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Community Colleges

West Virginia Higher Ed Panel Approves Tuition Increases

In-state tuition is increasing at least 6 percent at five West Virginia higher education institutions.

June 26, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Economists Seek National Effort to Increase Selective College Applications, Enrollment by Low-Income Students

Stanford University economist Caroline Hoxby unveiled a national proposal aimed at encouraging high-achieving, low-income students to apply to and attend selective colleges.

June 26, 2013

Community Colleges

Dartmouth: Numbers Down for Binge Drinking

Two years after Dartmouth College started a national initiative to reduce binge drinking, it says the number of its students treated for extreme alcohol intoxication has been reduced by more than half.

June 25, 2013

Leadership & Policy

North Dakota State University President Accused of Deleting 45K Emails

The North Dakota Legislative Council is asking Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to determine whether the president of North Dakota State University broke the law by deleting more than 45,000 emails that may have been subject to an open records request.

June 24, 2013

Community Colleges

Four Ways Higher Education Has Changed in Wake of Great Recession

These days, there’s more of a sense of urgency about higher education, it’s more crowded and more expensive. However, it is also more flexible and accessible to millions.

June 24, 2013

Students

Report Urges Better Preparation, More Active Recruitment of Community College Leaders

National community college leaders joined Aspen Institute and the Achieving the Dream organization officials to urge major improvements in how two-year college presidents are recruited, prepared, hired and evaluated.

June 24, 2013

Home

Low Graduation Rates Plague Ivy Tech System

Indiana’s community college system, already grappling with a $68 million deficit, is facing scrutiny over its graduation rates as it works to shore up its role as the linchpin needed to close the state’s skilled-worker gap.

June 23, 2013

Community Colleges

Government Domestic Spying Unsettling News for Campuses

CUNY professor says many Muslim students became reticent to participate in events and join organizations for fear of being the subject of surveillance.

June 23, 2013

MSIs

Lawmakers Attempt to Save Student Loan Deal

A handful of senators struggled Thursday to hold together a bipartisan deal to keep student loan rates from doubling on July 1 while their colleagues traded political barbs with little more than a week to go before the deadline.

June 20, 2013

Students

MSU May Raise Tuition on Juniors, Seniors

Michigan State University is proposing to charge juniors and seniors more than other undergraduate students.

June 19, 2013

Community Colleges

Community College of Baltimore County Opens New Extension Center

The Community College of Baltimore County is opening a new extension center in Owings Mills.

June 18, 2013

Disabilties

Chinese Activist, Fellow Says NYU is Forcing Him Out

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest, said Monday that New York University is forcing him and his family to leave at the end of this month because of pressure from the Chinese government

June 17, 2013