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Getting to Know Laurel Vermillion

Dr. Laurel Vermillion of the Hunkpapa-Lakota tribe is president of Sitting Bull College. Her path to leadership represents a remarkable full circle journey in her life and career.

April 30, 2008

Community Colleges

The BABY BOOM ECHO

College demographics shift will test readiness for diversity, institutional savvy.

April 30, 2008

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Tenn. Board of Regents Reconsiders Honors for Freedom Riders

The Tennessee Board of Regents has changed its decision to deny honorary degrees to 14 Tennessee State University students who were expelled for participating in Freedom Rides of the 1960s civil rights movement.

April 28, 2008

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Tenn. Board of Regents to Reconsider Honorary Degrees for Freedom Riders

Tennessee’s Board of Regents may reconsider its decision to deny honorary degrees to 13 students who were expelled for participating in the 1961 Freedom Rides.

April 21, 2008

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Tenn. Board of Regents to Reconsider Honorary Degrees for Freedom Riders

Tennessee’s Board of Regents may reconsider its decision to deny honorary degrees to 13 students who were expelled for participating in the 1961 Freedom Rides.

April 20, 2008

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Hispanic-Serving Institutions Win Grants To Spur Economic Growth

Colleges will receive much-needed funds from a Labor Department program, which works closely with businesses to fill work force gaps.

April 16, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Tennessee Higher Education Officials Deny Honor For `Freedom Riders’

The rejection by Tennessee higher education officials of a proposal to award honorary degrees to 13 former Tennessee State University students expelled from the college in 1961 because of the students’ participation in the historic freedom rides has stirred criticism of the action from the college’s president, alumni and some state lawmakers.

April 3, 2008

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Expelled Tennessee State U, Freedom Riders Denied Honorary Degrees

Tennessee State University’s governing board has voted not to grant honorary degrees to students expelled for participating in Freedom Rides during the 1960s.

March 30, 2008

Community Colleges

79-Year-Old Oregonian Wrapping Up Associate’s Degree

With her pink backpack, jeans and sneakers, Billie Gibson in some ways is like many other Central Oregon Community College students.

March 19, 2008

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University of Washington to Award Honorary Degrees to Students Held in Internment Camps

Some 440 Japanese Americans will receive honorary baccalaureate degrees from the University of Washington after being held in internment camps during World War II, an article in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.

February 27, 2008

Community Colleges

Philadelphia Creates College Access Center To Boost Number of Degrees in City

Just 21 percent of Philadelphia residents have a bachelor’s degree; that’s below the national average and low considering the region has more than 80 colleges and universities. A new college access center aims to help the estimated 70,000 residents who started college but never finished go back to school.

February 17, 2008

HBCUs

Promoting HBCUs

Black colleges provide a superior education; they just need to toot their horns a little louder.

February 6, 2008