Tag: Community Colleges: Page 66

Sports

First Asian Pacific American Heisman Winner Could be Just What College Football Needs

Oregon’s Marcus Mariota’s angelic image good for college sports

December 14, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Black Lives and the Struggle for Humanity

The protests in Ferguson and throughout the nation have aroused the long complacent spirit that has been an integral part of American history.

December 10, 2014

African-American

University of Colorado Humanities Classes Dwindle

Enrollment in arts and humanities classes at the University of Colorado is dwindling, mirroring a national trend that professors are trying to grasp.

December 9, 2014

Students

Mexico: At Least 1 of 43 Missing Students Identified

At least 1 of 43 college students missing since September has been identified among charred remains found several weeks ago near a southern Mexico garbage dump, two government officials confirmed Saturday.

December 7, 2014

Students

Cost of College a Problem But Diversity Issue More Serious

Some thoughts while watching CNN’s Ivory Tower documentary.

December 7, 2014

Community Colleges

For-Profit College Accused of Using Strippers to Lure Students

A for-profit Florida college used exotic dancers as admissions officers, falsified documents and coached students to lie on financial forms as it fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in federal money, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Miami.

December 4, 2014

Sports

Police, Black Community Desperately Need Dialogue

I grew up respecting and fearing the police. I still respect them but I also still fear them.

December 4, 2014

Asian American Pacific Islander

Scholars: China Government Gets Foothold on U.S. Campuses

A congressional hearing was told that China’s authoritarian government is funding dozens of institutes that project a rose-tinted view of the Asian nation that compromises the academic integrity of U.S. universities.

December 4, 2014

Disabilties

Audit Reveals Equipment Thefts, Other Problems at Grambling

A new state audit of Grambling State University shows equipment thefts totaling more than $130,000 and an unbalanced budget with more total expenses than revenues in each of the five years analyzed.

December 2, 2014

Students

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Sees More Minority Students

Minority student enrollment at Southern Illinois University’s Edwardsville campus is the highest it’s been in at least two decades.

December 1, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Others in Higher Ed Should Take High Road on Cosby

Despite hundreds of thousands donated, University of Massachusetts becomes latest to distance itself from the embattled entertainer.

November 30, 2014

HBCUs

Navajo Technical University Gets Funds for Distance Learning

A distance learning initiative at Navajo Technical University will be getting a boost of more than $447,000 from the federal government.

November 25, 2014