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No Degree, but ASU Names Scholarship for Obama

Stung by criticism of its decision not to award President Barack Obama an honorary degree when he makes a commencement address next month, Arizona State University announced Saturday it will rename a scholarship program for the president.

April 12, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

DR. JIM YONG KIM has been appointed president of Dartmouth College (N.H.). He previously served as a professor of medicine and social medicine at Harvard Medical School and as the François Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. He holds a bachelor’s from Brown University, a medical […]

April 1, 2009

Students

Taking Online Education to a New Level

Tiffin University is pioneering the way with a new online 20-month degree program that guarantees students admission to a four-year institution.

March 19, 2009

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Duncan Touts College Access and Completion as Top Higher Education Policy Goals

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said increased college access and higher college completion rates are key U.S. higher education goals being targeted with stimulus package funding.

March 11, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Dartmouth’s New President First Asian To Lead Ivy League Institution

A Korean-born doctor and humanitarian known as a leader the global fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases will become the next president of Dartmouth College.

March 2, 2009

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Demand for GED Classes Increases With Job Losses

Donna Sharp made a good living even without a high school diploma, earning about $19 an hour putting stripes on recreational vehicles in a northern Indiana county known as the RV capital of the world.

February 23, 2009

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South Carolina Law Targets Illegal Immigrants Going to School

Dayana Rodrigues graduated in the top 5 percent of her high school class in 2007 and completed nursing prerequisites at Horry-Georgetown Technical College.

February 18, 2009

Community Colleges

It’s a Woman’s World (at least at these colleges)

The six women’s colleges in Massachusetts continue to innovate academically and financially to appeal to college-bound women.

February 18, 2009

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A Vice President Who Can Relate

Dr. Daniel K. Wims returned to his alma mater of Fort Valley State University two years ago in a reversal of roles in which a young administrator is now helping to steer the campus to new programs to meet an old mission.

February 4, 2009

Students

Showcasing Community College Programs That Make a Difference

Leon was convinced his dream of getting a degree in sports medicine to work as an athletic trainer was out of reach. It was the math. Even though he studied hard, Leon would always freeze when it came to taking tests.

December 10, 2008

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Professional Appointment

LOUIS BUTLER has been appointed Justice in Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. Butler was formerly a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Butler earned a bachelor’s from Lawrence University and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. DR. GABRIEL CARRANZA has been named assistant vice provost of international cooperation […]

December 10, 2008

Students

A Steward of American Indian Education

David Gipp has been involved in the tribal college movement from the beginning and continues to play a vital role.

November 26, 2008