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Students

California Community Colleges Names New Chancellor

California Community Colleges on Thursday named a veteran administrator to lead the nation’s largest system of public higher education as it confronts a host of financial and academic challenges.

September 30, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Slow-moving UNC Academic Sports Scandal Unresolved

A two-year scandal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that has led to sidelined football players, NCAA penalties and the departure of a big-name coach has slowly built into questions of how widely academic fraud has spread at the elite public university.

September 9, 2012

Faculty & Staff

900 Jackson State Students Getting iPads

Nine hundred Jackson State University students are taking part in a program in which they will receive iPads for school work.

September 4, 2012

Faculty & Staff

College Faculty Lauded for Excellence, Work in Promoting College Goal

Assistant U.S. Secretary for Postsecondary Education Eduardo Ochoa delivered the keynote talk at U.S. Education Department event that honored top U.S. college and university faculty members.

November 17, 2011

Latinx

New Federal Aid Targets Community Colleges, Hispanic-Serving Schools

The Obama administration made major cash infusions to community colleges and Hispanic-Serving Institutions on Monday through grant programs meant to spur innovation.

September 26, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Audit Says $1 Million Diverted from North Carolina Central University Program

The ex-director of a program based at N.C. Central University designed to reduce the achievement gap appears to have skimmed more than $1 million in program funds and used nearly $290,000 for her personal use, according to a state audit Tuesday that referred the case to prosecutors.

June 28, 2011

Recruitment & Retention

U.S. Colleges, Universities Step Up Recruitment With Looming Nationwide Teacher Shortage

The California State University system has aimed to recruit potential math and science teachers by encouraging students to do “fieldwork” — tutoring in elementary and high schools.

May 15, 2011

STEM

Chamber of Commerce Study Urges Business Leaders to Transform STEM Education

Improvements include personalizing instruction, carving new paths to teaching and getting more out of great teachers.

April 13, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Can Universities Keep the Minority Students They Woo?

Black and Latino students are, on average, far less likely to graduate in six years than their White and Asian peers.

February 23, 2011

Students

Dormitories Seen as Retention Tools at Urban, Commuter Schools

In efforts to improve retention rates, commuter colleges are looking to an unusual suspect: residence halls.

January 30, 2011

Recruitment & Retention

College Completion Movement Helps Spur Academic Intervention Program Innovations

Colleges prioritize addressing academic and financial deficiencies among freshmen at the outset to improve graduation and retention rates.

October 27, 2010

Disabilties

Road to the Battle

Despite financial difficulties, the Virginia State University Trojan Explosion Marching Band cranks it up as they prepare for their trip to the ultimate HBCU showcase, the Honda Battle of the Bands. Take a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be the best musical ensemble in the country–heart, dedication, and lots of practice.

March 1, 2010