Community College Week articles from October 2005

Community College Week archives from October 2005

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's comments highlight community college image problem.(around the nation)
October 10, 2005... The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina brought to light several issues of race and poverty in the Gulf Coast states. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged in an interview with The New York Times that there are pockets in...

Gulf Coast states get $12m in federal workforce-training grants.(around the nation)
October 10, 2005... Even before Sept. 14, when the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it was awarding $12 million in workforce-training grants to Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, the states affected by Hurricane Katrina were already assessing the...

Gas Prices spur carpooling trend.
October 10, 2005... Rochester, N.Y. -- Susan Forsyth filled up her two family cars for a combined $90 on Labor Day. "That was it for me," she said. Frustrated with the rising cost of gasoline, Forsyth, chair of health professions at Monroe Community College in...

A call for more scholarship.(point of view)
October 10, 2005... Community colleges face a number of challenges with respect to faculty recruitment and retention. Teaching in a community college remains anathema to many students enrolled in Ph.D. programs. Graduate program directors and dissertation advisors...

What do adjunct faculty want?(point of view)
October 10, 2005... Community colleges have long been concerned about retaining good students to finish their two-year degrees. Sometimes, however, there could be more focus placed on retaining good part-time faculty. What can be done to keep part-time faculty...

The calm before the storm: while college administrators now report an overabundance of job seekers, the tables could turn once baby boomers start retiring in large numbers.(Cover story)
October 10, 2005... Community college administrators say they enjoy a buyer's market when hiring full-time faculty thanks to a surplus of newly minted Ph.D.s and waning state financial support that's prompted an increase in adjunct hires. While administrators...

New Pennsylvania law has colleges wondering what to expect.
October 10, 2005... With the academic year in full swing, Pennsylvania community colleges are looking ahead to January 2006, the deadline for a new state law requiring them to provide student and program data in exchange for state funds. But what, exactly, is...

After the storms: the status of Gulf Coast community colleges after Hurricane Rita.
October 10, 2005... Hurricane Katrina's wide path of devastation has had residents in the Gulf Coast states in salvage and repair mode for more than a month now. The added destruction in the wake of Hurricane Rita has made their job even more difficult. Several...

Federal appeals court tosses credentials bias award.
October 10, 2005... Roseburg, Ore. -- A federal appeals court has tossed out an award of more than $440,000 that an Umpqua Community College faculty member won in a court battle over her credentials. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Melinda...

Maryland College brings Spanish language program to D.C. area.
October 10, 2005... Arnold, Md. -- The Center for Workforce Solutions at Anne Arundel Community College recently became the exclusive provider of the Command Spanish[R] language program in the Washington, D.C., area. Command Spanish[R] offers job-specific...

New federal commission to examine Higher Education strategy.(dateline washington)
October 10, 2005... Now that the administration has launched the No Child Left Behind initiative, the Department of Education is turning some attention to higher education. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings formed a 19-member Commission on the Future of...

Ed. Dept. asks for $2.6 billion in Katrina aid.(CAPITOL briefs)
October 10, 2005... The Department of Education estimates that approximately 372,000 students at all grade levels in Louisiana and Mississippi have been unable to attend classes since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Sept. 29. Public and private schools and...

More study needed to improve access for low-income students.(dateline washington)
October 10, 2005... We still don't know enough about what it takes to put low-income students through higher education. This was the admission of the people who may know the most about it--members of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, who...

Free SAT for students affected by Katrina.
October 10, 2005... NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The College Board will be offering free SAT Reasoning Tests to seniors in the areas affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, along with free PSAT/NMSQT (National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Tests) to 10th- and 11th-grade...

North Carolina Training program lures big business to the State.(workforce training)
October 10, 2005... In the wake of record job losses in North Carolina's once famed manufacturing sector, a 50-year-old training program that uses the programs and services of the state's 58 community colleges has been a catalyst in drawing new industry and jobs...

Huge growth expected in near future, report says.(Capitol Briefs)
October 10, 2005... The overall budget for public two-year colleges rose by more than half between the 1988-1989 school year and 2000-2001. And it will go up by more than half again by 2013-2014. So predicts the National Center for Education Statistics in its...

Hurricane relief bills making way through Congress.(Capitol Briefs)
October 10, 2005... Now that President Bush has signed both the Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act and the Student Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act, the secretary of education can waive repayment provisions for students receiving Pell Grants or...

Online help for fixing computer glitches.(technology today)
October 10, 2005... One of a number of catchy TV commercials aired lately by Hewlett-Packard implies that the reliability of personal computers stacks up well against low-tech products such as pens and staplers, which it shows breaking easily. Come on. ...

In the fast lane.(Bits & Bytes)
October 10, 2005... NASCAR has undergone a dramatic transformation in the past 20 years. The cars are sleeker, faster and more high-tech than ever before. But the nation's image of the automotive technicians who keep those cars at peak performance hasn't kept pace...

Faculty fantasies.(around campus)
October 10, 2005... Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., opens its fall semester with an exhibit of faculty art at the Mildred I. Washington Art Gallery on the DCC campus. The exhibit features artwork by full-time and adjunct members of the Department...

Miami Dade College and Florida International University have partnered to receive a $1,282,500 grant from the Florida Department of Education.(Grants & Gifts)
October 10, 2005... Miami Dade College and Florida International University have partnered to receive a $1,282,500 grant from the Florida Department of Education. The grant, titled "Expanding Nursing Capacity and Diversity Initiative," is a collaborative effort to...

Northern Virginia Community College.(Grants & Gifts)
October 10, 2005... Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., has received a $50,000 grant from the MetLife Foundation for the development, implementation and tracking of a pilot health care career bridge program. The program is designed for students...

Calhoun Community College.(Grants & Gifts)
October 10, 2005... Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Ala., will receive $31,732 from the National Science Foundation to fund the school's Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Adaptation and Implementation Planning program. The grant is intended to...

Harrisburg Area Community College.(Grants & Gifts)
October 10, 2005... Harrisburg Area Community College in York, Pa., recently received a $600,000 donation from former governor George M. Leader. The donation will be used to expand York Center, the permanent center of the college. The complex will be renamed the...

Middlesex Community College.(Grants & Gifts)
October 10, 2005... Middlesex Community College, with campuses in Lowell and Bedford, Mass., has partnered with Lowell National Historical Park to receive a $110,000 grant from Learn and Serve America, an office of the Corporation for National and Community...

Amarillo College.(Grants & Gifts)
October 10, 2005... Amarillo College in Amarillo, Texas, has received a $695,738 skills development grant from the Texas Workforce Commission. The grant will be used to train aerospace manufacturing technicians and is specifically designed for Bell Helicopter. The...

Anne Arundel Community College.(Grants & Gifts)
October 10, 2005... Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Md., has received a $500,000 donation from the estate of August "Gus" and Marjorie Berlitz for the construction and equipping of the Berlitz Memorial Microbiology and Environment Studies Laboratory. The...

Pasco-Hernando Community College.(Grants & Gifts)
October 10, 2005... Pasco-Hernando Community College in New Port Richey, Fla., recently won a SUCCEED Florida grant for $242,159 to fund the college's Educator Preparation Institute program. The SUCCEED Florida grant is awarded through the Florida Department of...

A chance to give back.(faculty lounge)
October 10, 2005... Findlay, Ohio -- From her youngest days, Siva Sakthivel has been instilled with not just a hunger for knowledge, but also a sense of responsibility for passing knowledge and wisdom on to others. Born and raised in India, Sakthivel cites her...

Marie Foster Gnage.(Honors & AWARDS)
October 10, 2005... Dr. Marie Foster Gnage, president of West Virginia University at Parkersburg, was recently presented with the 2005 Empowerment/Inspiration Award by the West Virginia Minority Business Development Center. Gnage is the first black woman to be...

Mary Bendickson.(Honors & AWARDS)
October 10, 2005... Mary Bendickson, dean of arts and sciences at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., has been selected to participate in the prestigious Executive Leadership Institute. She is one of 24 community college leaders chosen from a pool of...

Steve Hardy.(Honors & AWARDS)
October 10, 2005... Steve Hardy, associate vice president of continuing education and workforce development for Collin County Community College in Piano, Texas, has been selected as the recipient of the 2005 National Council for Continuing Education and Training...

Malinda Bryan-Smith.(Honors & AWARDS)
October 10, 2005... Business development consultant Malinda Bryan-Smith of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan., was named the 2005 State Star of the Kansas Small Business Development Network. Recently-hired JCCC assistant professor Barbara...

Elaine Ryan.(PRESIDENTS)
October 10, 2005... Dr. Elaine Ryan has announced her retirement as president of the College of Southern Maryland, in La Plata. She was appointed president in 1998. She had previously served as executive vice president and dean of college services. She earned a...

Norman K. Myers.(PRESIDENTS)
October 10, 2005... Dr. Norman K. Myers has announced his retirement as president of Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield, Mo. Myers, who has been president of OTCC for 15 years, will stay in office throughout this academic year, stepping down on June...

Holly Moore.(PRESIDENTS)
October 10, 2005... Dr. Holly Moore recently resigned as president of Shoreline Community College in Seattle. She had served in the position since 2001 and has been a member of the faculty since 1979. Moore earned an associate's degree from Fullerton Junior...

Hazard Community and Technical College.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 10, 2005... Veronica A. Oxford has been appointed cultural diversity director at Hazard Community and Technical College in Hazard, Ky. She was most recently director of marketing and public relations for the software company Philio International. Oxford...

Santa Ana College.(PRESIDENTS)
October 10, 2005... Carol Krumbach has been appointed director of college advancement at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana, Calif. She was previously executive director of college advancement and community relations at St. Clair Community College in Port Huron, Mich....

Collin County Community College.(PRESIDENTS)
October 10, 2005... Dr. Merry McBryde-Foster was recently named dean of health sciences and emergency services at Collin County Community College in Piano, Texas. She was previously an assistant professor at Baylor University's School of Nursing. McBryde-Foster...

Coming events.(Calendar)
October 10, 2005... October 20-22 The National Women of Color Technology Awards 10th Annual Conference A Multicultural Event for Men and Women "Preparing Technology Leaders for the 21st Century" Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel Atlanta Web: www.womenofcolor.net...

Oregon takes major step in funding part-time students.(around the nation)
October 24, 2005... PORTLAND, Ore. -- Community college's in Oregon are celebrating the passage of legislation that will allow funding for the first time for part-time students attending the state's two-year schools. "There is no doubt that this is a great...

Bronx College offers unique collaboration opportunities.(around the nation)
October 24, 2005... WASHINGTON -- America's educators and political leaders are growing increasingly concerned about how to encourage more youth to attend and graduate from college. The percentage of Americans with college degrees has fallen behind that of several...

College faculty and staff adjust to higher gas prices.
October 24, 2005... When Sarah Oglesby sold her home in Garland, Texas, to move closer to Dallas, she purposely chose to live in an apartment complex in walking distance of the Zang and Jefferson bridges. Thousands of commuters travel over those bridges each day...

Senator's textbook rental bill could save students hundreds per year.
October 24, 2005... WASHINGTON -- Textbook costs are a frequent target of complaint for financially drained college students and their parents. But maybe all that was needed was the right parent to gripe. Thanks to a U.S. senator's first-hand experience with...

La. System offers construction-training for Hurricane survivors.
October 24, 2005... BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Louisiana Community and Technical College System recently announced an aggressive construction-training. program that will help ease the burden on survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita whose livelihoods were wiped out...

Workforce development and the applied baccalaureate degree.(point of view)
October 24, 2005... Equipping workers with workplace skills has long been the premier niche for American community colleges. Employers, government officials and adults in general have acknowledged this fact. Data from national surveys reveal that, second to...

A small donation goes a long way.(point of view)
October 24, 2005... Joseph Campbell said, "Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be." That's what I do for a living. I help open doors for people where they didn't expect them. Foundation work at a...

Back to the lab: the modern workplace is driving community colleges to ensure their students get a solid grounding in the sciences.
October 24, 2005... Even Alan Greenspan, arguably the most powerful and influential guardian of the future of American business, acknowledges the indispensable role of community colleges in building the United States' science and technology workforce. Yet, the...

Student aid office blasted in inspector general report.(dateline Washington)
October 24, 2005... Government files containing information on student finances might not have been as secure as students may have expected. The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) has not been complying with the Department of Education's policy of keeping its...

Federal student aid program funding in Limbo.(CAPITOL briefs)
October 24, 2005... Anyone wishing for immediate increases in student aid will have to wait at least a few more weeks. President Bush recently signed a continuing resolution funding the federal government through Nov. 18 at fiscal year 2005 levels. The resolution...

Two-year colleges enrolled over 4 million in 2004.(CAPITOL briefs)
October 24, 2005... More than 4 million Americans attended two-year schools a year ago. The Census Bureau's figures for October 2004 show that an estimated 2.6 million attended full-time and 1.74 million part-time. The overwhelming majority (2.3 million full-time...

After welfare, community college?
October 24, 2005... When former public assistance users leave the system, what education benefits do they have? Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) may have succeeded in lowering the welfare rolls, but several congressional Democrats, including U.S....

New relief bill waives "50 percent" rule.(CAPITOL briefs)
October 24, 2005... Among the many bills still pending in Congress to help hurricane victims lies one with a catch, according to the American Federation of Teachers. Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions,...

Public, private degree rates vary widely.(CAPITOL briefs)
October 24, 2005... Slightly more than 40 percent of public postsecondary schools and slightly more than half of for-profit colleges offer an associate's degree as their highest degree. But only 6 percent of private nonprofit colleges do, reports the National...

Two-year college students defaulting less.(CAPITOL briefs)
October 24, 2005... Loan default rates among two-year college students are dropping, but they remain higher than those for other college students. The Department of Education reported that the overall default rate on Direct Loans and Federal Family Education Loans...

41,000 with drug convictions unable to get student aid.(CAPITOL briefs)
October 24, 2005... About 0.3 percent of applicants for student aid, or about 41,000 applicants, were disqualified because of drug convictions in the 2003-2004 academic year, the Government Accountability Office said in their report, "Drug Offenders: Various...

Daytona Beach students aid Katrina victims despite lack of funds.
October 24, 2005... DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Frustrated by what they believed was an inadequate response to the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, human services students and faculty at Daytona Beach Community College in Daytona Beach, Fla., decided...

Bellevue Community College wins Equity Award.
October 24, 2005... BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Bellevue Community College has won The Association of Community College Trustees' Charles Kennedy Equity Award, which recognizes the college for its work toward ensuring equal treatment for minorities and women in areas such...

Ky. College pres. leaves after no-confidence vote.
October 24, 2005... HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The president of Hopkinsville Community College has taken an eight-month leave of absence just weeks after the faculty and staff gave her a vote of no-confidence. Dr. Bonnie L. Rogers left the school Oct. 1 and has...

Colorado high schools keep controversial free tuition programs.
October 24, 2005... Two embattled Colorado high schools are sending students to community college on the state's dime, even as the state commissioner of education says the free tuition programs are "not eligible for state funding." "We're closing the...

Voters back expansion plans at Iowa College.
October 24, 2005... CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Voters have approved plans by Kirkwood Community College to sell $25 million in bonds for an expansion project that includes a new lab and classroom space. Voters recently approved the measure by a margin of 66...

Career technology centers gaining in popularity.
October 24, 2005... WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- Joe Ianetti has seen aspiring musicians major in fine arts or performance, come out of college with a bachelor's degree and be unable to find a job. Saddled with school loans, they enroll in a vocational-technical...

Ivy Tech forms new workforce development department.(workforce training)
October 24, 2005... INDIANAPOLIS -- Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana has created a new Department of Workforce and Economic Development, which will coordinate the department's efforts throughout the state. The department, which will be headed by Dr. J....

Training tomorrow's technicians today.(Bits & Bytes)
October 24, 2005... WATERBURY, Conn. -- It takes more than just pilots and flight attendants to keep the nation's airlines running smoothly. A wide range of technicians are in many ways the lifeblood of the aviation industry. But the Federal Aviation...

Comparing the new media with the old.(technology today)
October 24, 2005... In the Internet Age, does it make sense to read the newspaper anymore? Just look at what has been in the news lately. This past April, a Boston Globe freelance reporter was dismissed after getting caught adding fictitious details to a news...

Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, N.J., has received a $96,224 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.(Grants & Gifts)
October 24, 2005... Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, N.J., has received a $96,224 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The grant will help reduce the expense of designing the new North Hudson Campus Center in Union City,...

St. Louis Community College's Meramec campus received a $10,000 Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation.(Grants & Gifts)
October 24, 2005... St. Louis Community College's Meramec campus received a $10,000 Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation. The grant will be used to support the college's ongoing tree inventory and management...

Benjamin Olewine III, chairman emeritus of SYSCO Food Services of Central Pennsylvania, has donated $1 million to Harrisburg Area Community College in Harrisburg, Pa., to support the school's culinary arts restaurant project.(Grants & Gifts)
October 24, 2005... Benjamin Olewine III, chairman emeritus of SYSCO Food Services of Central Pennsylvania, has donated $1 million to Harrisburg Area Community College in Harrisburg, Pa., to support the school's culinary arts restaurant project. HACC's culinary...

Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Ala., has received a $400,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to address the job training needs of individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina.(Grants & Gifts)
October 24, 2005... Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Ala., has received a $400,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to address the job training needs of individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Gadsden State Community College will...

Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan., recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce Workforce Solutions Fund.(Grants & Gifts)
October 24, 2005... Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan., recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce Workforce Solutions Fund. The grant will be used to create a state-of-the-art biotechnology lab in the...

Morton College in Cicero, Ill., and Governors State University have been awarded a $3.5 million Title V Cooperative Grant by the U.S. Department of Education.(Grants & Gifts)
October 24, 2005... Morton College in Cicero, Ill., and Governors State University have been awarded a $3.5 million Title V Cooperative Grant by the U.S. Department of Education. Morton will receive $450,000 as the lead institution. Title V is designed to improve...

Dr. Nabil Marshood, a sociology professor at Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, N.J., has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship.(Honors & AWARDS)
October 24, 2005... Dr. Nabil Marshood, a sociology professor at Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, N.J., has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. He is the first faculty member in the college's history to receive the prestigious scholarship. The...

Dr. Adrienne Garcia, executive director of the Hillsborough Community College Foundation in Tampa, Fla., was recently named the 2005 Hispanic Woman of the Year by Tampa Hispanic Heritage Inc.(Honors & AWARDS)
October 24, 2005... Dr. Adrienne Garcia, executive director of the Hillsborough Community College Foundation in Tampa, Fla., was recently named the 2005 Hispanic Woman of the Year by Tampa Hispanic Heritage Inc. Garcia has been active with the Hillsborough County...

The Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education (NOCHE) has named Bill Armstrong and Dr. Patrick G. McLaughlin as 2005 NOCHE Award winners.(Honors & AWARDS)
October 24, 2005... The Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education (NOCHE) has named Bill Armstrong and Dr. Patrick G. McLaughlin as 2005 NOCHE Award winners. Armstrong is a mathematics professor at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio, and McLaughlin is...

Two mathematics professors from Manatee Community College in Bradenton, Fla., Dr. Paige Hamersma and Thomas Hamersma, were recently certified by the National Association for Developmental Education.(Honors & AWARDS)
October 24, 2005... Two mathematics professors from Manatee Community College in Bradenton, Fla., Dr. Paige Hamersma and Thomas Hamersma, were recently certified by the National Association for Developmental Education. The certification is one of the most...

Dr. Arlene Rodriguez and Dr. Dawn Tamarkin, of Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, Mass., have been named the school's 2005 endowed chair recipients.(Honors & AWARDS)
October 24, 2005... Dr. Arlene Rodriguez and Dr. Dawn Tamarkin, of Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, Mass., have been named the school's 2005 endowed chair recipients. The endowed chair is given for one year and carries an award of $3,000,...

Dutchess Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 24, 2005... Sandra Miller Hoist has been appointed dean of student services and enrollment management at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She most recently served as executive director of The College Board's ACCUPLACER program. Holst holds...

Onondaga Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 24, 2005... Michele Deagman Reed has been appointed vice president of student support services at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, N.Y. She was most recently assistant director of student services at Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y. Reed...

Montgomery County Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 24, 2005... Kenneth Kaiser has been appointed vice president of administration and finance at Montgomery County Community College in Pottstown, Pa. He most recently served in multiple positions at Temple University, including director of operations for...

Nassau Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 24, 2005... Martin Roddini has been named director of public safety at Nassau Community College in Garden City, N.J. He had previously been director of public safety at the Newark campus of Rutgers University. Roddini earned a bachelor's degree from St....

Tidewater Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 24, 2005... Dr. Tyjaun A. Lee has been appointed to the newly established position of associate vice president for enrollment management and student services at Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, Va. Most recently, she was director of counseling at...

Owens Community College's Findlay.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 24, 2005... Dr. Jason Tetzloff has been appointed chair of the school of arts and sciences at Owens Community College's Findlay campus. He served previously in multiple roles with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Tetzloff earned a bachelor's degree...

Coming events.(Calendar)
October 24, 2005... October 24-29 UN at 60: Celebration, Reform, Renewal. Join UNA-NCA and its partners for a series of events celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations. Phone: (202) 518-0471 Web: http://unweek2005.unanca.org October 29...