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Community Colleges

ED Scraps Plans for College Ratings System

The Department of Education announced Thursday that it is shelving plans to move forward on a controversial college rating system and instead will offer a tool providing data that allows the user to compare schools to each other.

June 25, 2015

Students

Study: Parents’ Education Key Factor in Student Achievement

When it comes to meeting “college readiness benchmarks” on the ACT, first-generation college students generally trail their peers who have more highly educated parents.

June 25, 2015

HBCUs

Washington State Might Name Med School for Floyd

SPOKANE, Wash. ― Support is growing to name the new Washington State University medical school for Elson Floyd, the school president who died last weekend of complications from colon cancer.

June 23, 2015

Sports

Vermont State College Seeks to Increase Completion Rate

WATERBURY, Vt. ― Fewer than half of Vermont’s high school graduates go on to get college degrees, and the Vermont State College system is trying to find ways to change that and make sure those who do go on to college complete it.

June 22, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Jackson State Presents $42M Plan to Buy Land for New Dorm

Jackson State University officials want to issue $42 million in bonds to finance construction of a new dormitory on campus.

June 18, 2015

Students

LORNA LE’ANNE SHAW-BERBICK

LORNA LE’ANNE SHAW-BERBICK has been appointed dean of the university at Kentucky State University. She was dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at the College of Saint Rose. Shaw-Berbick earned two bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of the West Indies, and a doctorate from Howard University.

June 17, 2015

Leadership & Policy

College of Charleston Approves Tuition Increase

The College of Charleston Board of Trustees has voted to approve a tuition increase of 3.25 percent for the 2015-2016 academic year.

June 16, 2015

Community Colleges

Oregon Debates Free Community College Plan

In just the last year or so, Tennessee adopted a plan for free community colleges, as did Chicago and the Community College of Philadelphia. Now the Oregon state legislature is debating whether to institute a similar program.

June 16, 2015

Sports

UM Campus Welcomes Foreign Students

In the last school year, the University of Montana had more than 830 international students enrolled.

June 14, 2015

Sports

In Case You Missed It…

Baltimore Stands in Stark Contrast to Charleston Report: Calif. Community Colleges Can Expect Surge in Black Enrollment Media Fuels Negative Perception of Black Athletes Diverse Conversations: Why Diversity on Campus Matters in Real World

June 11, 2015

Students

Rich vs. Poor: The Growing “Class” Gap in Higher Education

Two thoughtful yet troubling articles, published within a week of each other, startled higher education leaders last week.

June 10, 2015

Students

Harvard Gets Biggest Gift Ever: $400M from Wall Street Alum

BOSTON ― Harvard has received its biggest gift in school history—a $400 million donation from Wall Street hedge fund billionaire John Paulson—the university said Wednesday.

June 4, 2015