Tag: Community Colleges: Page 89

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Southern Miss Wins Race, Origin, Ethnic Suit from Former Grad Student

Court of Appeals upholds decision that dismissed the case of Maria Salcido vs. the University of Southern Mississippi for race, national origin and ethnic discrimination.

March 16, 2014

Community Colleges

Colleges Offer to Pay Students to Take Year Off

Colleges are paying students to take a year off after high school to travel, volunteer or do internships so that they can benefit from “gap years.”

March 16, 2014

Community Colleges

Blacks, Latinos Projected to Lead Growth in U.S. Higher Education Enrollments

The U.S. Education Department projects that, between 2011 and 2022, Black and Latino higher education enrollment growth will surge by 26 and 27 percent, respectively.

March 13, 2014

Community Colleges

Pathway from a Liberal Arts Education to a Job at Google

Here’s how a liberal arts education can help a student prepare for a successful future career.

March 12, 2014

Community Colleges

30th Anniversary Edition

In one of Diverse’s largest issues this year, we cover the issues and people that have impacted the past 30 years of diversity in higher education, including standardized testing, legal battles, the growth of women presidents at HBCUs and gender imbalance on college campuses.

March 12, 2014

Community Colleges

Pa. Universities Will be Permitted to Leave State System Under New Proposal

Some Pennsylvania state lawmakers want state-owned universities to be able to leave the 14-member State System so the schools can better cope with enrollment trends and financial pressures.

March 11, 2014

Faculty & Staff

NAACP Opposes Gov. McConnell for President of Charleston College

S.C.—Civil rights leaders say they oppose Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell, a Civil War re-enactor, for president of the College of Charleston.

March 10, 2014

Community Colleges

Morris Brown Gets Approval from Court to Sell Property

Morris Brown College has gotten a court’s approval to sell some of the property on its Atlanta campus.

March 9, 2014

African-American

Historians Push for Revival of Studying the Midwest

A new Midwest history association, launching this fall, will call for universities in the Midwest to make a concerted effort to focus on Midwestern history.

March 9, 2014

Community Colleges

At ACE, Presidents Focus on Building Partnerships with Institutions Abroad

At the 96th annual meeting of the American Council on Education, college and university presidents shared strategies on how to strengthen their respective international programs.

March 9, 2014

Community Colleges

Survey: Coast a Growing Factor in College Decisions

UCLA survey shows the percentage of the nation’s college freshman attending their first-choice school has reached its lowest level in almost 40 years.

March 6, 2014

Students

Group Seeks to Double Number of U.S. Students Abroad

An international education institute is working to double the number of U.S. students studying abroad by 2019.

March 3, 2014