Community College Week articles from May 2009

Community College Week archives from May 2009

Pell Grants.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
May 4, 2009... Because of their lower incomes, community college students are more likely to receive Pell Grants than four-year college students. The percentage of students, by category, who receive the federal grants: Community colleges: 61 percent...

2 more charged in Alabama student aid investigation.
May 4, 2009... MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- A Mobile County grand jury has indicted two more people in the financial aid scandal at Bishop State Community College, bringing the total number of defendants to six. A grand jury report says 40-year-old Yolanda...

Wash. College changes name to reflect new 4-year degrees.
May 4, 2009... BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- Bellevue Community College has changed its name to Bellevue College. College President Jean Floten says many people think community colleges award only associate degrees. Bellevue College will award its first...

Parents: son who killed woman was mentally ill.
May 4, 2009... DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- The parents of a community college student who killed himself and another student on campus near Detroit, say he suffered from mental illness but they didn't think he would hurt somebody. Doris and Sam Powell told...

Ala. 2-year college program for youths to close.(around the nation)
May 4, 2009... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Two-year college Chancellor Bradley Byrne says he's all but certain a program to help troubled youths stay out of prison will have to shut down in June because the system will be forced to pay employees who are...

Utilize experts you work with every day to keep students learning after class.(point of view)
May 4, 2009... If most of the students at your college are commuters, it's a challenge to keep them on campus and to encourage them to blend their interdisciplinary knowledge. How can isolated, academic lectures transcend the classroom and become...

Enrollment soars in 'green collar' programs, but will jobs be there?
May 4, 2009... SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- As the economy sheds jobs, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that offer training for "green-collar" jobs. Students are learning how to install...

Bleak job market awaiting new college graduates.
May 4, 2009... BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) -- Facing a bleak job market, Brittney Joiner is thinking about extending her time in school once she gets her degree this spring at Western Kentucky University. The psychology major believes graduate school might be...

Promoting the equity ethic: Obama's higher ed choice plans push for access for all.
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The educational career of Martha J. Kanter long has been defined by a devotion to access and equity. From her days as a college undergraduate volunteering to teach impoverished third-graders in Boston's South...

Offspring of unemployed offered free tuition at Maine colleges.(money tree)
May 4, 2009... AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The leader of Maine's community colleges told lawmakers that full-time students who are listed as dependents on their parents' tax returns will be able to go to school tuition-free if their parents become unemployed. ...

Mo. senate endorses plan to expand scholarships.(MORE AID)
May 4, 2009... JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The state Senate has endorsed Gov. Jay Nixon's plan to expand Missouri's scholarships by offering four years of free tuition to students who start at community colleges and then transfer to state universities. ...

Bill offered to fund depleted prepaid tuition program in Ala.(CRAFTING A SOLUTION)
May 4, 2009... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A bill introduced in the Alabama Senate would use state funds to shore up the financially ailing prepaid college tuition plan and make sure the 48,000 participants receive all tuition payments. Democratic state...

Wash. Gov. proposes tuition increases to offset budget cuts.(money tree)
May 4, 2009... OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Gregoire has asked lawmakers to let state universities increase tuition by up to 28 percent over the next two years to help offset deep budget cuts. The request is a change from the temporary surcharge...

College president, former Fla. speaker indicted.
May 4, 2009... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Former Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom and Northwest Florida State College President Bob Richburg have been indicted on third-degree felony charges of official misconduct. A state grand jury accused Sansom, 46, of...

Iowa Senate approves cuts in higher education.
May 4, 2009... DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Senate slashed more than 8.3 percent from this year's higher education budget, ultimately approving a $909.8 million spending package. Sen. Brian Schoenjahn, a Democrat and main supporter of the package,...

N.C. 2-year colleges examine rules for illegal immigrants.(STRUGGLING)
May 4, 2009... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's community colleges would net an average f $1,680 a year per student if they admitted illegal immigrants and charged them out-of-state tuition, according to a consultant's report released as the board...

Even in difficult times, Oregon apprentice program flourishes.(JOB LOSSES)
May 4, 2009... PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The recession has hit construction hard, but workers aren't giving up. At the Northwest College of Construction, apprentices are holding out hope that the economy will turn around. "With our apprenticeship levels,...

Kentucky schools helping growing legions of jobless go back to work.(HELPING HAND)
May 4, 2009... PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) -- Larry Upshaw had worked 11 years in sales at Carquest Auto Parts when word came in late 2005 that the store was closing. "My mother died two weeks earlier, and then I lost my job," said Upshaw, 44. "It was pretty...

Ariz. college approves tuition increase of 3.7 percent.
May 4, 2009... TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Full-time, in-state students at Pima Community College will pay $60 more next year. A 4-1 vote by the college district's governing board raised tuition by $2 per credit hour. Pima defines a full-time student as...

N.Y. lawmaker calls for free tuition for veterans.
May 4, 2009... SUFFERN, N.Y. (AP) -- A local lawmaker wants veterans to get free tuition at Rockland Community College. County Legislator Frank Sparaco of Valley Cottage wants to explore the aid for veterans who've served in Afghanistan and Iraq. ...

Illinois college's plan to offer 4-year degrees faces criticism.
May 4, 2009... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- As the Illinois Senate takes up a bid by a community college to offer bachelor's degrees, representatives of the state's universities are voicing opposition to the plan. Harper College has announced its desire to...

Scholarship program reaches $10m milestone.
May 4, 2009... KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) -- The Kalamazoo Promise has reached a milestone. The pioneering college scholarship program for graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools has spent $10 million on tuition at Michigan's state-funded universities and...

S. Dakota colleges offering new degrees.
May 4, 2009... SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Presentation College in Aberdeen and Kilian Community College in Sioux Falls are expanding their partnership by adding three new degrees in Sioux Falls. The two private institutions will jointly offer associate of...

W. Va. college proposes hiking fall tuition by 3.5 percent.
May 4, 2009... FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) -- Pierpont Community & Technical College in Fairmont is planning to raise tuition by more than 3.5 percent this fall. Its board of governors approved tuition increases of $60 more per semester for residential students...

Ala. college to test 4-day week this summer.
May 4, 2009... HANCEVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- Classes will be held and offices will be open Monday through Thursday this summer at Wallace State Community College. Officials at the Cullman County school announced they will test a four-day work week as a way of...

N.D. college and university announce new collaboration.
May 4, 2009... GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Students attending Lake Region State College for two years will have access to the University of North Dakota, under a plan announced by presidents of both schools. UND President Robert Kelley and Lake Region State...

The rise of Wikipedia dictates encyclopedic changes on web.(technology today)
May 4, 2009... Encyclopedias traditionally have been regarded as second-rate sources of information, collections of summaries short on depth and authority, works you'd be embarrassed to cite in an academic paper or business presentation. But compared to...

The International Education Department at Southwest Tennessee Community College has chosen 22 students to receive study-abroad scholarships in nine countries for the summer of 2009.(around campus)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The International Education Department at Southwest Tennessee Community College has chosen 22 students to receive study-abroad scholarships in nine countries for the summer of 2009. Southwest is in its second year of...

Hundreds of T-shirts of varying sizes recently adorned Ohio's Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts Mainstage Theatre and Rotunda as the academic institution served as host to a Clothesline Project public display.(around campus)
May 4, 2009... Hundreds of T-shirts of varying sizes recently adorned Ohio's Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts Mainstage Theatre and Rotunda as the academic institution served as host to a Clothesline Project public display....

In celebration of National Dance Week, Florida's Hillsborough Community College's Dance Program and School of Visual and Performing Arts hosted its second annual "Four Days Of Dance," a performance series celebrating the variety and diversity of dance in the Tampa Bay community.(around campus)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In celebration of National Dance Week, Florida's Hillsborough Community College's Dance Program and School of Visual and Performing Arts hosted its second annual "Four Days Of Dance," a performance series celebrating...

Cochise College in Arizona has received a $500,000 grant from Science Foundation Arizona to start training students in mechatronics, an applied engineering program that prepares students to enter the workforce or continue their studies.(grants & gifts)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cochise College in Arizona has received a $500,000 grant from Science Foundation Arizona to start training students in mechatronics, an applied engineering program that prepares students to enter the workforce or...

The Riverside Community College District in California has received nearly $3 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Education to increase participation and achievement in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics by underrepresented minorities, women and veterans.(grants & gifts)
May 4, 2009... The Riverside Community College District in California has received nearly $3 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Education to increase participation and achievement in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics by...

Graduates of the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District s Firefighter Academy will find it easier to further their professional education and careers after the signing of an agreement between the fire district and Mohave Community College.(faculty lounge)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Graduates of the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District s Firefighter Academy will find it easier to further their professional education and careers after the signing of an agreement between the fire district...

Dignitaries and employees at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Sandia and Mesalands Community College.(faculty lounge)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dignitaries and employees at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Sandia and Mesalands Community College. The document, which allows wind energy...

Burlington County College.(honors & awards)
May 4, 2009... Burlington County College in New Jersey placed second in a regional competition testing the skills and knowledge of area radiologic technology students. The team of Joan Conrad and Christin Kilmer represented the college in the Philadelphia...

Johnson County (Kan.) Community College.(honors & awards)
May 4, 2009... The Johnson County (Kan.) Community College Model United Nations team won an Outstanding Delegation Award and an Outstanding Position Paper Award for its portrayal of Kenya at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City. In...

MiraCosta College.(honors & awards)
May 4, 2009... MiraCosta College Vice President of Instruction Pare Deegan received quite an honor from her peers at the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Spring 2009 Conference. Deegan received the "Carter Doran Leadership Award,"...

St. Clair County Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kevin A. Pollock has been appointed the sixth president of St. Clair County Community College in Port Huron, Mich. He previously served for nearly nine years as vice president of student services at West Shore...

DeVry University.(APPOINTMENTS)
May 4, 2009... Mary Kay Porter was recently appointed to the position of Center Dean for DeVry University's location in Bethesda, Md. Prior to joining DeVry, Porter held similar positions with Columbia Union College, Andrews University and the University of...

Riverside Community College District.(APPOINTMENTS)
May 4, 2009... Gregory W. Gray has been named chancellor of the Riverside Community College District in Riverside, Calif. Gray currently is president of Miami Dade College's Kendall Campus. Gray served eight years as chancellor of the Fayette Campus of Penn...

Nunez Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
May 4, 2009... Nunez Community College in Chalmette, La., has a new vice chancellor of academic affairs. He is Steve Berrien, formerly chancellor of MassBay Community College in Massachusetts. Berrien has a bachelor's degree in English from Haverford (Pa.)...

Houston Texas Lone Star College System's Small Business Development Center.(APPOINTMENTS)
May 4, 2009... Karen Cavallaro has joined the Houston Texas Lone Star College System's Small Business Development Center as a senior consultant. Cavallaro most recently was owner of her own marketing and promotions business and also is an adjunct professor in...

Calendar: event listings are free!(Calendar)
May 4, 2009... MAY May 17-18, 2009 NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT ADVOCACY INSTITUTE "Building Nations Through Education" The College Board Tuscan, AZ www.collegeboard.com/nasai May 24.27, 2009 31st NISOD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE...