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CIA Announces Plan to Do Better on Diversity

WASHINGTON, Jun 30, 2015 (AP) – The CIA is failing to hire and promote enough minorities despite years of vowing to do so, Director John Brennan said Tuesday, announcing a new effort to tackle the problem of a largely white workforce whose lack of diversity he says is undercutting the spy agency’s intelligence mission. Brennan […]

Community Colleges

Idaho Refugee Program Faces Opposition From Activist Group

Conservative activists are calling for the College of Southern Idaho to remove its refugee program following concerns over the influx of Syrian refugees expected to arrive in south-central Idaho later this fall.

Community Colleges

Lincoln College to Become a University, New President Says

The newly installed president of Lincoln College says the central Illinois school will become a university with the addition of baccalaureate degrees.

Community Colleges

Diverse Docket: Race Discrimination Suit Still on Table

Borough of Manhattan Community College and the chair of its Business Management Department must continue defending a race discrimination suit by an adjunct professor of Nigerian descent, a federal judge has ruled.

Leadership & Policy

CELESTINO LIMAS

CELESTINO LIMAS has been appointed vice president for student affairs and enrollment at Heritage University. He was vice president for campus life and senior diversity officer at Lafayette College. Limas earned a bachelor’s from the University of Iowa, a master’s from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and a doctorate from the University of Oregon.

Students

The Legacy of Dr. Norman C. Francis and Xavier University

Physicians and alumni of Xavier University, Trevonne M. Thompson, MD and Myiesha Taylor, MD remember the lasting impact of Dr. Norman C. Francis and Xavier University.

Students

ELIZABETH CARDONA

ELIZABETH CARDONA has been appointed executive director for multicultural affairs and international student life and assistant to the provost for diversity and inclusion at Bay Path University. Cardona is the former senior director and civic engagement advisor to Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick. Cardona holds a bachelor’s from Springfield College and a master’s from Syracuse University.

Students

KATHRINE SWANSON

KATHRINE SWANSON has been named vice chancellor for student success and engagement at Metropolitan Community College, starting August 3. She was vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Swanson holds a bachelor’s from Northern Michigan University, a master’s from Montana State University and a doctorate from the University of North Texas.

Students

SUSAN L. KRINSKY

SUSAN L. KRINSKY has been appointed chair of the Law School Admission Council. She is associate dean for student affairs at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Krinsky earned a bachelor’s from Kirkland College (now Hamilton), a master’s from Tulane University and a juris doctor from Yale University.

Community Colleges

ED Scraps Plans for College Ratings System

The Department of Education announced Thursday that it is shelving plans to move forward on a controversial college rating system and instead will offer a tool providing data that allows the user to compare schools to each other.

Community Colleges

Court Upholds Tough Rules on For-profit College Loans

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Tuesday that the Department of Education can demand that for-profit schools prove that their graduates make enough money to repay their student loans.

Leadership & Policy

An Open Letter from Orangeburg to Charleston

If the lessons learned from “yesterday’s sorrow” do not frame new patterns of action which abort or prevent “tomorrow’s” insult or injury, then what does ‘I am sorry’ really mean?

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