Tag: Community Colleges: Page 69

Community Colleges

Going to the Extreme With College Dropouts

An anti-diversity idea being floated that people should be aware of.

October 19, 2014

Students

New Report Finds Schools Inadequately Prepare Students for Global Success

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has found that few high-schools require certain core classes as part of their college-ready curriculum.

October 16, 2014

Community Colleges

LSU Employee Asked to Stay off Campus After Trip to Liberia

Louisiana State University says an employee who trained Liberian police officers to use protective clothing has been asked to stay off campus for three weeks – the period during which Ebola virus symptoms could show up.

October 16, 2014

African-American

Pasadena City College to Pay Writer $26K for Rescinded Invitation

A California community college agreed to pay Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black $26,050 for rescinding a commencement speaking offer after a stolen sex video emerged online of the Milk writer.

October 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

UCLA Study Offers Hope on Emergency Room Crowding

The research could offer hope to those who worry that the expansion of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act will not ease emergency room crowding as President Obama and others have predicted.

October 15, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Alleged Capo Kills Self as Search in Mexico for Missing College Students Continues

The alleged leader of a drug gang implicated in the disappearance of 43 college students killed himself during a confrontation with Mexican security forces Tuesday, a day after protesters demanding an investigation into the students’ whereabouts burned government buildings in the southern state of Guerrero.

October 14, 2014

Leadership & Policy

South Carolina State Still Owes $6.5M on Unpaid Bills

South Carolina State University still owes $6.5 million on bills and needs more help from the state to move forward, President Thomas Elzey told the Budget and Control Board on Tuesday.

October 14, 2014

Community Colleges

Nearly 200 Students Sue Kansas-Based College

Nearly 200 students have joined a lawsuit accusing Kansas-based Wright Career College of fraud.

October 13, 2014

Students

Veterans Affairs Secretary Wooing Medical Students

The new secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs made an impassioned recruitment pitch to medical school and nursing students at the University of Vermont on Monday, urging them to consider careers in the VA.

October 13, 2014

Leadership & Policy

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Calls for Diversity Officer

The chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hoping to see the institution join others in adding a chief diversity officer to its administrative cabinet.

October 12, 2014

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Experts: ‘Opportunity Gap’ Key Impediment to Black Male Academic Achievement Darker-Skinned African-American Students Suspended More Frequently HSI Advocates Question Relevancy, Accuracy of College Ratings Systems With Its Vital Signs Weakening, Wilberforce University Calls In a Specialist

October 9, 2014

African-American

Top 100 Degree Producers Special Report

Our annual Top 100 Degree Producers special report — the only national report on the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to award associate, bachelor’s, graduate and professional degrees to African-American, Hispanic, Asian American and American Indian students.

October 9, 2014