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Community Colleges

N.C. Central, N.C. State Offering Dual Degree Program

North Carolina Central University and N.C. State University are collaborating to offer a physics and engineering dual degree program.

MSIs

Proponents Unveil ‘America’s College Promise Act’

The proposed bill, America’s College Promise Act, will impact at least 9 million students attending community colleges and minority-serving institutions.

Community Colleges

Preservation Group Wants Lynching Murals Kept Uncovered

The University of Idaho’s plan to keep two murals inside the old Ada County Courthouse covered for the grand opening of its new campus is being contested by the state’s leading historic preservation group.

African-American

N.C. Central, N.C. State Offering Dual Degree Program

North Carolina Central University and N.C. State University are collaborating to offer a physics and engineering dual degree program.

MSIs

Proponents Unveil ‘America’s College Promise Act’

The proposed bill, America’s College Promise Act, will impact at least 9 million students attending community colleges and minority-serving institutions.

Students

Tennessee State University Exposes Students to Cutting-Edge Research

More than 20 incoming Tennessee State University freshmen spent part of their summer getting exposed to real-world scientific work and cutting-edge research.

Community Colleges

CCBC Finding Student Success at Accelerated Pace

The Community College of Baltimore County’s accelerated learning program has proved successful for students, despite the mired state of remedial education.

Students

Students See Value of Internships

Of the 50,000 college students and recent graduates surveyed, 70.8 percent of students believe that internships should be a requirement when obtaining a college degree.

Sports

BCCC in Good Standing; Sojourner-Douglass Loses Accreditation

Two Baltimore schools recently received good and bad news respectively with regard to their accreditation status.

Faculty & Staff

Presidents Partial to Severance Packages

Severance packages for college and university president can be quite hefty.

Students

Rethinking Remediation

Community College of Baltimore County seeing much success with innovative remedial education programs.

Leadership & Policy

Police Departments Compete for a Few Good-Hearted Officers

They poach officers from nearby police departments. They entice recruits by playing up the drama and heroism of policing through video close-ups of flashing lights and holstered guns. They wrestle with how to offer better pay. But most of all, cognizant of the recent turmoil over officer-involved deaths in Missouri, Baltimore and elsewhere, America’s police […]

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