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Community Colleges

Special Report: Careers

This edition contains a special report on careers in higher education with an active-duty military and veterans education supplement.

November 6, 2014

Students

Paul Quinn College Sharing Story of Turnaround With World

President Michael J. Sorrell, a panelist at an international seminar, outlines the best practices utilized at his small Dallas-based school in hopes that other institutions that work with large numbers of marginalized and disadvantaged students might benefit.

October 13, 2014

Home

Dallas Professor’s Project Turns Focus on Homeless

DALLAS ― Willie Baronet bought his art collection one piece at a time—from homeless people throughout the country.

October 8, 2014

Sports

Avoiding the Freshman 15 Can Have Long-Term Health Benefits

One of the biggest challenges for freshman is avoiding gaining weight.

October 1, 2014

Community Colleges

Hungry Students? Food Insecurity on Campus Far Worse Than You Think

A student project tries to get schools to take food stamps.

September 15, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Vendor in Dispute With Alabama State University Over Catering

The head of a food services company said officials at Alabama State University threatened to cancel the company’s contract after it wouldn’t commit to providing thousands of dollars in free catering for the new president’s inaugural.

September 4, 2014

LGBTQ+

Longtime Tennessee Civil Rights Lawyer Dies at 86

George Barrett, a longtime Tennessee civil rights lawyer known for handling a case that ultimately desegregated the state’s public colleges and universities, has died.

August 27, 2014

African-American

Reflections on the Underemployment of College Graduates

Most people know that the job market is particularly tough right now for recent college grads. But so tough that about half of them are either unemployed or underemployed?

August 6, 2014

African-American

Reflections on the Underemployment of College Graduates

Most people know that the job market is particularly tough right now for recent college grads. But so tough that about half of them are either unemployed or underemployed?

August 6, 2014

Latinx

Millennials Even More Left of Center Than in 2012

Even political pollsters have joined in the ongoing critique of this age demographic.

July 30, 2014

HBCUs

Plan to House Immigrant Children at St. Paul’s University on Hold

Hundreds of Central American children and teenagers are to be housed on the campus of the closed college in rural Virginia amid complaints by local officials.

June 16, 2014

Sports

California’s State Universities Hiring 700 Faculty

California’s state universities plan to hire 700 full-time faculty members, putting the skids on years of class and staff reductions prompted by state budget cuts.

June 2, 2014