Tag: Community Colleges: Page 81

African-American

NC Central, Chinese University Sign Agreement

N.C. Central University and Beijing Language and Culture University in China have signed an agreement to begin a bilingual speech language pathologist training program.

May 26, 2014

Students

UC Santa Barbara Students Targeted By Gunman

Elliot Rodger identified as suspect in killing spree that claimed lives of seven, including his own.

May 26, 2014

Community Colleges

Gov. O’Malley Urges Grads to Fight Climate Change

Gov. Martin O’Malley urged graduating students from the state’s flagship university Thursday to work against climate change, which he called “the transformation that transforms everything.”

May 22, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Dream Catcher

In this issue, Diverse salutes Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton, the influential former president of Cuyahoga Community College.

May 22, 2014

LGBTQ+

University of Arkansas Reverses Course on Gay Health Benefits

The University of Arkansas System has reversed its decision to include same-sex couples in the health benefits that is offered to spouses.

May 21, 2014

Latinx

Mexico, U.S. Seek to Boost Student Exchanges

President Barack Obama’s new higher education exchange initiative aims to have 100,000 students from each country participate.

May 21, 2014

Students

Today’s Students Marching to Their Beat for Successful Living

We forgot to ask if our kids were ready for college. I was a college administrator and I should have known better.

May 20, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Illinois President Asks Potential Retirees Back

With the state’s new pension law on hold, University of Illinois President Bob Easter on Thursday urged employees planning to retire this spring to reconsider.

May 18, 2014

Asian American Pacific Islander

In Case You Missed It…

Asian Americans Battle ‘Invisibility’ In Bid to Break Through the Bamboo Ceiling Colleges, Nonprofits Seek to Fill Void Created by PPL Shift From Classroom to Community, Professor Advocates for Social Justice It’s Not Just in the Numbers: Making Campus Diversity Work Post-Schuette

May 15, 2014

Community Colleges

Lenoir-Rhyne Students Use Meal Plan for Homeless

Not all college students eat all the meals they pay for in their meal plan. But two Lenoir-Rhyne University students came up with a generous idea to get their money’s worth.

May 15, 2014

Students

2 Fired Professors Sue Bryan College

Two former professors at a Dayton college named for one of creationism’s most famous defenders are suing to get their jobs back after rejecting the school’s amended statement of belief.

May 15, 2014

Community Colleges

Report: Student Debt Dragging Down Graduates’ Incomes

Younger Americans with student loan debt are amassing only one-seventh as much money as people with similar incomes and no student loans, according to a new report.

May 14, 2014