Educators Say

It is difficult to find a college or university that does not have diversifying its student body on the top of its long list of goals and objectives, but one educator at the American Council on Education’s annual meeting said that many higher ed institutions are largely to blame for society’s widening social, racial and economic divide as many colleges’ own admissions policies keep out the very the populations they say they’re trying to admit.

Paying For Grades Yields Mixed Results in Boosting Student Achievement

As public school districts struggle to boost student achievement, an increasing number of districts are turning to incentives for students, such as paying them cash money, to improve their attendance, test scores and grades.

Student Kills 2, Self at La. College

BATON ROUGE La. A 23-year-old woman killed two fellow students with a .357 revolver in a classroom at a vocational college Friday, then committed suicide, police said. The women apparently were shot in their seats in the second-floor classroom at Louisiana Technical College, Baton Rouge Sgt. Don Kelly said. About 20 people were in the […]

Former Sacramento Bee Editor Joins Arizona State Faculty

TEMPE, Ariz. The former editor of the Sacramento Bee has joined the faculty of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Rich Rodriguez, 53, will lead an initiative to train young journalists to cover Latino and U.S.-Mexico border issues. He’s been named the school’s first Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor. Rodriguez was […]

The Need to Equip, Prepare Community College Faculty Has Never Been Greater

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