Community College Week articles from September 2004

Community College Week archives from September 2004

College career coaches to be placed in Virginia high schools.(around the nation)
September 13, 2004... RICHMOND, Va. -- At least four community-college career coaches will be placed part-time in high schools across Virginia by early fall to advise students going to college and/or technical programs after graduation. The Virginia Community...

Colleges reporting more students with mental health problems.(around the nation)
September 13, 2004... WASHINGTON -- When Carl, a 19-year-old college student, heard through the grapevine about a professor who was known as a discreet and effective counselor for unhappy students, he reluctantly asked to meet with her. During their four meetings,...

Let's get to work.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Presidential candidate John Kerry, D-Mass., talks about creating new jobs at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C., on Aug. 20.

Student loan groups bilk billions out of U.S. government.(around the nation)
September 13, 2004... WASHINGTON -- When U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige in 2001 promised to cut down on government waste at the Education Department, it probably didn't occur to most people that some of that "waste" would continue to trickle down to banks...

Intellectual superficiality.(point of view)
September 13, 2004... One of the hottest topics in education today is President Bush's No Child Left Behind program. This is primarily a K-12 issue, although many states have raided higher-education dollars to pay for the underfunded federal mandate that NCLB...

Forging guns to ploughshares.(point of view)
September 13, 2004... As the next round of U.S. military Base Realignment and Closure announcements draws near, some 250 host communities across the country are beginning to fear the economic disruption. job loss and social upheaval that accompanies an appearance on...

Humor 101.(point of view)
September 13, 2004... Oh, me? Nothing much. I wrote two grants, trained a few students, and gave a seminar. Now it's lunchtime."

An unlikely boon: how community colleges are responding to the No Child Left Behind Act.(Cover Story)
September 13, 2004... When the No Child Left Behind Act took flight in 2001, it had immediate consequences for elementary and secondary education in the United States. But this controversial law also has reverberated throughout the higher-education world. Community...

Three Ga. students, instructor killed in train collision.
September 13, 2004... CLIMAX, Go. (AP) -- Three Bainbridge College students and their driving instructor were killed last month during a truckdriving class when their 18wheeler was hit by a train and burst into flames. The train struck the cab of the truck and...

Miss. shipyard workers go back to school.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) -- Some Northrop Grumman Ships Systems employees are going to college for a specialized degree, and the campus is almost next door. About 50 workers have enrolled through Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for...

Thailand takes a cue from Arkansas colleges.
September 13, 2004... BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Thailand's new community-college program takes to heart the community-college philosophy of being affordable to everyone--its average cost per credit hour is only 60 cents. Granted, the average annual income in...

Oregon instructors strive to solve algebra angst.
September 13, 2004... EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Algebra, one of the most vexing problems for beginning math students, may finally be solved, according to a group of ninth teachers at Lane Community College. The teachers have devised a new method for understanding...

Founder of Nebraska college system dies.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 13, 2004... HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) -- A man who was instrumental in creating Nebraska's community-college system has died. Ken Wortman of Aurora was 85. Born and raised on a farm near Neligh, Wortman was active with education and health care issues in...

Effective Teaching: a Guide for Community College Instructors.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 13, 2004... Effective Teaching: a Guide for Community College Instructors Text by Deborah A. Stewart Community College Press, 2004, 122 pages, $35, paperback This guide from the American Association of Community Colleges combines both theory and...

America, inside and out.(around campus)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio, recently hold a photography exhibit at Its Fine Arts Gallery of works by Wayne Mazarow and Brad Phalin. Phalin's show, called "An Archaeology of the American Dream," focused on Images from abandoned...

Raritan Valley Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New Jersey has donated $1,000 to the Paul Robeson Institute for Ethics, Leadership and Social Justice at Raritan Valley Community College in North...

Herkimer County Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Herkimer County Community College in Herkimer, N.Y., has received a $2,000 grant from the Slocum-Dickson Foundation. The grant is intended to help four students pursue their education in the medical field.

Palm Beach Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Florida's Palm Beach Community College has received a $647,740 grant from the Palm Healthcare Foundation to help full-time college employees and parents attend nursing school.

Calhoun Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Calhoun Community College in Decatur. Ala., has received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a proposed program to increase the number of students in technology, computer specialties and math by offering 40 scholarships,...

Howard Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Howard Community College in Columbia, Md., has received a $316,247 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue funding the college's student support services program.

MiraCosta College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... MiraCosta College in Oceanside, Calif., recently landed a $775,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to boost biotechnology training.

Daytona Beach Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... The Wal-Mart Foundation has donated $1,000 to Florida's Daytona Beach Community College's Women's Center to support English literacy and civics education grants.

San Jacinto College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... The San Jacinto College, North continuing education division in Houston has received nearly $50,000 through the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships' 2004 Promoting Excellence and Innovation in Education Grant program. The...

San Juan College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... San Juan College in Farmington, N.M., has received a $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health that will establish a Bridges to the Future program to encourage minority students to pursue education and careers in science. The grant...

Preventing the pall of Web plagiarism.(technology today)
September 13, 2004... How do you stop people from lifting content from your Web site and using it at their site? You can use a Web search service such as Google, searching for unique strings of text at your site to uncover other sites with the same content....

Tidewater Community College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Tidewater Community College in Norfolk. Va., has named Dr. Lonnie J. Schaffer associate vice president for college transfer education. Schaffer served previously as the interim director of assessment, research and planning at John Tyler...

Anoka-Ramsey Community College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Dr. Susan Tarnowski has been named vice president of educational services at Anoka-Ramsey Community College's two campuses in Cambridge and Coon Rapids. Minn. Her most recent position was vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty...

Arizona's Maricopa Community Colleges.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Debra Thompson has been appointed vice chancellor of business services at Arizona's Maricopa Community Colleges. Previously, she served as acting vice chancellor for business services at the college. Thompson has a bachelor's degree from the...

Westmoreland County Community College.(Retirements)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Dr. Daniel C. Krezenski, president of Westmoreland County Community College in Youngwood, Pa., is planning to retire July 1, 2005. He was previously president of Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Neb. Krezenski received a bachelor's...

Glendale Community College.(Retirements)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Dr. Phil Randolph, president of Glendale Community College in Glendale, Ariz., has announced that he'll retire Jan. 15. 2005. Randolph was appointed president of GCC in February 2003, following his original appointment as interim president in...

Allan Hancock College.(Retirements)
September 13, 2004... Dr. Ann Foxworthy, president of Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, Calif., has announced her plans to retire at the end of the 2004-2005 academic year. In her previous position site was vice president of instruction at Cabrillo College in...

Deaths.(professional notes)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 13, 2004... Dr. Parker Williams, a former president of San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, died last month. She was 75. Williams was a San Jacinto College Board of Regents member and only the second woman to serve as president of a Texas community...

Coming events.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 13, 2004... October 4-7, 2004 Community colleges. "Appreciative Inquiry Workshop: Learn How to Facilitate A New Way of Bringing About Positive Organizational Change." League for Innovation in the Community College, National Council for Staff, Program,...

Illinois merger would benefit two-year schools.(around the nation)
September 27, 2004... CHICAGO -- In one fell swoop, two four-year schools in the Chicago area--Roosevelt University and National-Louis University--may become one later this year. The schools' combined operating budgets are currently in excess of $150 million, and...

Saving for college may result in future losses, report says.(around the nation)
September 27, 2004... WASHINGTON -- Pinching pennies early for college and investing in state-sponsored savings plans may actually result in a net loss for students, considering the financial aid reductions that may result, particularly for low-income students who...

Va. youth group focuses on college costs, access.(around the nation)
September 27, 2004... WASHINGTON -- Committed to the theory that college students are beginning to recognize their potential as a voting bloc, a group of recent graduates from Virginia universities have developed a political action committee--called Virginia21--to...

East meets West.(point of view)
September 27, 2004... The challenges of recruiting and retaining qualified faculty in some of our more uncommon, high-demand or esoteric academic disciplines seems to have few bounds, geographic or otherwise. As a new president moving some 2,000 miles from western...

Thinking outside the box.(point of view)
September 27, 2004... It was a painful decision to close the faculty search, but the committee had only one name to send to the president for approval, not the required minimum of three. Our faculty position vacancy had been advertised in The Chronicle of Higher...

Humor 101.(point of view)
September 27, 2004... "It's nice to have professors you can look up to."

Using our imagination: community colleges are coming up with creative new ways to attract and keep faculty.(Special report: recruitment & retention)(Cover Story)
September 27, 2004... Take a map of the United States and find Colorado. Now look toward the southeast, near the Colorado-Kansas border. About 230 miles from Denver, you'll find--if your map is detailed enough--the historic community of Lamar. Locale it, and...

Pa. colleges turn to lawmakers to help ease funding crunch.
September 27, 2004... HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania's community colleges have long prided themselves on their ability to educate anyone at a minimal cost, within a relatively short time. But as the state's first community college marks its 40th...

Calif. college police entitled to see complaints, court rules.
September 27, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO -- Two community-college police officers are entitled to see the bias complaints filed against them, the California Court of Appeal has ruled. A three-judge panel unanimously rejected arguments that the City College of San...

Former employee presses ed. department to halt student loan abuses.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... WASHINGTON -- Jamienne S. Studley, former acting general counsel for the US Department of Education, sent a letter to Education Secretary Rod Paige requesting that the department immediately end unnecessary payments to student loan companies...

Congress returns to a full plate with little time: Perkins Act, HEA renewal to dominate sessions.(dateline Washington)
September 27, 2004... Despite the few days left on the legislative calendar, Congress comes back this month for a fall session that has education experts cautiously optimistic about the prospect of action on subjects ranging from technical education to the 2005...

Bush touts second-term education agenda.(dateline Washington)
September 27, 2004... President Bush in early September outlined a second-term education agenda that includes new funds for community colleges, more Pell Grant support for low-income students and a collection of other proposals designed to spur K-12 reform and...

Mississippi student found shot to death.(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... MOSS POINT, Miss. (AP) -- The body of a community-college student was found in a vehicle at an intersection on Mississippi 63. Authorities identified the body as that of 24-year-old Timothy Travis Bonnett, a nursing student at Mississippi...

Utah college whistleblowers file lawsuit.
September 27, 2004... SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Two women who uncovered spending problems at Salt Lake Community College are now suing the school, claiming they were victims of retaliation. Christine Martin and Nancy Gribsetti filed the civil lawsuit, seeking...

Central Pa. considers new college despite fiscal crisis.
September 27, 2004... HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Vocational school director Kevin O'Donnell sees central Pennsylvania's Juniata River Valley as a no man's land when it comes to community-college access. O'Donnell's office at the Mifflin-Juniata Career and...

SUNY, CUNY enrollments hit record highs.
September 27, 2004... ALBANY. N.Y. (AP) -- The State University of New York and the City University of New York hit record enrollments this fall, according to preliminary data. SUNY's enrollment is expected to be 413,000 students at its 64 campuses, up from...

S.C. technical college system faces leadership overhaul.
September 27, 2004... COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- With top administrators graying and a huge number of retirements looming, South Carolina's technical college system faces an unprecedented leadership overhaul at its 18 schools. In the next five years, 11 presidents,...

Utah schools cope with math-failure epidemic.
September 27, 2004... OREM, Utah (AP) -- Some Utah Valley State College students are blaming the school lot the failure rate in basic math and they want changes made. UVSC said the problem of students flunking math is statewide and nationwide. Marina...

California's Santa Monica College biology professor Walt Sakai and music professor James Martin have been awarded the Avaya Inc..(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... California's Santa Monica College biology professor Walt Sakai and music professor James Martin have been awarded the Avaya Inc. & Anixter Inc. Chair of Excellence in Life Sciences and the Ilona Katz Chair of Excellence in Music, respectively.

Florida's Miami Dade College.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Florida's Miami Dade College has announced the names of nine faculty members who received the 2004 Endowed Teaching Chairs. They are: Dr. Linda Burton, a mathematics professor: Dr. Ana Ciereszko, a professor of chemistry: Michel de Benedictis,...

Dr. Holly J. Molella, head of the department of health, physical education, athletics and dance at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., has received the 2004 State University of New York Chancellor's Award.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Dr. Holly J. Molella, head of the department of health, physical education, athletics and dance at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., has received the 2004 State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in...

Vernon Willie, an assistant professor of mathematics at San Juan College in Farmington.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Vernon Willie, an assistant professor of mathematics at San Juan College in Farmington, N.M., has received the Annabelle R. Friddle Award for Faculty Excellence.

The Great American Jazz Piano Competition.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Joe Gilman, a professor of music at American River College in Sacramento, Calif., has been named the winner of The Great American Jazz Piano Competition.

Just a touch.(faculty lounge)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Bill Marlin was the first full-time professor at Camden County College in Blackwood, N.J. But after three decades of teaching students creative art, the retired 73-year-old recently showcased his own works at the college gallery in an exhibit...

Toon up.(around campus)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Maryland's Montgomery College recently opened Its latest exhibit on political cartoons, called "The Art of Politics: A Fair and Balanced Look at Political Portraits" at the Rockville campus. Above (left) is an illustration of President George...

Pictures of pride.(around campus)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Work by 19 students In the Santa Monica College Art Mentor Program for 2003-2004 was recently displayed at the college's Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery in Santa Monica, Calif. Called "Available Space," the exhibit featured creations by...

Moberly Area Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Moberly Area Community College in Moberly, Mo., has received a $376,161 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. The grant will provide student tutors for the rural disadvantaged...

Columbia Basin College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Wash. has received 51 million from the Kadlec Medical Center for the construction of the Health Sciences Center.

Calhoun Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Ala., has received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the college's new computer science, mathematics and technology academic rewards program.

San Antonio College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Texas' San Antonio College has received a $45,000 grant from the Community College National Center lot Community Engagement to support service-learning projects that strengthen the community's homeland security and domestic preparedness.

South Arkansas Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado, Ark., recently received two gifts. The Lucy Ring Estate has bestowed $100,000 on the college to support students' educational opportunities by establishing the Lucy Ring Academic Achievement...

Portland Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... The dislocated worker program at Portland Community College in Portland, Ore., is the recipient of a $4.36 million grant from Worksystems Inc., to provide services to employees and businesses during layoffs and closures.

Niagara County Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Niagara Count Community College in Sanborn. N.Y. has received a $1.8 million Title III grant from the US. Department of Education to improve graduation and retention rates of students needing remedial help.

Metropolitan Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Neb., has received a $45,000 grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust to help preserve its historic Fort Omaha campus.

Stanching the scourge of spam.(technology today)
September 27, 2004... There's no question about it: Spam is a scourge. This ever-increasing torrent of unsolicited commercial mass e-mail saps productivity and, for some, threatens the very viability of e-mail. The battle against spam, unfortunately, is creating...

Maryland's Montgomery College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Maryland's Montgomery College recently appointed four new deans to fill key posts on the college's three campuses. Tony Hawkins has been appointed dean of humanities, social sciences and education at the Germantown campus. He most recently...

Cuyamaca College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... David Agosto is the new interim vice president of student development and services at Cuyamaca College in El Cajon, Calif. Previously, Agosto served at the Los Angeles Community College District in various positions, tie earned his bachelor's...

Drumm new head of Sheridan.(Presidents)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Dr. Kevin Drumm is the new president at Sheridan College in Sheridan, Wyo, Previously he was vice president for enrollment and student and public affairs at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, Mass. Drumm earned his...

Aguero tapped to lead Austin college.(Presidents)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Dr. Robert Aguero is the new president of Texas' Austin Community College. Aguero was formerly vice chancellor of educational affairs for the Dallas County Community College District. He received his associate's degree from Southwest Texas...

Coming events.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 27, 2004... October 13-16 Robotic Institute's 25th Anniversary Celebration "Robots and Though" Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pa. Web: www.ri.cmu.edu October 14-16 American Association of University ...