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Faculty & Staff

Is ‘Saturday Night Live’ the Answer to Our Diversity Ills?

Lorne Michaels in an interview in the latest New York Magazine acknowledges his program has a diversity problem.

February 9, 2014

African-American

Hearings Planned on Connecticut College Sexual Assault Bill

The proposed legislation attempts to strengthen sexual assault policies on Connecticut college campuses and the way schools report sex assaults.

February 9, 2014

Faculty & Staff

The Next Generation

February is a good time to look ahead, especially to the next generation of Black leadership.

February 6, 2014

Sports

Temple Offers $4,000 If Students Limit Job Hours

The annual grants are available for incoming students who agree to not work more than 10 hours a week in off-campus jobs, in an attempt for students to graduate in four years.

February 4, 2014

Community Colleges

St. Paul’s College Officially for Sale

The financially strapped school in Lawrenceville, Va., that shut down last year is now listed with Motley’s Auction and Realty Group for a sealed bid auction of its buildings and acreage. Bids will be accepted through March.

February 4, 2014

Community Colleges

Diana Ramírez-Jasso Designing Her Own Course of Action

This 2014 Diverse Emerging Scholar has created the first liberal studies program for Boston Architectural College, capitalizing on her interest in history, Mexican background and time at Harvard.

February 4, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Elizabeth City State Looking at More Layoffs

Chancellor Charles Becton says eliminating up to 65 positions would save $3.7 million a year.

February 3, 2014

African-American

Community College News Now Aggregate List 1/29/201

Community College News Now Aggregate List 1/29/2014 State of the Union: Obama asks Congress to reverse economic inequality http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-state-of-the-union-obama-2014-20140128,0,2195484.story#ixzz2rntqPptb Low-key state of the union for education – Is the Pell shortfall back? – Connecticut backs off value-added teacher evals http://www.politico.com/morningeducation/0114/morningeducation12853.html How Cody Anderson went from a community college outfielder to one of the Indians’ top […]

January 31, 2014

Community Colleges

Anna Dina Joaquin Utilizes Linguistic Skills to Help Others Succeed

There was no indication in Dr. Anna Dina Joaquin’s high school report card that she would one day become a university professor, but the Filipino American’s family’s strong immigrant values — hard work and education — along with encouragement from a key mentor, eventually propelled her to go from nearly the bottom of her […]

January 28, 2014

Community Colleges

State AGs Investigating For-Profit Education Firms

Attorneys general for more than a dozen states have ordered several for-profit education companies to turn over information on the firms’ business practices.

January 27, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Eduardo González Putting UMass Boston on Map With Grants and Success

This Diverse 2014 Emerging Scholar is exactly where he wanted to be, doing high-level research on theoretical math that has attracted the attention of his peers and federal grantmakers.

January 26, 2014

Community Colleges

Humanities Majors Don’t Fare as Badly as Portrayed, New Earnings Report Says

People who major in the humanities and social sciences don’t earn as much as their classmates in the physical and natural sciences, math or engineering, but the gap is not as wide as has been portrayed.

January 26, 2014