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Community Colleges

Asheville Police Lower Educational Requirements for Recruits

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Asheville Police Department has cut degree requirements for new recruits, saying new police officers no longer need a two-year college degree and can be hired with a high school diploma.

January 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Bat Signal for Blind Example of Campus Innovations

Thousands of innovations are emerging from college classrooms and labs around the country.

January 4, 2015

Latinx

Initiative in California Clearing Path to Law School for Underrepresented

There’s a broad effort to encourage and steer more community college graduates in California — especially minorities and other underrepresented populations — into law school.

January 4, 2015

Faculty & Staff

China Leader: More Party Control Over Colleges

China’s president has called for the Communist Party’s leadership over the country’s universities to be enhanced in a continuing tightening of ideological controls across a wide range of society.

December 30, 2014

Community Colleges

New York Says 13 Businesses Coming to Tax-Free Campuses

New York officials said Monday that 13 more businesses have agreed to expand to or locate in tax-free zones at colleges and universities across the state while committing to bring new jobs.

December 29, 2014

HBCUs

In Case You Missed It…

Experts Divided Over Impact of Absent Father-themed College Admission Essays New Fund for Low-Income California Students Enables Donor Tax Breaks  Department of Education Criticized for Not Using Accreditor Sanction Data Do Community College Credentials Pay Off?

December 26, 2014

Students

Daughter’s Suit Over Tuition Goes to Higher Court

A higher court will be handling the case of whether a divorced New Jersey couple must pay their daughter’s college tuition even though they both disagree with where she’s going to school.

December 23, 2014

Sports

Giving Black Boys a Framework for Success

I am waking up and going to bed asking the same question: What is going on, America?

December 23, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Bowdoin to Cover Education Costs for Slain N.Y. Police Officer’s Son

Maine’s Bowdoin College is going to cover the education costs of a student whose father was one of two New York City police officers gunned down over the weekend.

December 22, 2014

Community Colleges

‘Draft Framework’ of new college ranking system for something other than football revealed

How will your school stack up in terms of providing access to low-income students? Academic outcomes? Will the rankings even be fair?

December 21, 2014

Leadership & Policy

DREAM Come True?

President Obama’s executive order on immigration could pave way to college for more DREAMers.

December 18, 2014

Students

San Diego State Greeks Raise Sex Assault Awareness

Leaders of the Greek community at San Diego State University are developing a plan that calls for all members of fraternities and sororities to receive sexual assault awareness training.

December 15, 2014