Community College Week articles from March 2005

Community College Week archives from March 2005

Calif. college ends study-abroad program, sparks criticism.(California)(Saddleback College )
March 28, 2005... MISSION VIEJO, Calif. -- Citing safety concerns and lack of support for U.S. troops in Iraq, the board of trustees at California's Saddleback College voted 5-2 to cancel the school's annual summer study-abroad program in Spain. "Spain...

Schwarzenegger plan to dismantle community-college structure fails.(Arnold Schwarzenegger)
March 28, 2005... SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Acknowledging the first defeat of his administration, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California has pulled his support from an ambitious plan to streamline the state's government agencies by dismantling duplicative...

Maine college grads to get free pass to UMaine system.
March 28, 2005... AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine Community College students will get a better opportunity to earn full college degrees under a new agreement announced by Gov. John Baldacci and signed by two leaders of state higher education systems. ...

Education committee may scrap '90-10' rule for proprietary schools.
March 28, 2005... The community-college portion of the federal student-funding pie is being threatened by provisions in a House bill that would eliminate a major restriction on proprietary schools' access to federal student aid. The House of...

Colleges have mixed reactions to workforce reforms.
March 28, 2005... Would pending legislation make Workforce Investment Act programs a bigger boon for community colleges? A bill being debated in the Senate would create a special role for community colleges and knock out some red tape that has limited...

Senate wants to boost Pell funding.(Pell Grant)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... The prospects for increased Pell Grant funding for 2006 got a boost when the Senate Budget Committee recently approved a 10.1 percent increase from the 2005 fiscal budget for the program. The increase is $417 million above the Bush...

Life-changing leadership.(point of view)
March 28, 2005... After more than three decades in higher education, I can hardly believe I almost made another choice. Law school beckoned me after college, but a professor suggested that I try a year or two of teaching. OK. I tried it--and I was hooked!...

Putting geography back on the map.
March 28, 2005... As we prepare for a new academic year, quick glance through the geography offerings in college and university catalogs reveals an all too familiar trend--limited geography classes and enrollments that continue to lag far behind almost all...

Fast forward: these days, being tapped to head a community college means being able to shift gears fast and frequently--a feat that's both trying and rewarding.
March 28, 2005... So you've just been made president of a community college. Ready to sit back, unpack your office and go to a few welcome luncheons as you gear up for your indefinite tenure? Uh, sorry. That describes a kickoff to the community-college...

Thomas Nelson Community College.(Presidents on the Move)(Charles A. Taylor)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Dr. Charles A. Taylor, took the helm at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Va., in the summer of 2004. Before joining TNCC, he had been senior vice chancellor for administration and finance/ chief operating officer at the Peralta...

Mass-Bay Community College.(Presidents on the Move)(Carole M. Berotte Joseph)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Dr. Carole M. Berotte Joseph is the fourth president of Mass-Bay Community College in Wellesley, Mass. She had previously served at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., as the dean of academic affairs.

Edgecombe Community College.(Presidents on the Move)(Deborah L. Lamm)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Dr. Deborah L. Lamm joined Edgecombe Community College in Tarboro, N.C., in November 2004. Before that, she was vice president of curriculum instruction at Southeastern Community College in Whiteville, N.C.

Education Commission of the States.(Piedad Robertson appointed)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Dr. Piedad Robertson made history earlier this year when she became the first community-college president to be tapped to head the Denver-based Education Commission of the States. On joining ECS, Roberston stepped down from her post as...

Community College of Southern Nevada.(Presidents on the Move)(Richard Carpenter)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... The new leader of the Community College of Southern Nevada is Dr. Richard Carpenter, who assumed the post in late 2004. He has more than two decades of leadership experience in higher education, including his most recent job as president of...

Norwalk Community College.(Presidents on the Move)(David Levinson)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Dr. David Levinson was picked last summer to lead Norwalk Community College in Norwalk, Ct. He previously had been the academic vice president at Bergen Community College in Paramus, N.J.

Times they are a changin': in January, Drs. James Martin and James E. Samels sat down with Community College Week reporter Kristin Bagnato to talk about their new book, "Presidential Transition in Higher Education: Managing Leadership Change." Here's an edited transcript of their conversation.(Interview)
March 28, 2005... Q. Over the past 25 to 30 years, presidential tenures have dropped from more than 12 years to less than six in some institutional categories. Why are so many presidents leaving their jobs years ahead of their predecessors, and will...

Women and the presidency: miles to go.(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... While women are slowly gaining ground in leadership roles at community colleges, they are still far outnumbered by men when it comes to presidential roles. As of 2002, only 19 percent of community colleges were led by women, according to...

House and Senate juggle education reform.
March 28, 2005... Thumbs up for Perkins and thumbs down for the administration's proposal to wipe it out. The Senate unanimously approved the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2005, while the House Education and the Workforce...

Miss. colleges get $20 million for workforce funding.(Mississippi)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- The Mississippi House has voted to put $20 million into the state's workforce-training programs. The Senate earlier passed a similar bill, and the proposal comes with the strong backing of Gov. Haley Barbour, said...

Ariz bill on four-year degrees would affect fewer colleges.(Arizona)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... PHOENIX (AP) -- Fewer Arizona community-college districts could offer four-year degrees than originally proposed under a bill recently approved by the Arizona House of Representatives. The bill was approved 31-24 and sent to the Senate...

Kentucky tuition up--by a little.(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... VERSAILLES, Ky. (AP) -- The board of Kentucky's community and technical colleges has increased tuition rates for next school year by only 6.5 percent, crediting the modest rise on increased state funding in the recently passed state budget....

Couple leaves $2.8 million to Oregon Community College.(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... BEND, Ore.(AP) -- Robert and Margaret Turner, who grew up poor in the Depression and struggled to get through college, have left $2.8 million to the Central Oregon Community College Foundation. College officials said they believe it is...

Family campaigns for endowment for Michigan College.(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... JACKSON, Mich. (AP) -- Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy and his siblings have kicked off a campaign to raise $1 million to establish Jackson Community College's first endowed chair in honor of their late father. Tony Dungy recently...

Kansas Gov.'s higher-ed plans under fire.
March 28, 2005... TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' proposals to increase higher-education spending are under attack as some Kan. House Republicans hunt for dollars to divert to elementary and secondary schools. House GOP leaders hope to boost...

Kansas College could revoke degrees in coach scandal.(Barton County Community College)(Ryan Wolf)
March 28, 2005... GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) -- A Barton County Community College panel is considering revoking the diplomas of some men's basketball players who were named in a federal indictment against their former coach. Former coach Ryan Wolf faces a...

Tours of duty: from college to Iraq and back.(Cape Fear Community College)
March 28, 2005... A community-college campus may not seem like the prime training ground for a combat mission, but Dan Hickman realized fairly early in his year-long tour in Iraq that his years as an administrator at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington,...

Bush touts job-training bill at Maryland College.
March 28, 2005... ARNOLD, Md. (AP) -- President Bush recently visited Anne Arundel Community College to promote his latest community-college initiative. His program seeks to make the nation's community-college system more effective in training workers for...

Mass. student aid shrinks while college costs spike.(Massachusetts)
March 28, 2005... BOSTON (AP) -- The state has cut spending on grants and scholarships for college students by more than $20 million over the past five years, while enrollment increased and public colleges raised tuition and fees as much as 75 percent. As...

Ohio governor gives two-year colleges shot in the arm.(Owens Community College)
March 28, 2005... TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Unable to afford tuition at a private school, Stephanie Schoen did what a growing number of students are doing in Ohio by enrolling at a community college. "The only thing I'm missing out on is the dorm life," said...

Illinois college hosts Sen. Barack Obama.(senator)(Moraine Valley Community College)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... PALOS HILLS, Ill. (AP) -- Newly elected U.S. Sen. Barack Obama drew more than 1,100 students, faculty, staff and supporters at Moraine Valley Community College, where he appeared as a keynote speaker for the college's Black History Month...

Leadership and diversity in Louisiana: a case study.(Louisiana Community and Technical College System)
March 28, 2005... BATON ROUGE, LA. -- When the Louisiana Community and Technical College System was created in 1999, white males dominated the system. The system's chief administrator and the chairman of its governing board were white men, as were seven of its...

The torch has passed. Now what?(Presidential Transition in Higher Education: Managing Leadership Change)(Book Review)
March 28, 2005... Presidential Transition in Higher Education: Managing Leadership Change By Dr. James Martin, Dr. James E. Samels & Associates The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004 $45, hardcover What Martin and Samels refer to as "transition...

How much bang for the buck.(Achieving Accountability in Higher Education: Balancing Public, Academic, and Market Demands)(Book Review)
March 28, 2005... Achieving Accountability in Higher Education: Balancing Public, Academic, and Market Demands By Dr. Joseph C. Burke & Associates Jossey-Bass, 2005 $45, hardcover What at are colleges and universities accomplishing for all the money they...

Keeping e-mail in top form.
March 28, 2005... Despite the fact that e-mail has been firmly entrenched in offices and homes for some time, debate still rages online about e-mail usage and style. How should you begin and end an email message? If replying to a message, should you quote...

Maryland college installs first-aid devices.(Bits & Bytes)(Carroll Community College)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... WESTMINSTER, Md. -- Carroll Community College has moved to increase student safety on campus with the introduction of five medically approved automated external defibrillators across campus. The devices, generally referred to as AEDs, are the...

New York college remembers art professor.(Dutchess Community College)(Lowell Butler)(memorial exhibition)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is honoring the memory of one of their most popular instructors, Lowell Butler, by presenting the Lowell Butler Memorial Exhibit at the Mildred I. Washington Art Gallery. Butler died suddenly...

National Endowment of the Arts.(Honors & Awards)(Allen Braden)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... English instructor Allen Braden of Tacoma Community College in Tacoma, Wash., was the recipient of a $20,000 fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts in recognition of his achievements in poetry. The award will be used to develop...

Pensacola Junior College Academy.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... The Pensacola Junior College Academy of Teaching Excellence in Pensacola, Fla., has recognized five faculty members for their exemplary work. The Teaching Excellence Award was conferred on Vance Land, a professor of business administration;...

Bryan Golden.(Honors & Awards)(publishes Dare to Live Without Limits)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Bryan Golden, an adjunct computer information systems instructor at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., has published his first book, "Dare to Live Without Limits."

Fire in his belly.(Kevin Christensen)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... The average 18-year-old may not know what life holds for him in two months. Kevin Christensen, however, can tell you without hesitation what he'll be doing 20 years from new. His plans include becoming a lieutenant with the Marion County...

Creations in clay.(around campus)(Howard Community College Art Gallery showcases "New Marks: Contemporary Low-Fire Ceramics.")(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... The Howard Community College Art Gallery recently showcased the exhibit "New Marks: Contemporary Low-Fire Ceramics." Also known as "Tour de Clay," the exhibit features a wide variety of clay artwork from regional artists. The Columbia, Md.,...

Calhoun Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Ala., received $194,152 from the Appalachian Regional Commission to help build and equip two nursing skills laboratories. The facilities will provide hands-on learning experiences to more than 200...

Harris Area Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Harrisburg Area Community College in Harrisburg, Pa., was awarded a $150,000 grant by M&T Bank, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation. The funds will be used to provide financial aid for nursing students at the...

San Jacinto College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Washington Mutual has pledged $25,000 to fund the Geographic Information Systems and Space Program for Educators at San Jacinto College in Harris County, Texas. The program aims to provide middle-school science teachers in four school...

Ivy Tech State College-Central Indiana.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Ivy Tech State College-Central Indiana and the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township will receive a $40,000 exploration grant from the Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning. The grant will be used to develop a "Lawrence...

Palo Alto College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Palo Alto College in San Antonio will receive $1.5 million from the U.S. Commerce Department, The grant will finance and equip the school's applied science and technology education center.

Montgomery County Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pa., will receive $250,000 in state and local funds in fiscal year 2005. The money will go toward expanding the college's West Campus and adding a pedestrian walkway to connect the school's...

Madison Area Technical College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... John H. Lussier has donated $500,000 to Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wis., to create the MATC Community Scholars Initiative and expand the Lussier Family Scholarships.

Digital visionaries.(around campus)(Montgomery College hosts "Virtually Digital III" art showcase)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Montgomery College in Rockville, Md., is currently hosting the "Virtually Digital III" art showcase at its Communication Arts Technologies Gallery. The display features work by regional and national artists, who primarily used digital...

Frederick Community College.(Retirements)(Patricia Stanley)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Dr. Patricia Stanley announced her retirement this spring as president of Frederick Community College in Frederick, Md. The first female president of the college, she was previously executive vice president of Cypress College in Cypress,...

Metropolitan Community College.(Retirements)(Jerry Moskus)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Dr. Jerry Moskus will retire as president of Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Neb., after four years in the position. He had previously served as president of Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore. Moskus holds a bachelor's degree, a...

Quinsigamond Community College.(Appointments)(Stephen Sullivan)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Stephen Sullivan has been tapped as the new vice president of enrollment and student services at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, Mass. He was most recently dean of enrollment management at Northern Essex Community College in...

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, Mass., has appointed Jane Shea to be the new dean of continuing education.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, Mass., has appointed Jane Shea to be the new dean of continuing education. She was previously the director of adult basic education and occupational education at the college. Shea holds a...

Santa Ana College.(Appointments)(Lilia Tanakeyowma)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Lilia Tanakeyowma was recently named dean of student affairs at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana, Calif. She had previously served as director of student services at Santa Ana. Tanakeyowma has a bachelor's degree from the University of...

Raritan Valley Community College.(Appointments)(Constance Mierendorf)(Brief Article)
March 28, 2005... Dr. Constance Mierendorf has been named senior vice president for academic affairs at Raritan Valley Community College in North Branch, N.J. She most recently served as dean of academic affairs at Santa Fe Community College in New Mexico....

Coming events.(Calendar)
March 28, 2005... April 20-23 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 28th Annual Conference on Black History in Pennsylvania Philadelphia Web: www.phmc.state.pa.us April 21-22 NACADA North Central Regional Conference ...

N.C. Gov. demands more college funding.(North Carolina governor Michael F. Easley)
March 14, 2005... North Carolina Gov. Michael F. Easley gave his state's 58 community colleges a resounding voice of support last month during his State of the State address. His speech included proposed budget plans to increase the role of community colleges...

Calif. community colleges move toward dual enrollment with universities.(California)
March 14, 2005... SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California State University system and the state's community colleges are developing a dual-admission program that would provide more seamless transfers for community college students. In 2004, Gov. Arnold...

Oregon schools fight for funding.(around the nation)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- All of Oregon's 17 community colleges agree on one thing--Gov. Ted Kulongoski isn't offering them ample funding in his proposed budget for 2005-2007. But with chances dimming for more money overall, the community...

Indian leaders can't save Calif. tribal college.(California)(D-Q University)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Indian leaders who tried to save California's only tribal college say that problems at D-Q University are insurmountable. The two-year college in rural Yolo County lost its accreditation in January, after school...

Idaho shows college degrees yield higher salaries.(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- State labor officials are pressing the message that education pays in Idaho. Residents holding college degrees earn up to twice the annual income of Idahoans without postsecondary degrees, and students who continue...

Job-training bill clears house.(Capitol briefs)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... The House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce has approved the Job Training Improvement Act of 2005, which integrates President Bush's 2004 proposal for $250 million to expand community colleges' job-training role. The...

Hearings weigh vocational education.
March 14, 2005... Vocational and technical education programs are helping students succeed but could be more effective, according to witnesses at a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce's Education Reform Subcommittee. At the heating,...

Report: Bush's budget cuts threaten work force.(George W. Bush)
March 14, 2005... Nearly half a million Americans would lose services in literacy, adult basic education, GED and English as a Second Language because of President Bush's proposed 2006 budget cuts to a single adult-education program, according to the Center...

An identity crisis in continuing education.(point of view)
March 14, 2005... Some notable public figures have recently been quoted praising community colleges. Among those singing our praises are Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan, Microsoft founder and CEO Bill Gates and author and management guru...

Black male achievement and the community college.(point of view)
March 14, 2005... The two-year college often represents black men's first experience with postsecondary education and, for many, their last opportunity to obtain a degree beyond high school. Yet a review of student performance data provided by the California...

Humor 101.(point of view)
March 14, 2005... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "And she's teaching a section of Sociology for us."

The next big thing: community colleges are taking center stage as states look to biotechnology to help rewire America's work force.(Cover Story)
March 14, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO -- Anyone familiar with San Francisco's busy biotech corridor wouldn't be surprised to learn that the largest community college in the area, the City College of San Francisco, also boasts one of America's most diverse...

Texas college enrollments keep swelling, funding keeps shrinking.
March 14, 2005... By 2040, about 175,000 more Texans will enroll in community colleges than four-year universities, according to Dr. Steve H. Murdock, management science and statistics professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The growth, he said,...

For many, a new approach to writing instruction.(Advertisement)
March 14, 2005... Among the challenges college instructors face, helping students develop the writing skills they'll need for academic and workplace success ranks among the most critical. It's certainly among the most demanding. Increasingly, though,...

What do we expect?(higher education)
March 14, 2005... Dr. Vince Tinto, professor of higher education at Syracuse University, suggests that teachers and leaders in higher education invite a diverse group of students to a dinner to ask them about their learning journeys. During dinner, just be...

Interactive software gives distance learning an edge.(Dallas County Community College District)(Advertisement)
March 14, 2005... Serving the higher-education market for more than 30 years, Dallas TeleLearning of the Dallas County Community College District offers award-winning quality distance-learning courseware. Dallas TeleLearning has developed a new interactive...

Revolutionary times in information technology.(Advertisement)
March 14, 2005... "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity..." --Charles Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities" Dickens'...

Minnesota college launches nanotechnology program.(Dakota County Technical College )(Advertisement)
March 14, 2005... The first two-year multi-disciplinary Nanoscience Technology program in the United States will debut at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemont, Minn., thanks to help from a $900,000 National Science Foundation grant. The program, offered...

Technology empowers disabled students.(Pasadena City College)(Advertisement)
March 14, 2005... As the gateway for education in California, community colleges constantly search for new ways to provide instructional opportunities to all students. The Pasadena City College Disabled Student Programs & Services provides services that...

Simulation gaming: not just fun anymore.(Advertisement)
March 14, 2005... The information technology division at Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, N.C., has a strong tradition of innovation and has aggressively pursued new, high-demand technologies and creative applications. With the increasing pace of...

A one-stop shop for Web-based learning.(Gatlin Education Services introduces eLearning Center )(Advertisement)
March 14, 2005... According to IDC, a Framingham, Mass.-based research firm, the e-learning market, which was about $6.5 billion in 2003, will increase to more than $21 billion by 2008. Colleges and universities across the United States have long recognized...

Community colleges and ACCUPLACER: a Partnership.(Advertisement)
March 14, 2005... The American higher-education system continues to strive to address its rapidly evolving student population, ever-changing institutional challenges, and even more demanding global work force The faces we encounter in our classrooms on a daily...

'Year of Languages' seeks to broaden cultural horizons.
March 14, 2005... As the United States observes the "Year of Languages," foreign language advocates are seeking to raise the profile of language study in community colleges across the country. For the typical community-college student, workforce training...

Faculty pushes to remove R.I. college president.(Community College of Rhode Island)(Thomas Sepe)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Faculty at the Community College of Rhode Island have voted to recommend that the president, Dr. Thomas Sepe, be fired by June 30, a year before his three-year contract ends. The vote by the CCRI Faculty...

Education or occupation?(Academic Capitalism and the New Economy: Markets, State, and Higher Education)(Book Review)
March 14, 2005... Academic Capitalism and the New Economy: Markets, State, and Higher Education By Dr. Sheila Slaughter and Dr. Gary Rhoades Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, Hardcover, $39.95 Learning? Research? Aren't these the primary functions of...

Audit finds enrollment inflation at California school.(Los Angeles Mission College)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles Mission College improperly received $5.73 million in state funds over three years by reporting inflated enrollment figures for two noncredit computer courses, state Controller Steve Westly said. An audit...

In search of Answers.(GuruNet Corp. launches new service 'Answers.com')
March 14, 2005... Since the advent of computers more than a half-century ago, the Holy Grail has been an intelligent machine that provides just the answers you're looking for. This quest was dramatized with HAL, the soft-spoken fictional computer in the film...

Jennifer O'Loughlin-Brooks.(appointments)(Psi Beta)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... Jennifer O'Loughlin-Brooks, a professor of psychology at Collin County Community College in Plano, Texas, has been designated the first Texas liaison for Psi Beta, a national psychology honor society for community and junior colleges.