Community College Week articles from October 2008

Community College Week archives from October 2008

Highest enrollment.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
October 6, 2008... Highest Enrollment The five colleges with the highest enrollment, 2005: University of Phoenix, Online 117,309 Miami-Dade College 54,169 Arizona State University 51,612 University of...

Judge dismisses gender bias suit against Ivy Tech prof.(around the nation)
October 6, 2008... A male student disgruntled about the D he received in an Ivy Tech Community College English class, has lost his civil rights lawsuit accusing the female instructor of gender bias. A federal magistrate judge dismissed the case without trial,...

N.C. board approves funds for immigrant policy review.
October 6, 2008... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The board overseeing the state's community college system has approved funding for a study of its policy barring illegal immigrants from admission. Members of the North Carolina Board of Community Colleges said they...

Tacoma college agrees to pay $500,000 to settle lawsuit.
October 6, 2008... TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Bates Technical College is paying $500,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by students who said the school's civil engineering technician and surveying program left them wholly unprepared for the job market. Thaddeus P....

Laid off workers face stark reality: education now critical to new career.
October 6, 2008... KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- Two years ago, Michael Vaughn was laid off from Quebecor World after working 30 years as a machine operator at the plant. At 47, Vaughn faced an uncertain future, with no education and no job prospects. "It...

Costly lessons: remediation needs stun students, boost college costs.
October 6, 2008... Millions of students arriving on college campuses this fall are learning a hard lesson: even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college. In fact, a new study titled "Diploma to Nowhere" calculates that one-third of...

Similar goals, divergent paths: McCain, Obama differ on how best to boost higher ed.(ELECTION 2008)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The 2008 race for the White House has been dominated by the flailing economy, rising gas prices, a credit crisis, the war in Iraq, flag pins, lipstick on animals and which ticket will really bring change to...

Seizing the day, sizing up the candidates.(from the vaults of Community College Week)
October 6, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Higher education has captured an unprecedented level of attention in the 2000 presidential race, with Democrats and Republicans putting forth competing proposals to make college more affordable. "Although higher education...

Plans to outsource new Vet Benefits program draws democratic criticism.(dateline Washington)
October 6, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Plans to outsource management of new veterans' benefits are likely to flop, House Democrats fear. The Veterans Benefits Administration is seeking bids from private vendors to design and operate the new veterans' education...

Senate bill enhances and expands education benefits for veterans.(dateline Washington)
October 6, 2008... WASHINGTON -- If students are called into military service midterm and can't complete courses, colleges would be required to refund tuition and fees under Senate-passed legislation. The Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2008 would...

Safety bill would require annual campus assessments.(capitol briefs)
October 6, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Colleges would have to conduct annual campus safety assessments under legislation passed by the House. Any institution receiving funding under the Higher Education Act would have to coordinate with local law enforcement and...

$100 million proposed for dual enrollment programs.(capitol briefs)
October 6, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Creation of dual enrollment programs would get an earmark to the tune of $100 million under the Fast Track to College Act. The bill would allow students to earn associate degrees or up to two years of other college credit...

Transfer motivations denoted in survey.(capitol briefs)
October 6, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Students who leave a community college to attend another campus probably aren't going to another two-year institution, a national survey found. Education on the Move: The E-Expectations of Transfer Students, conducted by...

Bill targets admission of illegal immigrants.(capitol briefs)
October 6, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Any college that knowingly admits illegal aliens would lose all federal funds under legislation introduced by Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C. Myrick's Secure Education for Americans Today (SEAT) Act of 2008, referred to the Committee...

Student Mental Health issues addressed in House bill.(capitol briefs)
October 6, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., introduced the Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act, referred to the committees on Energy & Commerce and Education & Labor. The bill would provide grants of up to three years to colleges to provide...

Proposed Wyoming building projects may face state review to qualify for funding.
October 6, 2008... POWELL, Wyo. (AP) -- Legislation being considered in Wyoming would require proposed building projects at the state's community colleges to undergo the same review process as all other state building projects. The measure under review by a...

Dogged pursuit of English fluency paves student's citizenship, GED paths.(tracking trends)
October 6, 2008... HOBBS, N.M. (AP) -- Antonia Trevino's goals of becoming a U.S. citizen and earning a GED have made her determined to come to New Mexico Junior College's adult basic education classes rain or shine. After a year of attending citizenship...

Alabama colleges may demand legal status proof from new students.(tracking trends)
October 6, 2008... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- People without proof of U.S. citizenship or a legal right to be in the country would no longer be admitted to Alabama's community colleges under a policy change being considered by the state Board of Education. ...

Indiana may tie colleges' funding to graduation rates, pace.(tracking trends)
October 6, 2008... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Students who dally in earning their degrees from Indiana's state-supported colleges and universities will cost their schools some state funding if the state Commission on Higher Education gets its way. Getting more...

New trial set on federal fraud charges against Ala. lawmaker.(tracking trends)
October 6, 2008... DECATUR, Ala. (AP) -- A new trial on fraud charges lodged against a state legislator charged with arranging a no-show job in the two-year college system has been scheduled for Feb. 10. The first trial for the Democratic State Rep. Sue...

Texas revives pre-paid college tuition options with new "promise" fund.(tracking trends)
October 6, 2008... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Once again, Texas parents can lock in current college tuition rates and start paying now, even if their would-be graduates are infants. The newly unveiled Texas Tuition Promise Fund is a reincarnation of the Texas...

Smoking snuffed out at Penn. colleges.(tracking trends)
October 6, 2008... HARRISBURG Pa. (AP) -- With virtually no warning, smoking at 14 of Pennsylvania's state-owned universities has been banned anywhere on campus--even outdoors. The action has sparked protests around the state by some of the 110,000 students...

New Idaho college set for accredited classes.
October 6, 2008... NAMPA, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho's newest community college has permission to begin offering accredited classes starting next year. Officials say the College of Western Idaho recently earned formal approval to offer classes accredited by the...

W. Va. eyes unions, employers for worker training.
October 6, 2008... BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia could enlist labor unions and construction industry employers to beef up the curriculum at its community colleges and technical schools. Lawmakers expressed interest in the idea after hearing about how...

New Wisconsin scholarship fund will aid college freshmen.
October 6, 2008... MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Hundreds of randomly selected freshmen enrolled at public universities and colleges in Wisconsin this fall will be the first recipients of privately donated scholarship money. Philanthropists John and Tashia Morgridge...

Pass rate dips on California high school exit exam.
October 6, 2008... SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Seniors passed California's high school exit exam at a slightly lower rate than in the previous year, as the test was widely administered to special education students for the first time. The state Department of...

NSF grant aims to close gap in Wyoming energy industry sector.
October 6, 2008... GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) -- The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $850,000 grant to community colleges in Gillette and Sheridan. The Northern Wyoming Community College District will use the money to provide education for...

Audit credits bishop state with making improvements.
October 6, 2008... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Administrators at Bishop State Community College are being praised after a new audit showing the school has been making significant improvements. The New York-based accounting firm Ernst & Young detailed 79 "gaps"...

Hawaii CC enrollment surges 9 percent over last year.
October 6, 2008... HONOLULU (AP) -- Enrollment at the University of Hawaii's seven community colleges surged 9 percent from last year. Four of the seven report record enrollment, including Hawaii Community College on the Big Island, Oahu's Leeward Community...

N.C. colleges collaborate on 4-year degree programs.
October 6, 2008... ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Three four-year colleges are working with Randolph Community College to allow local students to earn degrees without leaving home. Greensboro College, Salem College in Winston-Salem and Pfeiffer University have...

Video at the center of latest struggle over Internet future.(technology today)
October 6, 2008... The Internet revolution is about a lot of things, not the least of which is video. The changing landscape of how we view video has the old guard nervous, the providers of broadband services trying to profit from it and everyday folks competing...

Palm Beach Community College in Florida held a grand opening ceremony for its new natural science building on the Lake Worth campus with chemical reaction demonstrations and other scientific fanfare highlighting the state-of-the-art equipment and technology and the innovative learning taking place in the $12.8 million facility.(around campus)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Palm Beach Community College in Florida held a grand opening ceremony for its new natural science building on the Lake Worth campus with chemical reaction demonstrations and other scientific fanfare highlighting the...

Hundreds of new and returning students, faculty and staff from Minnesota's Anoka-Ramsey Community College gathered to celebrate the start of the 2008-09 school year with a picnic, program and club displays, and activities at both the Cambridge Campus and the Coon Rapids Campus.(around campus)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hundreds of new and returning students, faculty and staff from Minnesota's Anoka-Ramsey Community College gathered to celebrate the start of the 2008-09 school year with a picnic, program and club displays, and...

Florida's Seminole Community College's Oviedo Campus recently welcomed its first group of Art & Phyllis Grindle Honors Institute students with a continental breakfast.(around campus)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Florida's Seminole Community College's Oviedo Campus recently welcomed its first group of Art & Phyllis Grindle Honors Institute students with a continental breakfast. "We're really excited that you're here," Lisa...

Hazard Community & Technical College in Kentucky has been awarded a Title III Strengthening Institutions five-year grant totaling $1.9 million to improve support services for students, including career planning, educational development counseling and web-based online support functions.(grants & gifts)
October 6, 2008... Hazard Community & Technical College in Kentucky has been awarded a Title III Strengthening Institutions five-year grant totaling $1.9 million to improve support services for students, including career planning, educational development...

Baltimore City Community College.(grants & gifts)
October 6, 2008... Baltimore City Community College has been awarded two-year, $581,227 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a national model for a robotics technician curriculum. The goal is to increase the technical proficiency of underserved...

Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, Ill., has received a $2,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund the exhibit "John Adams Unleashed.".(grants & gifts)
October 6, 2008... Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, Ill., has received a $2,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund the exhibit "John Adams Unleashed." The traveling display features how the second president shaped his...

Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing, N. J., received a $481,950 from the state Department of Labor to upgrade skills of casino industry workers.(grants & gifts)
October 6, 2008... Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing, N. J., received a $481,950 from the state Department of Labor to upgrade skills of casino industry workers. The grant, coupled with $654,493 in resources from the Atlantic City Casino Consortium,...

The Queensborough Community College nursing program, one of the largest associate degree programs in New York, has been selected to participate as an educational partner in a $375,000 grant funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence.(grants & gifts)
October 6, 2008... The Queensborough Community College nursing program, one of the largest associate degree programs in New York, has been selected to participate as an educational partner in a $375,000 grant funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the...

The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art on the campus of State Fair Community College has received a $28,500 grant from the Missouri Arts Council.(grants & gifts)
October 6, 2008... The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art on the campus of State Fair Community College has received a $28,500 grant from the Missouri Arts Council. The council is a division of the Missouri Department of Economic Development and provides vital...

The Colorado Community College System and the Colorado State University Global Campus have announced they are creating an educational alliance aimed at ensuring access for community college graduates who want to earn a bachelor's degree or a more advanced degree.(faculty lounge)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Colorado Community College System and the Colorado State University Global Campus have announced they are creating an educational alliance aimed at ensuring access for community college graduates who want to earn...

New Jersey's Camden County College Professor Gregory Brellochs will present his recent body of work in an exhibition at AXD Gallery in Center City Philadelphia.(faculty lounge)
October 6, 2008... New Jersey's Camden County College Professor Gregory Brellochs will present his recent body of work in an exhibition at AXD Gallery in Center City Philadelphia. The show, "Symbiote Hybrids," consists of a comprehensive series of works...

Coastline Community College, in Orange County, Calif., was awarded its 16th Emmy award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at the 60th annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards.(honors & awards)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Coastline Community College, in Orange County, Calif., was awarded its 16th Emmy award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at the 60th annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards. The Los Angeles awards are given...

Michael Kuelker, professor of English at St. Charles Community College in Cottlesville, Mo., was awarded the St. Charles County Social Justice Alliance Award for his work in developing the college's annual Democracy Days event, a series of free seminars on democratic and political topics.(honors & awards)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michael Kuelker, professor of English at St. Charles Community College in Cottlesville, Mo., was awarded the St. Charles County Social Justice Alliance Award for his work in developing the college's annual Democracy...

San Diego Mesa College is being honored nationally as an institution committed to diversity.(honors & awards)
October 6, 2008... San Diego Mesa College is being honored nationally as an institution committed to diversity. President Rita M. Cepeda will accept the award from Minority Access, Inc. The college is being recognized as a degree-granting institution that has...

Jessica Hamilton.(honors & awards)
October 6, 2008... Jessica Hamilton, a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, is the winner of a $3,000 scholarship from the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation. Hamilton, who majors in direct and interactive marketing, competed with...

Calendar.(Calendar)
October 6, 2008... OCTOBER October 8-11, 2008 NATIONAL NETWORK OF HEALTH CAREER PROFESSIONALS IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGES (NN2); 21st Annual Conference "Access, Advocacy and Accountability" Tremont Plaza Hotel Baltimore, MD bschenk@ccbcmd.edu...

Montgomery County Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania has announced the appointment of Bruce Bach as director of athletics and campus recreation. In his new role, he assumes college-wide responsibility for the...

New York's SUNY Rockland Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Karen Gualtieri has been appointed dean of enrollment management at New York's SUNY Rockland Community College. Gualtieri has filled the job in an interim capacity since February 2007. She supervises admissions,...

SUNY Schenectady County Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Daniel Feinberg was recently hired as the coordinator of instructional technology at SUNY Schenectady County Community College in New York. He has experience as an instructional designer/senior educational specialist...

Guilford Technical Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sue Brown, who began teaching at Guilford Technical Community College 20 years ago as an adjunct instructor, has been named department chair for developmental mathematics. Brown grew up in Greensboro, N.C., and...

Metropolitan Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
October 6, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Neb., has appointed Thomas McDonnell dean of languages and visual arts. McDonnell taught speech and mass communication for 18 years at Parkland College, where he served as...

Where RN's were employed, 2007.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
October 20, 2008... Registered nurses earned an average of $51,480 in 2007. Here is where they worked: Hospitals: 1.4 million Doctor's Offices: 209,870 Home Health Care Services: 127,230 Nursing Homes: ...

Wentworth Institute will use $10 million gift to build new center on Boston campus.
October 20, 2008... BOSTON (AP) -- A 1951 graduate of the Wentworth Institute of Technology has given the school a $10 million gift, the largest donation in the college's history. The gift from William Flanagan will be used to help build a new student center...

Tennessee author donates part of historical memorabilia collection to Cleveland State.
October 20, 2008... CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) -- Author William B. Breuer has donated part of his collection of historical memorabilia to the Cleveland State Community College library. Breuer, of Cleveland, earlier donated documents and rare materials to the...

Firing of instructor over offensive cartoons upheld by Kentucky Court.(around the nation)
October 20, 2008... LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A former tenure-stream political science instructor has lost a lawsuit against the Kentucky Community and Technical College System for being sent packing by the president of Bluegrass Community and Technical College after she...

Calif. judicial panel sides with fired college official in lawsuit.(around the nation)
October 20, 2008... Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District might be held liable for improperly firing its interim associate vice chancellor while he was on medical leave. The California Court of Appeal has decided that the district failed to follow the...

Alabama appeals court overturns 'arbitrary' decision in instructor's sexual harassment case.(around the nation)
October 20, 2008... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A Mobile, Ala. community college nursing instructor accused of sexual harassment has lost one round in his two-year legal battle to keep his job. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals reversed a decision by Ed...

Nursing: a health care shortage community colleges step up training, but pressure persists for RNs To obtain advanced degrees.(around the nation)
October 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] SPRINGFIELD, Va. -- The medical campus of Northern Virginia Community College is not an easy place to find. It's tucked behind a sprawling, fenced complex of General Services Administration warehouses, past a...

Sealed room opens doors at Penn. community college.(SPECIAL REPORT: SCIENCE IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES)
October 20, 2008... BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- A new facility at Northampton Community College intended to prepare students for careers in biomanufacturing takes its name from something as simple as a glass dish for growing bacteria. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Erie Institute outgrows original name, but mission stays intact.(around the nation)
October 20, 2008... ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- This fall session at Erie Institute of Technology is different--and not just because the enrollment of nearly 300 is the largest in the school's history. This fall is the 51st for the school that began life in 1958 as...

Evaluation of Bush era jobs programs delayed until spring.(dateline Washington)
October 20, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Job training programs initiated by the Bush Administration will be evaluated alter President Bush leaves office in January. The Employment and Training Administration has responded to criticism that it lacked a plan to...

Democrats' wish list for next year targeting college affordability.(dateline: Washington)
October 20, 2008... WASHINGTON -- While the federal government continues to cope with legislation passed this year, some Democratic members of Congress have already introduced bills they'd like to see enacted next year. A coalition of House Democrats has...

Temporary funding bill protects Pell Grants.(capitol briefs)
October 20, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Though federal funding for higher education remains uncertain for fiscal year 2009, no student will see his or her Pell Grant reduced because of the uncertainty. Congress adjourned for the year without passing a regular...

Congress moves to enhance benefits for veterans.(capitol briefs)
October 20, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Military families will soon be able to use survivors' and dependents' educational assistance for two decades, double the previous time. Congress approved the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2008, increasing the eligible...

New higher ed law creates more data demands.(capitol briefs)
October 20, 2008... WASHINGTON--Colleges will have to provide more data to the National Center for Education Statistics. To comply with requirements of the Higher Education Opportunity Act, the center is demanding more information from colleges for its...

Audit report faults Federal Loan program calculations.(capitol briefs)
October 20, 2008... WASHINGTON -- The amount of improper payments made in the Federal Family Education Loan program may not be accurately reflected in official estimates. Holes in the methodology used to estimate the figure make the findings suspect,...

With support from home, Mexican immigrants become literate in both Spanish and English.(dateline Washington)
October 20, 2008... MIAMI (AP) -- For more than a decade, as the immigration debate has swelled on both sides of the United States border with Mexico, the Mexican government has been quietly providing money, materials and even teachers to American schools,...

Defense bill offers aid to military spouses.(capitol briefs)
October 20, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Military spouses attending community college programs that lead to credentials "recognized nationwide by industry or specific businesses" could get some special help from the Department of Defense. The National Defense...

Board bars illegal immigrants from Ala. colleges.(dateline Washington)
October 20, 2008... PELL CITY, Ala. (AP) -- The state Board of Education passed a new policy denying illegal immigrants admission to Alabama's two-year colleges despite one board member's calls to delay it for more discussion and four of the nine members being...

Outgoing Fla. chancellor urges panel retain state cap on enrollment.(money tree)
October 20, 2008... TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A parent of two state university students urged the Florida Board of Governors to keep the cap it put on incoming freshman enrollment last year to maintain quality that's already starting to slip away due to tight finances....

As college aid applications soar, Oregon scholarship fund drained.(money tree)
October 20, 2008... SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- College students have drained Oregon's financial aid fired, and lawmakers are being asked to put up $4 million more. The state set aside $72 million for aid this year. But when the economy turns sour, students typically...

Nev. college official accused of theft has prior criminal record.(money tree)
October 20, 2008... LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A high-ranking College of Southern Nevada official indicted on felony theft charges had previously been convicted of embezzling from a California Indian tribe, court records show. William "Bob" Gilbert, the school's...

S.D. tribal college to install wind turbines.(money tree)
October 20, 2008... AGENCY VILLAGE, S.D. (AP) -- Two wind turbines are slated to be erected this fall at Sisseton Wahpeton Community College in an attempt to make the campus more environmentally friendly and reduce electrical costs. "It had been in the...

Iowa union hopes mobile training facility will encourage students to pursue welding as a career.(money tree)
October 20, 2008... DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The state's largest union for plumbers and steamfitters is spending $200,000 to encourage more people to take up welding as a career. A report by Iowa Workforce Development earlier this year projects that there...

'If you build it, they will come' for blended online learning, Butler finds.(tracking trends)
October 20, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Butler Community College student Steven Lee had never taken an online class before, so he thought a "blended" learning class with half the work in a classroom and half on the computer would be a...

Report finds advanced math students faltering at algebra.(tracking trends)
October 20, 2008... WASHINGTON (AP) -- More kids than ever take algebra in eighth grade but are not necessarily learning more math, private researchers report. In fact, while eighth-graders are doing better on national math tests, students in advanced classes...

Florida college students lose suit against textbook vendor.(tracking trends)
October 20, 2008... A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a lawsuit that accused a community college bookstore operator of breach of contract, conspiracy and deceptive business practices stemming from its pricing policies for used textbooks. Two Daytona...

Rhode Island's colleges weigh tuition hikes to bridge cost gap.(capitol briefs)
October 20, 2008... PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island's three public colleges are weighing tuition and fee increases as a last resort to make tip for a budget gap caused by last minute cuts this summer. The colleges say they need another $4.5 million to...

Typo in college handbook spurs apology from school president.(capitol briefs)
October 20, 2008... DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The president of an Iowa college says he's sorry about an unfortunate and offensive typo in a school handbook. A calendar entry for Feb. 16, 2009, was supposed to read "Black History Lunch and Learn." Instead, it...

N.C. counties' bond plans are on hold thanks to credit crisis.(capitol briefs)
October 20, 2008... RALEIGH N.C. (AP) -- Officials in North Carolina's Wake and Durham counties say the nation's financial crisis is making it hard to borrow for construction projects, including at Wake Technical Community College. Wake County has delayed...

Iowa's DMACC gets grant to establish cyber crime unit.(capitol briefs)
October 20, 2008... DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Des Moines Area Community College will receive more than $1.6 million in federal aid to establish an Electronic Crime Institute. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said the Justice Department funding will help boost...

N.C. Board Chairman defends aviation program.(capitol briefs)
October 20, 2008... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Robeson Community College is taking issue with a report by North Carolina auditors that questions its aviation program and the cost of some office furniture. State Auditor Les Merritt's office said that only 28...

Miss. County Class of 2009 gets pledge of free tuition.(capitol briefs)
October 20, 2008... FULTON, Miss. (AP -- Students in Itawamba County are being guaranteed two years of tuition at Itawamba Community College. Randy Kelley of the Three Rivers Planning and Development District said the district will contribute up to $25,000...