Tag: Trade & Professional Associations: Page 22

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

Students

Student Loan Groups Bilk Billions Out of U.S. Government

Student Loan Groups Bilk Billions Out of U.S. GovernmentBy M.H. MillerWhen U.S. Secretary of Education Roderick Paige in 2001 promised to cut down on government waste at the Education Department, it probably didn’t occur to most people that some of that “waste” would continue to trickle down to banks that offer student loans. With the […]

September 22, 2004

Students

Norfolk State Creates Program to Grow Its Own Leadership Cadre

Norfolk State Creates Program to Grow Its Own Leadership Cadre     Executive leadership training for underrepresented minorities is not exactly a new idea — the granddaddy of such programs, the American Council on Education’s Fellows Program, will be 40 years old this year, and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) has a leadership […]

August 25, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Calling All Leaders

Calling All LeadersWe are kicking off the academic year with an edition we think you’ll find particularly useful, especially those of you that are looking for ways to enter the administrative ranks of higher education.In “Cracking the Cement Wall to the College Presidency,” assistant editor Kendra Hamilton profiles the American Association of College and Universities’ […]

August 25, 2004

Students

Report Dubs ’90s ‘Decade of the Community College’

Report Dubs ’90s ‘Decade of the Community College’By Kathleen Kennedy ManzoDubbing the 1990s the “Decade of the Community College,” a new report from the American Council on Education (ACE) says public two-year colleges saw a bigger enrollment boom during that decade than other higher education institutions did.Enrollment at public two-year colleges jumped 14 percent between […]

July 14, 2004

Students

Where the Boys Aren’t

Where the Boys Aren’t The decline of Black males in colleges and universities has sociologists and educators concerned about the future of the African American communityBy David HefnerWhen sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois wrote these words more than 100 years ago, life in America was infinitely different for Blacks. For all its evils, segregation offered the […]

June 16, 2004

Faculty & Staff

The Best Is yet to Come

The Best Is yet to ComeWomen of color have risen to the top ranks in higher education, and observers agree that more leadership opportunities are on the horizonBy Kendra HamiltonIn some ways the picture for women of color in higher education leadership has never looked brighter. “We have Ruth Simmons, a woman of amazing grace […]

June 16, 2004

Sports

Riding the Crest of a Wave

Riding the Crest of a WaveOne of Black Issues’ first writers reflects on the growth of a well-timed publicationBy Eileen M. O’BrienIt’s always fun to ride the crest of a wave. As one of the first writers at Black Issues In Higher Education, I quickly realized the publication had impeccable timing, covering diversity and minority-serving […]

June 16, 2004

International

Education Groups Seek Delay in Sevis-Fee Implementation

Education Groups Seek Delay in Sevis-Fee ImplementationThree education associations have requested that the implementation of fees for Sevis, the electronic foreign-student tracking system, be delayed for further review. The American Council on Education, the Association of American Universities and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges on May 17 sent a joint letter […]

June 16, 2004

Home

Academic Coalition Opposes Move to Extend Wiretap Law

Academic Coalition Opposes Move to Extend Wiretap Law WASHINGTONA coalition of higher education and library associations last month filed a comment with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declaring opposition to a U.S. Department of Justice attempt to bring all broadband access to the Internet within the scope of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act […]

May 5, 2004

Community Colleges

Global Trade Could Hinder Higher Education, Report Says

Global Trade Could Hinder Higher Education, Report SaysAccording to a new report, some U.S. higher education officials are worried that international trade agreements could commercialize education and have a negative impact on the higher education community as a whole, community colleges and four-year institutions alike. The lines are blurred, they say, and many educators are […]

May 5, 2004

Home

HEA Renewal Faces Roadblocks

HEA Renewal Faces RoadblocksBy Garry BoulardAlthough it has been billed as one of the top legislative tasks of the 108th U.S. Congress, the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act may be postponed until next year due to stalled action in Congress and diversions posed by the upcoming presidential election.“I think that for right now, the […]

March 24, 2004