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Community Colleges

Senate Bill to Fund Bush Community College Plan

Senate Bill to Fund Bush Community College PlanSeven months after President Bush proposed a new $250 million initiative for job training at community colleges, a Senate panel is stepping forward to try to fund it.The Senate committee responsible for education spending has included funds for the initiative in its 2005 budget bill, approved in mid-September. […]

October 20, 2004

Community Colleges

Congress Returns to a Full Plate With Little Time

Congress Returns to a Full Plate With Little TimePerkins Act, HEA renewal to dominate sessionsBy Charles DervaricsDespite the few days left on the legislative calendar, Congress came back in September for a fall session that has education experts cautiously optimistic about the prospect of action on subjects ranging from technical education to the 2005 budget. […]

October 6, 2004

Community Colleges

Bush Offers Glimpse of a Second-Term Education Agenda

Bush Offers Glimpse of a Second-Term Education AgendaBy Charles DervaricsPresident Bush in early September outlined a second-term education agenda that includes more Pell Grant support for low-income students, new funds for community colleges and a collection of other proposals designed to spur K-12 reform and college access.“In this time of change, most new jobs are […]

September 22, 2004

Home

Know Your Enemy: The Assault on Diversity

Know Your Enemy: The Assault on DiversityWhile policy-makers and educational administrators decry the underrepresentation of African American students in institutions of higher education, groups like the Center for Individual Rights (CIR) work to limit African American presence on campuses even more. While innovative programmers build programs that will attract African American students to their campuses, […]

September 8, 2004

Students

Power Play: HBCUs Seek Clout in Washington

Power Play: HBCUs Seek Clout in WashingtonBy Ronald RoachAs president of Langston, a historically Black land-grant state university in Oklahoma, Dr. Ernest Holloway says it’s gratifying that his school and the other historically Black schools covered by the Higher Education Act’s (HEA) entitlement grant programs have seen consistent increases in HEA program monies over the […]

September 8, 2004

Faculty & Staff

HBCU Faculty Encouraged to Integrate GIS in Research, Curriculum

HBCU Faculty Encouraged to Integrate GIS in Research, Curriculum  WASHINGTONDespite being scaled down in comparison to previous workshops, the 21st Annual HBCU Summer Faculty Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Workshop in Washington, D.C., impressed upon faculty members and other participants the need to integrate GIS in research and the curriculum. GIS is defined as “computer mapping […]

August 11, 2004

Latinx

Few College Programs Reap Gains From Education Spending Bill

Few College Programs Reap Gains From Education Spending BillHBCUs, community colleges receive small victoriesBy Charles DervaricsBlack colleges are one of the few winners in a new 2005 House education spending bill that largely holds the line on federal funding for higher education, including core financial aid programs essential for needy students.The main federal program for […]

July 28, 2004

Latinx

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending Bill

Few Increases for Student Aid in Spending BillCongress vetoes White House plans for Perkins’ cutbackStudent financial aid programs would receive few increases under a new congressional plan to fund federal education programs in 2004.The plan from a House of Representatives panel would maintain the maximum Pell Grant at the current $4,050, with no increase despite […]

July 16, 2004

Students

Republican Plan for Proprietary Colleges Draws Fire

Republican Plan for Proprietary Colleges Draws FireShould for-profit, proprietary institutions be considered in the same way as traditional nonprofit schools? The House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing June 16 to consider how federal funding is doled out to proprietary schools under the proposed College Access and Opportunity Act, a […]

July 14, 2004

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New Perkins Bill Gains Favor With Educators, Lawmakers

New Perkins Bill Gains Favor With Educators, LawmakersBy Garry Boulard For the advocates of vocational and technical education, Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., has good news: The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act will not be gutted.“That was one of our primary concerns,” said Kimberly Green, executive director of the National Association of State […]

June 30, 2004

Students

On The Right Path

On The Right PathOver the past 20 years, colleges and universities continue to experience an increase in the number of American Indian/Alaska Native students receiving degreesAccounting for only 1 percent of the total U.S. population, American Indians have a 60 percent to 70 percent high school dropout rate, the highest among all minority groups. At […]

June 16, 2004

Students

NEA Study Finds Stagnant Resources Jeopardize Public Schools

NEA Study Finds Stagnant Resources Jeopardize Public SchoolsInvestments in public schools are not keeping pace with the needs of our children, according to an education funding report released last month by the National Education Association (NEA).Last fall, nearly 400,000 additional children entered the nation’s classrooms, representing the 19th consecutive rise in school enrollment. Yet, annual […]

June 16, 2004