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Community Colleges

Congressional Report — by Colleges — Claims They’re Over-Regulated

Review ordered by congressional committee was produced by the American Council on Education.

Students

Race a Factor in South Carolina State University ‘Mess’

The barriers to the solutions are politics, race, intransigence, corruption and political dysfunction.

Community Colleges

Hate Crime Prosecutions Rare in North Carolina

Relatives of the three Muslim college students killed in North Carolina are pressing for hate crime charges against the alleged shooter, but legal experts say such cases are relatively rare and can be difficult to prove.

Students

Yale Fraternity Banned for Sex Misconduct Policy Violation

A fraternity has been banned from Yale University’s campus for two years over an initiation ceremony that violated the school’s sexual misconduct policy, the Ivy League university announced Friday.

Leadership & Policy

Happy President’s Day for HBCUs? Not Likely

You would think with the first Black president in our country’s history, there would be more of a lovey-dovey relationship with HBCUs. Apparently not. “President Obama was critical of Historically Black Colleges and Universities during a meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus this week according to several in attendance. The February 10 meeting was […]

Community Colleges

College Ratings Proposal Continues to Be Work in Progress

Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell said that the proposed ratings system would no longer be linked to financial aid funding, and suggested that it would be open to reinterpretation after its first iteration.

African-American

U.S. Colleges Bringing in Chaplains to Serve the Nonbelievers

Bart Campolo, 51, joined a growing movement of college “humanist chaplains,” arriving at the University of Southern California last September.

Leadership & Policy

Bill Allowing Concealed Weapons at South Dakota Colleges Moves to House

Over the objections of some student representatives and South Dakota’s Board of Regents, a legislative panel approved Thursday and sent to the full state House a proposal to allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on the six public university campuses.

Students

University of Texas Investigates Fraternity Party

A University of Texas fraternity is under investigation following complaints about how Hispanics were portrayed during a weekend party, university officials said Tuesday.

Community Colleges

SHARMILA MAKHIJA

Sharmila Makhija was named professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in the Bronx, New York. She will take on her new role on April 1. Currently, Makhija is a professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Makhija earned a bachelor’s from Cornell University and an M.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Leadership & Policy

Women’s College to Accept transgender, Intersex Students

A small women’s college near Philadelphia says it’ll start accepting transgender women and intersex applicants who don’t identify as male.

Community Colleges

Community College Leaders Cite Roadblocks in Obama’s Proposal

Despite national interest in President Obama’s free community college plan, many question the plausibility of it being successfully implemented.

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