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Students

Free Community College Program Preparing to Launch in San Diego

Free community college is coming to San Diego. This fall, the first cohort of 201 students will participate in the San Diego Promise pilot program.

Sports

For the Black Athlete, Diversity and Inclusion Still the Elephant in Room

In college sports, we are missing many of the key elements associated with the concept of diversity.

Leadership & Policy

Nebraska Educator Taking President’s Post in North Carolina

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. ― A North Carolina community college board has chosen a Nebraska educator to become the college’s next president. Thomas Walker Jr. is expected to be confirmed by the State Board of Community Colleges July 26 as president of Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Walker has been president of Central Community […]

Students

Eloy Oakley Named Chancellor of California Community Colleges System

Eloy Oakley becomes the first Latino to lead the California Community Colleges, the nation’s largest and most diverse system of public higher education.

Students

Pros Advise Higher Ed Endowment Managers to Stick to Principles

When it comes to managing endowments at institutions of higher education and trying to acquire good returns on investments, the task is fraught with unpredictability.

Students

Activist Role Grows on Breana Ross of United States Student Association

Breana Ross is vice president of the United States Student Association (USSA), the nation’s oldest student-led movement with a membership of 1.5 million.

Students

Dallas’ El Centro College—When a Sniper Cancels Finals

The Dallas County Community College District hopes to be open for Monday after finals were canceled Friday due to a sniper.

Community Colleges

Panel: Free Community College Plans Need More Focus on Adult Learners

As the concept of free community college continues to take root throughout the country, policymakers need to give more thought to the role that such plans can play in the lives of adult learners.

African-American

California Community Colleges Expand Transfer Deal with HBCUs

California Community Colleges and 21 historically Black colleges and universities now have an agreement that potentially will increase the number of community college students going to HBCUs.

Students

Restructuring Student Loans May Prove Problematic

While income-based repayment systems for student loans have evidently worked in other countries, implementing such a system on a broad basis here in the United States could prove problematic.

Students

The Realization of What You are Teaching

How many of us actively question this point to ourselves, “What am I teaching students and what are they learning when I may not realize this is occurring?”

Students

Post-traditional Higher Ed Landscape Requires a New Three-Way Partnership

Traditional students are no longer the majority in higher education. Today’s student body is older and busier. Meeting their needs will require increased collaboration between often disparate departments.

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