Tag: Community Colleges: Page 54

African-American

2015 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges

The Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges national study was first commissioned by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education in 2014. The national survey is administered by the Center for Higher Education Enterprise (CHEE) at The Ohio State University, which is directed by professor […]

May 18, 2015

Community Colleges

SC Faces Shortfall of Workers With at Least a 2-year Degree

Lawmakers should look at higher education as an investment, rather than a cost, since South Carolina’s future depends on a more educated workforce, a former Democratic governor and Republican state treasurer told senators last week.

May 17, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Southern University System Names Presidential Contenders

Southern University’s presidential search committee announced Friday that the pool of candidates for the job of system president and chancellor of the system’s Baton Rouge campus is down to six.

May 17, 2015

Students

College Fairs Aim to Boost College Success Among AAPIs

Journey to Success, a series of daylong college fairs across California, aims to improve rates of college enrollment, retention and graduation among underserved and educationally disadvantaged AAPIs.

May 17, 2015

Students

Consumer Agency Opens Review of Student Loan Services

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened a public inquiry Thursday into student loan servicing practices that it says can make paying back loans “stressful or harmful.”

May 14, 2015

Students

Study: Community College Remediation Commonplace in Oregon

Nearly 65 percent of students enrolling in a community college within six years of graduation from high school in Oregon will take at least one non-credit, developmental education class.

May 11, 2015

Students

Program Seeks to Get High-risk Students Access to College

An Ohio college will try to make it easier for low-income and first-generation students to attend college through a new initiative.

May 10, 2015

Sports

U. of Northern Colorado Reinstates Mexican American Studies Major

University of Northern Colorado officials have decided to reinstate the Mexican American studies major following more than a month of protests related to the university’s March 25 decision to suspend the major.

May 10, 2015

African-American

Young Men of Color Matter Before They’re Victims

President’s comforting words arrive too late for some.

May 10, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Protesters Take on Racial Profiling at Providence College

More than 100 Providence College students, supporters and faculty and staff members rallied against racial profiling they say is widespread among security guards at the private Catholic school.

May 5, 2015

Community Colleges

Accelerated Learning Program Pushes the Envelope

The Community College of Baltimore’s Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) has quickened the path towards credit-bearing courses for students in developmental writing classes and inspired other colleges to adopt a similar program.

May 5, 2015

Leadership & Policy

JOSE SARTARELLI

JOSE SARTARELLI has been named chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is chief global officer and dean of the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. He will take office in July. Sartarelli earned a bachelor’s from the Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil. He earned an MBA and a doctorate from Michigan State University.

May 5, 2015