Community College Week articles from February 2005

Community College Week archives from February 2005

Accrediting agency puts Hawaii colleges on warning.(around the nation)
February 28, 2005... HONOLULU -- Six of the seven community colleges in the University of Hawaii System have been placed on "warning" status by their accrediting agency because of inadequate program review processes. The colleges' accreditation, awarded in 2000...

Head of troubled Calif. college leaving.(around the nation)
February 28, 2005... COMPTON, Calif. -- The president of California's troubled Compton Community College District is leaving his job, although the circumstances of his departure remain under dispute. Dr. Ulis Williams, a former Olympic athlete who has been...

Missing student's death ruled an accident.(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) -- Officials have ruled the death of a missing Southeast Community College student an accident. According to initial autopsy reports, Kendra Benham, 18, died of severe head and trunk trauma due to a traffic accident,...

We must promote academic integrity--now.(point of view)
February 28, 2005... Academic dishonesty is hardly a new phenomenon, but in the Internet Age, college educators increasingly are beleaguered by what might be termed "a culture of cheating." In the sociological sense of the phrase, academic deceit has become...

Humor 101.(point of view)(Brief Article)(Cartoon)
February 28, 2005... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Students' fears are confirmed when they discover that professors actually do conspire to give all their exams on the same day.

Sticky fingers on the information superhighway: colleges say the Internet and other high technology have lured an increasing number of students down the path to plagiarism and other types of cheating--but professors can fight back.(Cover Story)
February 28, 2005... Honesty's the best policy. It's an adage that seems as old as time, yet the time seems to have come when academic dishonesty is on the rise among college students writing papers about everything from the Gettysburg Address to the works of...

Bush budget sends mixed signals.(dateline Washington)
February 28, 2005... For community-college leaders used to set funding for stable programs, President Bush's 2006 budget plan might raise as many questions as answers. In a classic case of good news meets bad, the budget earmarks $375 million for two new...

Lawmakers' reactions to Bush speech run the gamut.(dateline Washington)
February 28, 2005... "We will help an additional 200,000 workers to get training for a better career by reforming our job-training system and strengthening America's community colleges." So promised President Bush in his State of the Union Address early this...

House panel approves Bush's community-college initiative.(Capitol briefs)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... A $250 million initiative to strengthen community colleges' role in getting people back to work has been approved by a congressional panel. The House Education and the Workforce's Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness approved the Job...

Report says colleges bilking loan program.(dateline Washington)
February 28, 2005... A program designed to provide student aid has spun out of control, becoming a cash cow for colleges and universities, and the Department of Education has not adequately controlled the Federal Family Education Loan Program, according to a...

Judge tosses suit by former Iowa college employee.(dateline Washington)
February 28, 2005... DES MOINES, Iowa -- A federal judge has tossed out a wrongful discharge and discrimination suit by a former part-time computer lab assistant who was fired by Des Moines Area Community College for alleged sexual harassment of female students....

N.C. listening tour highlights workforce training.(dateline Washington)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... In an effort to promote in-state workforce development, the president of the North Carolina Community College System and the president of the University of North Carolina are traveling the state on a listening tour, eliciting comments from...

California colleges enforce smoke-free campuses.(dateline Washington)
February 28, 2005... SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The right to smoke, even outdoors, is becoming increasingly unpopular at California community colleges, where students are spearheading movements to get the practice off campus. Throughout California, Cabrillo...

Wyoming debates state-funded aid.(dateline Washington)
February 28, 2005... CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Thanks to Wyoming's estimated $949 million budget surplus this year, college officials and state legislators are hatching a plan to provide state-funded financial aid, hoping to boost college-going rates among high-school...

Report: fewer Oklahoma freshmen take remedial courses.(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A new report finds that fewer recent high-school graduates are taking remediation courses in college. From 1996 to 2004, the remediation rate for first-time freshmen from Oklahoma high schools dipped from 37.3...

College requirement cut for N.M. state police in House bill.
February 28, 2005... SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- Legislation that cuts in half the college credit requirement for entry-level state police officers has cleared the New Mexico House. The measure went to the Senate on a vote of 38-22, despite opposition from the...

Instant marketing?(technology today)
February 28, 2005... Let's say you want to reach young people. Maybe you ave a product or service to sell, an organization or cause to promote, or a celebrity or politician to publicize. You've probably heard about instant messaging, or IM, a way to...

Oklahoma college earns cyber-security designation.(Bits & Bytes)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... MIDWEST CITY, Okla. -- Rose State College has become the only two-year institution in the country to offer national certifications for a cyber-security program. The program currently has more than 50 students enrolled and predicts that number...

Staged events.(around campus)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College In North Branch, N.J., recently staged two productions. At left, Theatre Terra's production of "Frog and His Friends," part of the Sunday Sampler Series. The play Is about Little Max who is...

Rancho Santiago Community College District.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... California's Rancho Santiago Community College District was awarded more than $2.6 million through four federal grants from the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the U.S. Department of Housing and...

Maricopa Community Colleges.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... The Qwest Foundation has given a $30,000 grant to the Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona to promote the educational success of students who are among the least likely to graduate from high school and pursue a college degree.

Bronx Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... New York's Bronx Community College received a $399,828 grant from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Engineering Technology Scholarship Program. The grant will provide...

Central Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... Central Community College in Columbus, Neb., has received a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help in the development of a new Mechatronics Education Center. Mechatronics is a combination of mechanics, information...

Collin County Community College District.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... The National Science Foundation has awarded Collin County Community College District in Decatur, Ga., a $2.46 million grant to develop a degree in the field of convergence technology.

Atlantic Cape Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing, N.J., received a $500,000 gift from the estate of a retired school teacher, Marjorie Ward. Under terms of the will, the college will establish an endowment to fund full scholarships for Cape...

Barhorst tapped as head of Madison.(Presidents)(Dr. Bettsey L. Barhorst)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... Dr. Bettsey L. Barhorst is the new president of Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wis. Previously she was president of Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa. Barhorst received a bachelor's degree from Fontbonne University, a...

Martinez named head of Santa Ana.(Presidents)(Dr. Erlinda Martinez)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... Dr. Erlinda Martinez has been named president of Santa Aria College in Santa Ana, Calif. In her previous position, Martinez served as wee president for student services/assistant superintendent for Cerritos College in Norwalk, Calif. She...

Muskegon appoints rule as president.(Presidents)(Dr. David L. Rule)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... Dr. David L. Rule has been named president of Muskegon Community College in Muskegon, Mich. Previously he was the vice president of academic affairs at Orange County Community College in Middletown, N.Y. Rule holds an associate's degree...

Central Florida Community College.(Appointments)(Dr. MaryEtta Fisher)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... Dr. MaryEtta Fisher has been appointed vice president for student affairs at the multicampus Central Florida Community College. Prior to this position, Fisher was dean of student affairs for Jefferson Community College in Louisville, Ky. She...

Nassau Community College.(Appointments)(Dr. Anne Emmerson)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... Nassau Community College in Garden City, N.Y., recently announced the appointment of Dr. Anne Emmerson as associate vice president for academic affairs. Emmerson most recently held the position of associate dean of instruction at NCC. She...

Coming events.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
February 28, 2005... March 17-19 National Conference on Leadership Diversity "Unleashing the Power" University of Central Florida Orlando, Fla. Web: www.diversity.ucf.edu March 19-23 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)...

Report: Texas higher ed. failing to meet goals.(around the nation)
February 14, 2005... AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas higher-education system is enrolling more students than ever before, but the numbers still fall short of the state's expectations for ushering more students, particularly Hispanics, into college. A new report...

My kind of college town, Chicago is.(around the nation)(college enrollment)
February 14, 2005... CHICAGO -- The term "college town" conjures images of tree-shaded walkways, comfy cafes and picturesque brick buildings, but as the definition of a traditional education changes, so does that of a college town. The Chicago Loop, a city...

Michigan student charged with killing professor.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A 27-year-old college student has been charged with raping and murdering a Lansing Community College professor. Claude Z. McCollum of Lansing was charged with an open count of murder and with first-degree criminal...

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.(point of view)
February 14, 2005... Blinded by the bright lights and bling-bling of the Bellagio, Vegas high-flyers and other marquee distracters, the Community College of Southern Nevada has struggled mightily to win the support and benefaction of the Nevada State Legislature....

Teaching the difficult student.(point of view)
February 14, 2005... In a course I occasionally teach called "Introduction to Human Services," one of topics is dealing with resistant and/or reluctant clients. The reluctant client doesn't want help and submits to it only because someone (usually a court of law)...

Humor 101.(point of view)
February 14, 2005... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: "Didn't you get the memo? Instead of dressing down every Friday, we're dressing up."

Flooding the desert: mindful of the opportunities that go along with Nevada's massive growth, the Silver State's community colleges are betting they can make the state's future even brighter.
February 14, 2005... LAS VEGAS -- After graduating from high school in his homeland of Trinidad and Tobago, Kurtis Smith had big dreams but little direction. He saw himself graduating from a U.S. university, but because of his unimpressive grades was advised to...

Student-aid formula seriously flawed, report finds.(dateline washington)
February 14, 2005... Congressional Democrats, already steamed about cuts in federal student aid, are now bristling at a recent discovery that the Department of Education has been distributing billions of dollars of student aid under a misguided formula. The...

Senate proposes plans to make higher ed. more affordable.(Capitol briefs)
February 14, 2005... Senate Democrats followed the lead of their House counterparts and introduced a measure to roll back cuts in Pell Grant aid for the coming school year. But the way they introduced it virtually ensures Congress couldn't pass it quickly--even...

Policy group argues against federal student aid.(dateline washington)
February 14, 2005... This year's Congressional debate on higher education will concern how much to increase aid for college tuition, what form it should take and which students should receive it. But whatever the U.S. government does to increase loans, grants,...

New exam tests students' IT abilities.
February 14, 2005... The Educational Testing Service, the same company known for the alphabet soup of SAT, TOEFL and GRE, now is bringing the academic community a new test, the ICT. The Information and Communication Technology Literacy Assessment is a...

Report finds faculty pay up--barely.
February 14, 2005... WASHINGTON -- Despite record state budget deficits resulting from the recession of 2001 and 2002, faculty members at the nation's two-and four-year public colleges and universities enjoyed a marginal 2.5 percent increase in their salaries in...

Former marine suspect in Texas student's murder.
February 14, 2005... TYLER, Texas (AP) -- The surveillance camera captured the crime in chilling detail: A community college student punches out after her night shift as a clerk at a Texas WalMart and walks toward her truck in the parking lot. Suddenly she is...

Montana gov. touts scholarship plan.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The students with the most potential in Montana often leave the state for college and then spend theft careers dreaming about the day they'll return, Gov. Brian Schweitzer said in promoting his new scholarship program....

Here's to you, Santa Monica.
February 14, 2005... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: With the help of Santa Monica College alumnus Dustin Hoffmann, the school recently broke ground on its Madison Project, a $31 million plan that'll reshape SMC's Madison campus Into a music and performing...

Making sure your Web site gets found.(A Tech Perspective)
February 14, 2005... If you have a Web site, you want people to find it. If it's a business site--used to promote or sell products or services--the life of your business may depend on whether your site shows up in the first screen or two when people conduct Web...

Distance learning's a hit in Indiana.(Bits & Bytes)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- An estimated 28,000 Indiana students took college classes through the Internet, cable and DVD in the 2003-2004 school year, educators say. The state's seven public universities and three private colleges offer...

Some kinds of wonderful.(faculty lounge)
February 14, 2005... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Faculty members at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio, recently displayed their talents at the college's Center for Fine and Performing Arts. A show featured over 50 pieces of artwork created by more...

Three's company.(faculty lounge)
February 14, 2005... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The Taber Art Gallery at Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, Mass., is showcasing "Trifocal: Three Views from HCC Faculty" through Feb. 17. The exhibit features photography by Christopher Lizon, an...

Claudia Turcotte, a professor of allied health and dental hygiene at Tunxis Community College in Farmington, Conn., has received the Mabel C. McCarthy Award.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Claudia Turcotte, a professor of allied health and dental hygiene at Tunxis Community College in Farmington, Conn., has received the Mabel C. McCarthy Award from the Connecticut Dental Hygienists' Association.

Two faculty members at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Fla., were recently honored by their colleagues.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Two faculty members at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Fla., were recently honored by their colleagues. They are: Van Dubolsky, a professor of natural sciences and Julie Falt, the coordinator of adult education.

Orange Coast College staff and faculty in Costa Mesa, Calif., recently honored two colleagues.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Orange Coast College staff and faculty in Costa Mesa, Calif., recently honored two colleagues. Barbara Price, an education instructor, was chosen as the college's Part-Time Faculty Member of the Year, and Dennis L. Kelly, a marine science...

Sven Trenholm, an instructor of developmental math at Herkimer County Community College.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Sven Trenholm, an instructor of developmental math at Herkimer County Community College in Herkimer, N.Y., is the recipient of the New York College Learning Skills Association 2005 Professional Development Scholarship.

Miami Dade College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Miami Dade College's School of Community Education was awarded $50,000 by the Florida Department of Education to help fund a program aimed at improving the literacy skills of at-risk middle-school students, The grant is unique in that it will...

Middlesex Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Middlesex Community College in Bedford, Mass., has received a $94,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State to establish an exchange program with a South African secondary school that will create a Women's Support Center to help female...

Onondaga Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, N.Y., is one of four colleges nationwide named by the American Association of Community Colleges to receive a $2,000 grant through AACC's Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning...

Butler Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Partners in Learning, Literacy and Readiness)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kan., has received a $287,244 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, under the Early Learning Opportunities Act discretionary grant...

The Victoria College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... The M.G. and Lillie A. Johnson Foundation recently gave a $450,000 grant to the The Victoria College in Victoria, Texas, to renovate its continuing-education center. The renovations and remodeling will provide additional classroom space,...

Community College of Allegheny County.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... The Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh has received a $64,750 grant from the FISA Foundation for career development and employment opportunities geared to students with disabilities.

Celebrating Black History Month.(around campus)
February 14, 2005... A look at how some colleges around the country are celebrating Black History Month: * CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE IN CAMDEN, N.J. The Uhuru Drum Ensemble from Willingboro, N.J., is participating in celebrations at the annual Soul Food...

Welch named chancellor of Arkansas College.(University of Arkansas appointed Charles Welch as chancellor )(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Dr. Charles Welch is the new chancellor of the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope in Hope; Ark. Before coming to UACCH, Welch was vice chancellor for academic affairs at Arkansas State University-Beebe in Beebe, Ark, Welch holds...

Woodland tapped president of Capital.(Capital Community College appoints Calvin Woodland as president)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Dr. Calvin Woodland is the new president of Capital Community College in Hartford, Conn. Most recently, he was vice president for student services at Bergen Community College in Paramus, N.J. Woodland has a bachelor's degree from Morgan State...

Jefferson names new leader.(Jefferson College appointed Wayne Watts as president)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Dr. Wayne Watts has been named president of Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Mo., effective July 1, 2006. He is currently the college's vice president of finance and administration. Watts earned an associate's degree from Anne Arundel...

New York's Borough of Manhattan Community College.(appointed Karen Wenderoff as the new vice president )(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... New York's Borough of Manhattan Community College has announced the appointment of Karen Wenderoff as the new vice president of development. Wenderoff most recently served as president of the Brooklyn Public Library Foundation. She received a...

Gilbert Community College.(appointed Mark Mason as dean)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Gilbert Community College in Chandler, Ariz., recently named Mark Mason dean of administrative services. Mason comes to GCCC from the Maricopa Community College District, where he was the principal budgeting and financial planning officer. He...

Coming events.(Calendar)
February 14, 2005... February 24-25 The 8th Annual Equity and Diversity Pre-Conference and Conference "Developing Others to Expand the Journey" University of North Texas Denton, Texas Web: www.unt.edu/edo/diversity_conferenc/2005.html ...