Tag: Community Colleges: Page 21

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.

July 20, 2016

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 […]

July 18, 2016

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.

July 18, 2016

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.

July 14, 2016

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.

July 14, 2016

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.

June 30, 2016

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.

June 14, 2016

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?”

June 10, 2016

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.

June 8, 2016

Students

Community College Leaders Seek to Maximize Potential Benefits from Reauthorized Higher Education Act

Community college leaders met in Washington to discuss legislative priorities for the upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.

June 6, 2016

Students

Faculty of Color Urged to Heed Call of Activism

Numerous NCORE attendees agreed that it’s imperative for faculty and staff of color to find ways to stand in solidarity with today’s underrepresented and disadvantaged students amid racial tensions, escalating tuition and national political rhetoric that is often anti-minority, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim.

June 6, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Ex-lieutenant Governor Picked as Ivy Tech’s New President

INDIANAPOLIS ― Former Indiana Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann was selected Wednesday as the next president for the state’s community college system. Ivy Tech Community College trustees voted 11-0 to hire Ellspermann, who for months has been considered the leading candidate to replace outgoing school President Thomas Snyder. She will begin in the new position on […]

May 18, 2016