Scott W. WrightStudentsThe ill-prepared and the ill-informed – remedial education feud in New YorkNEW YORK City Council members presented three community college students here with a special proclamation this month, congratulating them on winning a national chess championship.July 11, 2007Students“This isn’t working!” New York’s mayor intends to take city’s community colleges out of the remediation business – Mayor Rudolph W. GiulianiNew York In a starting pronouncement, New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani called on the city’s six community colleges late last month to halt all remedial education.July 11, 2007HomeTech prep runs into problems in South CarolinaCOLUMBIA, S.C. In what could be a harbinger of the future for the nation, early signs indicate the tech-prep route in South Carolina’s high schools does not run much better than the so-called “general track” that it replaced. Education officials believe that inadequate teacher training for the rigorous applied classes could be one problem with the program.July 11, 2007Community CollegesJudge says Alabama college system discriminated against women; ruling alludes to history of gender bias and “good-ol-boy” patronageAn Alabama federal judge has drawn a damning portrait of the state’s community college system, describing it as riddled with gender discrimination and rife with political patronage.July 10, 2007StudentsLeslie V. Forte: the woman behind the name on the scholarship – ObituaryHer life was a struggle. She grew up poor in the gritty projects of Los Angeles. She left California a well-educated woman with an associate’s degree from a community college, a master’s degree from Stanford University and an effervescent love for teaching.July 7, 2007StudentsPrivate scholarships for minorities challengedAnnandale, Va. The latest assault on the higher education establishment’s affirmative action programs is over an obscure, $500 private scholarship for minority students at a community college in Northern Virginia.July 7, 2007StudentsDespite Sallie’s success story… – welfare recipient and Santa Clara University student Sallie ShowsWelfare Reform Expected to Restrict College AccessJuly 4, 2007LatinxClinton opens “Frontiers of Opportunity” for tribal colleges – Bill Clinton, federal grants to Native American schoolsAfter two decades of prayers, politicking and impassioned pleas, tribal colleges have gained greater access to federal grants under an executive order signed by President Clinton.June 23, 2007Leadership & PolicyFlorida College embroiled in debate over next president: white educator declines post, Black Trustee’s actions probedA controversy over who should lead a Florida community college has erupted because a white educator rejected a job offer after two school officials told him he lacked support among Blacks.June 23, 2007Community CollegesCommunity colleges and universities must turn out more graduates, Texas panel saysAustin Texas Colleges and universities will have to turn out thousands more graduates for Texas to remain economically competitive, according to a ground-breaking report by a coalition of higher education institutions from across the state.June 22, 2007Page 1 of 2Next Page
