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Community Colleges

New York Says 13 Businesses Coming to Tax-Free Campuses

New York officials said Monday that 13 more businesses have agreed to expand to or locate in tax-free zones at colleges and universities across the state while committing to bring new jobs.

December 29, 2014

Students

Jackson State’s 2-Year Executive Ph.D. Program Marks 10 Years of Success

The 167 graduates of the Executive Ph.D. program in urban higher education were honored this month at the 10th anniversary celebration of the program.

December 25, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Ex-University of Southern California Professor Fined for Grant Application Lie

A former University of Southern California math professor has been ordered to pay $300,000 in fines and restitution for lying about his employment on a grant application he made to the U.S. Department of Energy.

December 22, 2014

Community Colleges

‘Draft Framework’ of new college ranking system for something other than football revealed

How will your school stack up in terms of providing access to low-income students? Academic outcomes? Will the rankings even be fair?

December 21, 2014

African-American

Effigies of Blacks Found Hanging by Nooses at UC Berkeley

Three cardboard cutouts of Black people were found hanging by nooses Saturday on the Berkeley campus of the University of California.

December 14, 2014

Students

University of Kansas Fraternity to Remain of Interim Suspension

The interim suspension of a University of Kansas fraternity has been extended while the school and Lawrence police investigate allegations of sexual assaults at the chapter house on the Lawrence campus.

December 11, 2014

Native Americans

Native Explorer

In this issue, Diverse profiles the Bard Prison Initiative and other prison education programs, as well as higher ed programs that focus on recruiting and retaining Native American students.

December 3, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Higher Education: Identifying the Senior Team

There are big changes coming in American higher education. College and university governance must accommodate these changes and shape rather than be shaped by them.

December 3, 2014

Students

Universities Building Again After Recession

The University of Notre Dame campus is becoming a vast construction zone, leading a building boom that’s taking hold on campuses across the country as the economy improves.

November 30, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Marion Barry, The People’s Choice

The former city councilman and four-term mayor was nothing short of a living, breathing testament to fortitude.

November 23, 2014

Students

Moody’s: Colleges Charging More, Keeping Less

Bond-rating company says higher education revenue growth at a 10-year low.

November 18, 2014

Home

Panel Discusses Job-Readiness of College Graduates

Business and education leaders discussed the fraught topic of job-readiness at a two-part panel hosted by the Committee on Economic Development in Washington, D.C., on Thursday afternoon.

November 16, 2014