Community College Week articles from June 2003

Community College Week archives from June 2003

Calif. colleges embrace gov.'s proposal to restore funding. (around the nation).(Gray Davis)
June 9, 2003... SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Community colleges were among higher education's big winners in California's May 15 budget revision released by Gov. Gray Davis, with many of the drastic spending cuts proposed in January scaled back sharply. A...

Missouri gov. vetoes higher-education budget. (around the nation).
June 9, 2003... JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Bob Holden has announced that he will veto the higher-education budget passed by the state Legislature because it cuts too deeply into funding for public colleges and universities. Holden, a Democrat,...

In-state tuition for illegal immigrants approved in Ill., vetoed in Md. (around the nation).
June 9, 2003... Illinois and Maryland recently reached opposite conclusions in the ongoing debate over whether to offer in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrants. In Illinois, Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed into law a bill that allows children of...

La. group decries community-college cuts.(HOPE Scholarship)(Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana )(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... BATON ROUGE, La. -- A leading good-government group warned against slashing the budgets of community colleges recently, saying the move threatens Louisiana's economy. The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana predicted "long-term...

Nevada professors' workload under scrutiny.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A proposed legislative audit of the University and Community College System of Nevada may include a look at whether professors are teaching enough classes. Sen. Bob Coffin, D-Las Vegas, said the faculty workload at the...

Senate quashes HOPE expansion. (dateline Washington).(HOPE Scholarship )
June 9, 2003... Plans to expand the HOPE Scholarship were dealt a serious blow in late May when the Senate, by one vote, defeated a proposal to include HOPE improvements in the $350 billion tax cut passed by Congress. In a decision made largely along party...

Bill promotes partnerships between 2- and 4-year schools. (Capitol briefs).(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... A new bill from Rep. David Wu, D-Ore., would Promote partnerships between community colleges and baccalaureate institutions. The Community College Partnership Act would endorse smoother transfer of students from two- to four-year colleges...

Rethinking retention. (point of view).(student retention )
June 9, 2003... A lot of academic jargon gives me the hives. I mean, come on, anyone who values clear writing and thinking is gonna get a rash when they hear stuff like "assessment," "curriculum development," "long-distance learning," "professional...

Revolution number IX.(Title IX)(equality in college sports)
June 9, 2003... Three decades ago, Title IX gave women at community colleges--and other higher-education institutions--a fair shot at playing sports. Today, as the U.S. government considers revising the law, community colleges are finding themselves in a house...

Wis. college faces million dollar cuts.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. -- The Board of Trustees at Mid-State Technical College was planning to meet recently to discuss million dollar budget cuts that could threaten its future. Mid-State, with campuses in Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point...

Oregon college president to resign.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Rogue Community College President Rick Levine has announced that he will retire due to concern that recent legislation may jeopardize his state retirement benefits. "I hadn't planned on retiring--it wasn't even...

N.J. college president charged with sex crime.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... WEST WINDSOR, N.J. -- The president of Mercer County Community College has been charged with criminal sexual contact after a woman said he inappropriately touched her several times in his campus office. Robert Rose, 63, of Lawrence, took a...

Ailing Nev. student gets diploma at hospital ceremony.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A woman who suffers from a degenerative genetic disorder received a college diploma in a special ceremony at a Carson City hospital. Western Nevada Community College officials arranged the ceremony at Carson-Tahoe...

Nursing students abound in N.H., but teachers are scarce.
June 9, 2003... MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The good news is that there are plenty of students stepping up to help stem the state's shortage of nurses. The bad news is that a teacher shortage means only one in five applicants gets into training programs. "They...

Virginia board raises college tuition.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... MANASSAS, Va. -- The State Board for Community Colleges has voted to increase tuition for in-state students by $6.89 per credit hour. The increase "sustains student access to the Virginia community college system in the face of...

Wis. gov. blasts tech. school cuts.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... MILWAUKEE -- Gov. Jim Doyle criticized the Legislature's Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee for cutting almost $15 million for technical education as he spoke in front of 900 students receiving associate's degrees from Milwaukee Area...

For Iowa prof., life's one part art, one part teaching. (faculty lounge).
June 9, 2003... COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- The head of the art department at Iowa Western Community College is uncertain about exactly when he knew photography was his calling. "Like every college kid, I was just figuring out what I wanted to do," Stuart Bay...

Honors & Awards.
June 9, 2003... The Seminole Community College Foundation Board in Sanford, Fla., recently awarded its first three Endowed Teaching Chairs of Excellence awards to the following faculty members: math instructors Bill Jordan and Dr. Robert Rapalje and Kenna...

Racially tinged incidents prompt reforms at Ore. college.
June 9, 2003... EUGENE, Ore. -- Students or faculty at Lane Community College could be expelled or fired for racist insults or harassment under several new recommendations being considered by the school's president. The college has been roiled by a series...

Democratic presidential candidate touts 'College for Everyone'.(Senator John Edwards)
June 9, 2003... GREENSBORO, N.C. -- If Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., were elected President of the United States, he says he would have the federal government pay tuition for freshmen attending a public community college or university. Edwards, a Democratic...

N.Y. student collapses when judge asks if she's a terrorist.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- A Westchester Community College student who was fighting a pair of parking tickets said she fainted in court after the judge asked if she was a terrorist. The judge confirmed that he made the remark but said he was "probably...

Wash. students grapple with transfer barriers.
June 9, 2003... SEATTLE -- Increased enrollment at the state's college campuses and a tough state budget picture are making it increasingly difficult for students to transfer from two-year to four-year schools. Transfer students seeking entrance to one of...

Camden County College in Blackwood, N.J., has designed a new, for-credit program in faux and decorative painting, catering to those interested in becoming professionals in home decor as well as those interested in do-it-yourself projects.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Camden County College in Blackwood, N.J., has designed a new, for-credit program in faux and decorative painting, catering to those interested in becoming professionals in home decor as well as those...

The lingo of the information age. (A Tech Perspective).
June 9, 2003... As if the world of computers and the Internet isn't difficult enough, it also comes with its own vocabulary. Just as with any other field, you can't walk the walk unless you talk the talk. Acronyms, jargon and buzzwords serve several...

Miami-Dade to offer country's first translation degree. (around campus).(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... MIAMI -- Last month Miami-Dade Community College launched the country's first associate's degree in translation/interpretation. With the large influx of foreign-born residents growing in and around south Florida, it was only a matter of...

SARS forces Calif. college to cancel Asia trip. (around campus).(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- The deadly threat of SARS has forced Santa Barbara City College officials to cancel an annual student trip to Asia for the first time since the program began in 1984. The college recently dropped its fall...

House built by Neb. students sells for $90K. (around campus).(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... HASTINGS, Neb. -- A house built by Central Community College construction technology students has been auctioned for $90,000. It was the highest price commanded in the seven-year history of the annual class project, instructor Dale...

R.I. college offers terrorism course. (around campus).(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Community College of Rhode Island is offering a new course on the origins of terrorism and the ways in which it can influence public policy. The class is one of three disaster response courses being offered at the...

Grants & Gifts. (around campus).
June 9, 2003... J. F. Drake State Technical College in Huntsville, Ala., has received more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Education as a continuation of its funding for the college's Title III Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and...

Fullerton taps Schauerman as interim president. (presidents).(Sam Schauerman)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... Dr. Sam Schauerman has been named interim president of Fullerton College in Fullerton, Calif. Previously the interim president at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, Calif., Schauerman was scheduled to begin his duties at Fullerton on June...

McKay takes helm at Baltimore City. (presidents).(Sylvester E. McKay)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... Dr. Sylvester E. McKay has been named president of Maryland's Baltimore City Community College. Before coming to Baltimore City, McKay was president of the College of The Albemarle in Elizabeth City, N.C. He has a bachelor's degree, a master's...

Butte College has a new president. (presidents).(Diana Van Der Ploeg)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... Dr. Diana Van Der Ploeg will take over the presidency at Butte College in Oroville, Calif., when the current president, Dr. Sandy Acebo, retires in August. Van Der Ploeg served most recently as interim president of Olympia College in Bremerton,...

Blanchard to head Berkshire. (presidents).(Bryan Blanchard)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Mass., has selected a new president, ending a five-month search. Dr. Bryan Blanchard, currently president of Vincennes University in Indiana, was unanimously chosen by BCC trustees. He has a bachelor's...

Rittling appointed president of Davidson County. (presidents).(Mary E. Rittling)
June 9, 2003... The Davidson County Community College Board of Trustees have selected Dr. Mary E. Rittling to become the next president of North Carolina's Davidson County Community College. Rittling, the third president at Davidson County, will replace Dr. J....

State Center Picks interim chancellor. (professional notes).(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... Dr. Tom Crow has been tapped as the interim chancellor of the State Center Community College District in California. Crow replaces Dr. Judith Redwine who has been chancellor of the district since 1999. Crow is currently the president of Reedley...

Lavigne named chancellor of L.E. Fletcher. (presidents).(Travis Lavigne)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... Travis Lavigne has been named chancellor of L.E. Fletcher Technical Community College, a member of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System in Houma, La. He has served at Louisiana Technical College in a number of different...

Leger to head Sowela Technical. (presidents).(Stanley Leger)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... The Louisiana Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors has appointed Stanley Leger as the chancellor of Sowela Technical Community College in Lake Charles, La. Leger most recently served as assistant chancellor of Louisiana...

Fullerton College. (Appointments).(Brief Article)
June 9, 2003... Dr. Susan Clifford has been named interim executive vice president at Fullerton College in Fullerton, Calif. Clifford has served as the college's dean of academic services for the past seven years. She has a bachelor's degree from the...

Coming events.
June 9, 2003... June 22-27, Admissions. Summer institute for international admissions, College Board, at Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C. Contact: Janine Farhat, College Board, (202) 822-5900, ext. 105, internatl@ collegeboard.org,...

Los Angeles colleges get another huge bond boost. (around the nation).
June 23, 2003... LOS ANGELES -- Angelenos green-lighted a bond issue of nearly a billion dollars last month to upgrade and build new facilities for the Los Angeles Community College District, bringing to more than $2 billion total the district has persuaded...

Court sides with college in elephant-inspired fracas. (around the nation).
June 23, 2003... LOS ANGELES -- A federal appeals court has refused to overturn the conviction of an animal rights activist who was arrested while protesting a circus performance on a community college campus. Pamelyn Vlasak's conviction for possessing a...

Campus police suspended for beating students.(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Campus police Chief Philip Mullendore and his top deputy were suspended this month by Pasadena City College trustees pending an investigation into alleged police brutality during an anti-war protest. The board also...

Bush's vocational-education head to resign. (dateline washington).(Carol D'Amico)
June 23, 2003... The senior Bush administration official in charge of restructuring career and technical education is leaving office June 30 after nearly two years in Washington, D.C. Carol D'Amico, assistant secretary of education for vocational and adult...

College leader asks Congress for teacher ed. money. (Capitol briefs).
June 23, 2003... A community college leader has urged Congress to make a small new investment in two-year colleges and their growing role in training teachers. When it reauthorizes the Higher Education Act, Congress should consider adding $20 million for a...

"High-priced lessons. (point of view).
June 23, 2003... As the cost of higher education has risen and access has broadened dramatically, it has taken on all of the characteristics of a commodity. As Donald Heller detailed in his analysis of access and the pricing of higher education tot the Colorado...

To serve and protect. (point of view).
June 23, 2003... The mission of community colleges has historically been a broad one. It is that breadth of mission that draws many of us to the community college system rather than to four-year institutions. It is also that breadth of mission that we must...

'Smoke and mirrors'. (point of view).
June 23, 2003... Dear Editor, After reading Bob Pedersen's piece recently (Community College Week, May 26) I thought I would add my expression of concern for the actual demise of ERIC Clearinghouse as we know it. The work of Art Cohen at UCLA--and ERIC for...

What information age? (point of view).
June 23, 2003... Dear Editor, The op-ed article by Robert Pedersen (Community College Week, May 26) was an excellent overview of a very grave situation regarding the ERIC Clearinghouse for community colleges, it seems so ironic that in an era of increased...

In memoriam. (point of view).(Scott W. Wright)(Obituary)
June 23, 2003... Scott W. Wright, a former editor and reporter for Community College Week, died June 8 at the home of his parents in West Liberty, Iowa after an illness. He was 38. Funeral services were held June 11 at the West Liberty United Methodist...

The view from the top: the Top 100 associate's degree producers.
June 23, 2003... The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics estimates that in the year 2005, over 6.1 million students will be enrolled in degree-granting two-year institutions. While it is projected that enrollment at four-year...

A measure of success: trends and analysis in associate's degree conferrals.
June 23, 2003... With each year's report, Community College Week takes a more indepth look at some trends and patterns revealed by the graduation data collected by the U.S. Department of Education. This year, we begin our exploration by considering how...

Legislator-turned-president learns how the other half lives.(Glenn Oxender )
June 23, 2003... CENTREVILLE, Mich. -- When times were good and Michigan's economy was strong, then-Rep. Glenn Oxender was in a position to funnel more and more state tax money to community colleges. But the good times aren't rolling now, and as the new...

Former Texas trustee chair, architect plead guilty to conspiracy.
June 23, 2003... SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A former trustee chairman and a local architect have entered guilty pleas in connection with a bribery case involving several trustees of the Alamo Community College District and former San Antonio City Council members. ...

Former student pleads guilty to sexual assault.(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) -- A former community college student has pleaded guilty to taking part in the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in a campus apartment. Peter A. Rivera, 20, of New York City, became the fourth former Herkimer County...

Report: Utah college Police Dept. was 'close to imploding'.(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Salt Lake Community College Police Department was deficient in more than 70 areas and "close to imploding," a state Department of Public Safety evaluation earlier this year concluded. The March 4 report was...

Former school director accused of running side business to be investigated.(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The head of the state Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board said he would recommend an investigation of a former Des Moines Area Community College employee accused of running a consulting business out of the school. ...

Miss. inmate education program help make recycling center a success.(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A recycling center at the Hinds County Penal Farm has been a success in helping to provide money to college students and an inmate education program, officials said. The center is a partnership between Hinds Community...

Former student nabs accused Atlanta bomber.
June 23, 2003... MURPHY, N.C. (AP) -- Friends say Jeff Postell, a rookie police officer and a former community college student, has his eye on bigger things--like becoming an FBI agent. Last month, he did what hundreds of FBI and other law enforcement...

With colleges' help, unemployed workers follow a new dictum: employ thyself.
June 23, 2003... MT. AIRY, N.C. -- When Pat Littleton and Amy Heath lost their jobs two years ago, they decided it was the perfect time to start their own customized embroidery business. It sounds like an unlikely idea; their hometown, in North Carolina's...

Some truths are truer than others.(The American Community College)(Book Review)
June 23, 2003... The American Community College, 4th Edition By Arthur M. Cohen and Florence B. Brawer Jossey, Bass, 2002 Hardcover, $48 Each new edition of Cohen and Brawer's "The American Community College" (Jossey-Bass, 2003) is an important milestone in...

Former music instructor bikes across country for cancer research. (faculty lounge).
June 23, 2003... CRESTON, Iowa (AP) -- If riding a motorcycle 129,000 miles wasn't enough of a challenge, former community college instructor Phil Mattson has given himself an even bigger challenge: riding his bicycle across the United States. Mattson flew...

Honors & awards. (faculty lounge).
June 23, 2003... Dr. E. Dollie Hudspeth, an associate professor of English at St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas. has been selected as a 2003 Piper Professor by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation. Marvin Johnson, a mathematics instructor at the...

Miss. college students to be trained by robot. (Bits & Bytes).(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... RAYMOND, Miss. -- Students at Hinds Community College here were recently presented with a state-of-the-art manufacturing robot worth $50,000. Jack Uemura, president of Yorozu Automotive Mississippi, presented the robot to college President...

N.C. college gets $20,000 for digital literacy training. (Bits & Bytes).(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Forsyth Tech Community College has received a 520.000 grant for digital literacy training in Stokes County The money came from the Rural Internet Access Authority the group leading the "e-NC Initiative." a statewide...

Iowa course to fight cyber crime. (Bits & Bytes).(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... ESTHERVILLE, Iowa (AP) -- Students at Iowa Lakes Community College will learn to track crime by computer in a new criminal justice program starting next fall. The program will be the only one of its kind in the state. Students will take...

Protect your computer before it's too late. (A Tech Perspective).
June 23, 2003... After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, cyber security became a common household word. Information security is a lynchpin of homeland and economic security. In the past few years, threats in cyberspace have risen dramatically. President...

How to get the best deal on a PC. (technology today).
June 23, 2003... A long with how to best use computers, knowing what, when and where to buy them is at the essence of what people want to learn about PCs. Deciding where to buy can be no less tricky than it is in other buying decisions, with new options...

Campus forest swine hog their Twinkies. (around campus).
June 23, 2003... FOUR OAKS, N.C. (AP) -- They roam freely through 2,800 acres of forest, uprooting crops and native plants, digging potholes in roads and devouring other wildlife in their way, Nothing--not even the lure of Krispy Kreme doughnuts--has been...

Student editors apologize for running steamy photo. (around campus).(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Editors of a community college student newspaper published an apology last month and agreed to revise a handbook after publishing a sexually explicit photograph. The Spokane Falls Community College handbook will say...

Grants & gifts. (around campus).
June 23, 2003... Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif., received property worth $750,000 for its marine-science program. Henry Wheeler. a racing sailor, gave his 36-acre Rabbit Island, which is between Vancouver Island and the Canadian mainland, to the...

Piedmont picks president. (Presidents).(South Piedmont Community College, John Richard McKay)(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... Dr. John Richard McKay has been named the second president of South Piedmont Community College, in West Polkton, N.C. McKay is currently president of Morgan Community College in Ft. Morgan, Colo. McKay received his bachelor's of science and...

Roxbury appoints Gomes as leader. (Presidents).(Roxbury Community College, Terrenee A. Gomes)(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... Roxbury Community College trustees named interim leader Dr. Terrenee A. Gomes the permanent president after a review of 81 applicants nationwide. It's the first time the post has been permanently filled since November 2001, when former...

Pensacola Junior College names president. (Presidents).(G. Thomas Delaino)(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... Dr. G. Thomas Delaino was named the fifth president of Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Fla. Delaino came to PJC in 1993 as vice president for planning and administration and was appointed senior vice president in 1998. He served on...

Lindemann chosen as San Jacinto chancellor. (Presidents).(Bill Lindemann, San Jacinto College District)(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... Dr. Bill Lindemann became the fourth chancellor in the 42-year history of the San Jacinto College District in Pasadena, Texas. Lindemann has been serving as interim chancellor since Jan. 1. Previously, he was vice chancellor in charge of...

Palm Beach gets dean of workforce. (Appointments).(Palm Beach Community College, Pat Richie)(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... Palm Beach Community College in Lake Worth, Fla., has named Pat Richie dean of workforce development. In her new role, Richie will oversee PBCC's 60 workforce programs. Prior to joining the PBCC staff, Richie worked at Dundalk...

Hudson County dean to retire. (Retirements).(Hudson County Community College, Mark Oromaner)(Brief Article)
June 23, 2003... Mark Oromaner, dean for planning and institutional research, will leave Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, N.J. after 26 years of service in various administrative positions, including executive vice president and interim...