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Community Colleges

Preservation Group Wants Lynching Murals Kept Uncovered

The University of Idaho’s plan to keep two murals inside the old Ada County Courthouse covered for the grand opening of its new campus is being contested by the state’s leading historic preservation group.

July 8, 2015

African-American

N.C. Central, N.C. State Offering Dual Degree Program

North Carolina Central University and N.C. State University are collaborating to offer a physics and engineering dual degree program.

July 8, 2015

MSIs

Proponents Unveil ‘America’s College Promise Act’

The proposed bill, America’s College Promise Act, will impact at least 9 million students attending community colleges and minority-serving institutions.

July 8, 2015

Students

Tennessee State University Exposes Students to Cutting-Edge Research

More than 20 incoming Tennessee State University freshmen spent part of their summer getting exposed to real-world scientific work and cutting-edge research.

July 6, 2015

Students

Students See Value of Internships

Of the 50,000 college students and recent graduates surveyed, 70.8 percent of students believe that internships should be a requirement when obtaining a college degree.

July 6, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Presidents Partial to Severance Packages

Severance packages for college and university president can be quite hefty.

July 1, 2015

Students

Rethinking Remediation

Community College of Baltimore County seeing much success with innovative remedial education programs.

July 1, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Police Departments Compete for a Few Good-Hearted Officers

They poach officers from nearby police departments. They entice recruits by playing up the drama and heroism of policing through video close-ups of flashing lights and holstered guns. They wrestle with how to offer better pay. But most of all, cognizant of the recent turmoil over officer-involved deaths in Missouri, Baltimore and elsewhere, America’s police […]

July 1, 2015

African-American

CIA Announces Plan to Do Better on Diversity

WASHINGTON, Jun 30, 2015 (AP) – The CIA is failing to hire and promote enough minorities despite years of vowing to do so, Director John Brennan said Tuesday, announcing a new effort to tackle the problem of a largely white workforce whose lack of diversity he says is undercutting the spy agency’s intelligence mission. Brennan […]

July 1, 2015

Community Colleges

Idaho Refugee Program Faces Opposition From Activist Group

Conservative activists are calling for the College of Southern Idaho to remove its refugee program following concerns over the influx of Syrian refugees expected to arrive in south-central Idaho later this fall.

June 30, 2015

Community Colleges

Lincoln College to Become a University, New President Says

The newly installed president of Lincoln College says the central Illinois school will become a university with the addition of baccalaureate degrees.

June 30, 2015

Leadership & Policy

CELESTINO LIMAS

CELESTINO LIMAS has been appointed vice president for student affairs and enrollment at Heritage University. He was vice president for campus life and senior diversity officer at Lafayette College. Limas earned a bachelor’s from the University of Iowa, a master’s from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and a doctorate from the University of Oregon.

June 30, 2015