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Faculty & Staff

Southern University System Names Presidential Contenders

Southern University’s presidential search committee announced Friday that the pool of candidates for the job of system president and chancellor of the system’s Baton Rouge campus is down to six.

Students

College Fairs Aim to Boost College Success Among AAPIs

Journey to Success, a series of daylong college fairs across California, aims to improve rates of college enrollment, retention and graduation among underserved and educationally disadvantaged AAPIs.

Students

Consumer Agency Opens Review of Student Loan Services

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened a public inquiry Thursday into student loan servicing practices that it says can make paying back loans “stressful or harmful.”

Students

Study: Community College Remediation Commonplace in Oregon

Nearly 65 percent of students enrolling in a community college within six years of graduation from high school in Oregon will take at least one non-credit, developmental education class.

Students

Program Seeks to Get High-risk Students Access to College

An Ohio college will try to make it easier for low-income and first-generation students to attend college through a new initiative.

Sports

U. of Northern Colorado Reinstates Mexican American Studies Major

University of Northern Colorado officials have decided to reinstate the Mexican American studies major following more than a month of protests related to the university’s March 25 decision to suspend the major.

African-American

Young Men of Color Matter Before They’re Victims

President’s comforting words arrive too late for some.

Latinx

Padrón’s Career Built on Making American Dream Accessible

Miami Dade College has prospered under Eduardo Padrón’s leadership as president over the last 20 years. The higher education icon is the 2015 recipient of the Diverse Champions Award.

Faculty & Staff

Protesters Take on Racial Profiling at Providence College

More than 100 Providence College students, supporters and faculty and staff members rallied against racial profiling they say is widespread among security guards at the private Catholic school.

Community Colleges

Accelerated Learning Program Pushes the Envelope

The Community College of Baltimore’s Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) has quickened the path towards credit-bearing courses for students in developmental writing classes and inspired other colleges to adopt a similar program.

Leadership & Policy

JOSE SARTARELLI

JOSE SARTARELLI has been named chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is chief global officer and dean of the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. He will take office in July. Sartarelli earned a bachelor’s from the Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil. He earned an MBA and a doctorate from Michigan State University.

Leadership & Policy

COLETTE PIERCE BURNETTE

COLETTE PIERCE BURNETTE has been named president and CEO of Huston-Tillotson University, effective July 1. She last served as interim president at Pierce College in Puyallup, Washington. Pierce Burnett earned a bachelor’s from The Ohio State University and a master’s from Georgia College in Milledgeville.

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