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Community Colleges

Report Suggests Associate’s Degrees in Nursing Are Sufficient for Employment in the Field

AACC report finds no significant differences between competencies of nurses with bachelor’s degrees vs those with associate’s degrees.

April 4, 2011

Faculty & Staff

National League for Nursing’s 2011 Education Summit to Focus on Future of Nursing

This year’s summit will focus on the much heralded recommendations contained in “The Future of Nursing,” a report issued last fall by the Institute of Medicine, based on work done by the Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing.

April 4, 2011

Health

Aetna Announces Funding for Research Projects Aimed at Reducing Infant Mortality Among African-Americans

Aetna and the Aetna Foundation today announced funding in support of three research projects aimed at driving down rates of infant mortality among African-American newborns, who are more than twice as likely to die in their first year as white infants.

April 4, 2011

African-American

Teen Girls Discover Digital Technology as ‘COMPUGIRLS’

Dr. Kimberly Scott, an associate professor in women and gender studies at Arizona State University, the digital divide is not just about “who has access to computers, but what happens during that access.”

March 31, 2011

Community Colleges

Community College Programs Key to Solving Nursing Shortage

New Policy Brief underscores similar competencies among 2-Year, 4-year graduates.

March 28, 2011

Health

Fighting Heart Disease Among Black Women in Brooklyn

The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health has launched a major initiative to improve the cardiovascular health of African American and Afro-Caribbean women in Brooklyn, NY.

March 28, 2011

African-American

Fisk University Seeking Emergency Funds to Strengthen Re-accreditation Bid

Fisk University, facing increasing demands from its national accrediting body for more substantive documentation about its long-term financial viability, is beating the bushes for more funds.

March 24, 2011

Students

IHEP Study: Graduation Makes a Difference in Avoidance of Delinquency on Student Loans

Specifically, the Institute for Higher Education Policy study found that only 22 percent of borrowers who graduated became delinquent without default, whereas 33 percent of those who left school without a credential became delinquent without default.

March 17, 2011

Health

Edmund Gordon, Marian Wright Edelman to be Honored With John Hope Franklin Awards

Two of America’s most influential advocates for improving the life outcomes of children from underprivileged backgrounds will be honored this evening at the John Hope Franklin Awards ceremony.

March 6, 2011

Students

Perspectives: Teacher Quality is Key to Student Success

Teacher effectiveness is a critical focus in our nation, and growing the number of board-certified teachers of color should be a priority, writes the president of a national teaching standards organization.

March 2, 2011

Home

With $30 Million Gift, Pa. College Seeks to be University

In the high-pressure world of educational fundraising, tiny Delaware Valley College has seemingly hit the lottery: A local philanthropic group is giving the school an estimated $30 million in property and cash.

November 7, 2010

Leadership & Policy

New Plans, Including One From Alumna, Presented To Keep Art Collection Intact at Fisk

A splinter group of alumni of financially troubled Fisk University, publicly asserting its opposition to the school’s plan to raise badly needed money by selling half its ownership in the Alfred Stieglitz Collection of photographs and art, has emerged with a $2.6 million plan it says will generate enough money annually to cover the costs of caring for and exhibiting the collection and give school officials time to find other ways to raise funds for the historic institution.

October 24, 2010