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N.C. State names graduate management school for Wachovia exec

RALEIGH N.C. North Carolina State University said Friday it will name its graduate school of management in honor of Benjamin P. Jenkins III, vice chairman and president of Wachovia Corp.’s general bank.

September 22, 2007

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Presidents of Brown, RISD to formalize dual-degree program

PROVIDENCE R.I. Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design will formalize a new partnership.

September 20, 2007

Community Colleges

Grants and Gifts

Baltimore County Community College received a $25,000 grant from Civic Ventures, with support from the MetLife Foundation, to develop its “Prime 50+ Transition Program.” The program, an executive outplacement model, is designed to help African-American women over the age of 50 develop individual plans to transition into encore careers in public school education, health care […]

September 19, 2007

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South Korea court refuses to issue arrest warrant for ex-professor in fake degree scandal

A South Korean court rejected a prosecutors’ request Tuesday for a warrant to arrest a former college professor accused of faking her Yale doctorate in an escalating scandal that forced a senior presidential aide to quit.

September 17, 2007

Students

UH-Hilo offering financial aid to older students

HILO Hawaii Imagine going back to college in your late 20s or even your 30s or 40s to finish an undergraduate degree. There would be homework, tests and rubbing shoulders with much younger students.

September 16, 2007

Community Colleges

Aging population likely to mean need for more nurses

ASHEVILLE N.C. It was Cynthia Busche’s first day as a nurse in the Mission Hospitals emergency department, but she is no stranger to the nursing world.

September 16, 2007

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State universities and colleges hand out record-number degrees

LOUISVILLE Ky. Public universities and colleges reached a record recently, handing out more than 43,900 degrees and credentials during the last academic year, state officials said.

September 16, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The Secrets Behind Their Success

Attracting and graduating minorities in large numbers, for-profit universities offer access, convenience and some risk.

August 22, 2007

Latinx

Just the Stats: The Top Hispanic-serving Degree Producers

Each year, when we publish our list of Top 100 undergraduate degree producers, we get calls from Hispanic-serving institutions asking why they didn’t make the list. The answer may surprise you.

August 15, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Columbus State president retiring next year

COLUMBUS Ga. Frank Brown, president of Columbus State University for nearly 20 years, will be retiring next year, he announced Monday.

August 13, 2007

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Ark. 49th again in percentage of adults with college degrees

LITTLE ROCK Arkansas again ranks 49th in the nation for the number of adults with a college education, though more are seeking degrees than a decade ago, a state report shows.

August 6, 2007

Community Colleges

Iowa community college students opt for out-of-state schools

AMES Iowa Many Iowa community college graduates are opting to transfer out of the state to complete four-year degrees, according to an Iowa State University study.

July 26, 2007