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Students

NCCU Jazz Studies Program Declared Safe

News organizations misinterpreted a move by the UNC Board of Governors allowing realignment of music concentrations at North Carolina Central University as bringing an end to the celebrated Jazz education program.

June 2, 2015

Students

Genesee Community College

Genesee Community College Chief Executive Officer Batavia, N.Y. Dr. James M. Sunser Founded in 1966 President www.genesee.edu Chartered in 1966, Genesee Community College (GCC) welcomed its first class of 378 full-time and 243 part-time students in September 1967. Today, GCC has more than 58 different associate degrees and certificate programs, and continues to develop and […]

May 21, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School

Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School Chief Executive Officer Liberal, Kansas Dr. Duane M. Dunn Founded in 1967 President www.sccc.edu Established in December 1967, Seward County Community College (SCCC) held its first classes in September 1969. Its name was broadened in 2008 following its merger with the Southwest Kansas Area Technical School to Seward […]

May 21, 2015

Faculty & Staff

South Florida State College

South Florida State College Chief Executive Officer Avon Park, FL Dr. Thomas C. Leitzel Founded in 1965 President www.southflorida.edu Founded in 1965 as South Florida Junior College, the institution used an empty supermarket as its library and a former hotel as classrooms. South Florida State College (SFSC) now has three campuses and several off -site […]

May 21, 2015

Students

Coppin State University Names First Female President

Dr. Evelyn Maria Thompson, who has served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at SUNY at Oneonta since 2011, will be Coppin State University’s first female president.

May 20, 2015

Sports

Willie Lanier Funding Endowed Lectureship at Morgan State

Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is giving $500,000 to Morgan State University, his alma mater, to establish the Willie E. Lanier, Sr. Endowed Lectureship in Business Ethics.

May 13, 2015

Students

States Vary in Success at Improving High School Grad Rates

The record high American graduation rate masks large gaps among low-income students and those with disabilities compared to their peers.

May 12, 2015

Students

Murray State Creates Scholarship Specifically for Veterans

Murray State University has created its first scholarship specifically designed to support veteran students.

May 11, 2015

African-American

Black Higher Ed Enrollment Peaks in 2014

The U.S. Labor Department reported last month that 70.9 percent of African-American graduating high school seniors in 2014 had enrolled in college by the end of that year.

May 6, 2015

Students

RONALD A. JOHNSON

RONALD A. JOHNSON has been appointed president of Clark Atlanta University. He is currently dean of the Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Tennessee State University. Johnson earned a bachelor’s and an MBA from Adelphi University. He earned a master’s and a doctorate from Stanford University.

May 5, 2015

Latinx

California Producing Too Few Latino College Grads

Broken practices and unproductive policies at California public colleges and universities pose serious barriers to Latino college success and potentially jeopardize the state’s future economy, a new report says.

May 3, 2015

Students

Depression Among Graduate Students is Real

As those of us who have gone through such an experience are well aware, for a number of people graduate school can be a long, lonely experience at times.

April 29, 2015