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Faculty & Staff

Chattanooga College Officials Involved in Hiring Scandal Out

A Chattanooga State Community College administrator whose hiring led to a Board of Regents investigation of the school’s longtime president has been fired.

Community Colleges

Obama’s Free College Plan Should Be Embraced by All

Cost of not acting? More inequality in America.

Community Colleges

President Obama’s Plan to Make Community College Free Draws Praise, Skepticism

President Obama’s new plan to make community college free receives mixed reviews from leaders, policymakers and analysts in higher education.

Students

Obama to Propose Free Community College Program

President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed making community college free “for everybody who is willing to work for it.”

Community Colleges

Audit Report Finds Santa Fe Community College in Compliance

Auditors noted some previously disclosed problems with Santa Fe Community College’s finances but concluded that allegations of mismanagement weren’t substantiated.

Community Colleges

Education Company Settles with Justice Department

An education company will pay about $1.3 million under a civil settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve allegations it employed unqualified instructors at its Texas campuses.

Community Colleges

Drexel Ending Degree Program at 3 Philadelphia-area Community Colleges

Drexel University previously offered a degree program at three Philadelphia-area community colleges — an unusual partnership that has already begun to be phased out.

Leadership & Policy

Board Approves Merger of Georgia State, Georgia Perimeter Colleges

The schools’ combined fall 2014 enrollment of 53,927 students would make the consolidated university the largest in the state.

Faculty & Staff

Higher Education: The Problem with Priorities

For most colleges, the best hires typically come today with individuals who understand that the problem with priorities is how to find the courage — and backing — to address them.

Community Colleges

Asheville Police Lower Educational Requirements for Recruits

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Asheville Police Department has cut degree requirements for new recruits, saying new police officers no longer need a two-year college degree and can be hired with a high school diploma.

Faculty & Staff

Bat Signal for Blind Example of Campus Innovations

Thousands of innovations are emerging from college classrooms and labs around the country.

Latinx

Initiative in California Clearing Path to Law School for Underrepresented

There’s a broad effort to encourage and steer more community college graduates in California — especially minorities and other underrepresented populations — into law school.

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