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• For-Profit IHEs Benefit From Community College Overload

  
  The Kept-Up Academic Librarian — Authority: 436
  As community colleges and public universities cope with the double whammy of state budget cuts and increased student demand, private institutions are stepping in to help fill the void, officials said. University of Phoenix in Suisun City is one such institution which has seen as much as a 10 percent increase in ...
  4 days ago

• Californias Community Colleges May Be Able To Offer Four-Year Degrees

  
  The Kept-Up Academic Librarian — Authority: 436
  With tens of thousands being turned away from state universities, California lawmakers likely will consider granting community colleges the right to offer a limited number of bachelors degrees. The shift, which has occurred in 17 other states in the past decade or so, would represent a major philosophical change in ...
  5 days ago

• Illegals win in Raleigh due to American apathy, lies, and tricks‏

  
  brianlee — Authority: 135
  A very timely post from http://www.alipac.us/ about the North Carolina position on illegal immigrants in their community college. Click the links that are referenced and for more interesting articles like this click here . Illegals win in Raleigh due to American apathy, lies, and tricks‏ The December 18, ...
  6 days ago

• Community College Enrollment At Record Levels

  
  SayCampusLife — Authority: 125
  A tough economy has sent hundreds of thousands of students back to school, people who are seeking new skills to equip them with the tools to succeed in a rapidly changing workforce. Community colleges, also known as junior and technical colleges, have welcomed the lion’s share of students as these schools have seen ...
  1 week ago

• Apple-Pie Jihad(Homegrown terror takes root)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  JUDITH MILLER Apple-Pie Jihad Homegrown terror takes root. 11 December 2009 They are named David. They are clean-shaven dental students and attendees of community colleges. They study hard, play sports, and open Facebook accounts. Their friends call them “normal Joes.” And they’re being arrested in ever-growing ...
  1 week ago

• Cities Support Higher Ed Expansion To Improve Economy

  
  The Kept-Up Academic Librarian — Authority: 436
  Its a lesson in geography and basic math. A lousy economy + demand for new skills = rapid expansion of higher education in Palm Beach and Broward counties. Palm Beach Community College is seeking to expand for two reasons. Students are commuting too long a distance and more students are seeking degrees. Cities want ...
  1 week ago

• Major Battles Against Illegals Need Your Attention‏

  
  brianlee — Authority: 135
  A very timely post from http://www.alipac.us/ about the most recent Amnesty bill. Click the links that are referenced and for more interesting articles like this click here . Major Battles Against Illegals Need Your Attention‏ If you live within a two hour drive of Raleigh and you can speak English, we need ...
  1 week ago

• Amnesty Legislation Filed TAKE ACTION NOW‏

  
  brianlee — Authority: 135
  A timely call to action from www.alipac.us about an amnesty attempt that was just proposed. For more interesting stories like this one subscribe to this blog here . Amnesty Legislation Filed TAKE ACTION NOW‏ We are taking steps to prepare to lead the backlash and you can help us with three very important ...
  1 week ago

• President Casteen Lands Hometown Speaking Gig

  
  UVA Today News Blog — Authority: 127
  Retiring U.Va. President John T. Casteen III will return to his home region Friday to serve as the commencement speaker for Tidewater Community College . During Casteen’s tenure, he helped broker a 2006 agreement in which the University guaranteed admission to graduates of the state’s 23 community colleges ...
  1 week ago

• Social Networking Tools Good For Community College Students

  
  The Kept-Up Academic Librarian — Authority: 436
  Social-networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter can help community college students become more engaged in their academics, a recent report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement suggests. Although large numbers of students say they use such tools in their daily lives, many two-year colleges ...
  1 week ago

• In-Person Institute in SoCal Jan 19-21: Building Learning Communities Online

  
  21st Century Teaching and Learning — Authority: 117
  I will be facilitating a three day in-person institute for @One at Mt. San Jacinto College in Menifee on January 19, 20 and 21st. Details are below and the price is an extraordinary bargain (as all @One trainings are!). Please enjoy the following multimedia "poster" (created with Glogster ) and click on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• College Dropouts Cite Low Money and High Stress

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Most people leave college because they have trouble going to school while working to support themselves.
  2 weeks ago

• College Completion Rates: Up, Down, and Sideways

  
  The Education Optimists — Authority: 467
  I love a good controversy about an important higher education topic. What better way to enjoy a Wisconsin snowstorm than to sit cozily inside, trading emails with knowledgeable folks who are trying to sort out why it appears college completion rates have declined in the U.S. over the last 30 or 40 years. Im ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Ideal Teacher

  
  Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog — Authority: 118
  Bob Blaisdell, professor of English at City University of New York’s Kingsborough Community College, has an article up at Inside Higher Ed in which he explains in hilarious detail what being an Ideal Teacher involves. Apparently one must possess several gorgeously wonderful traits, one must be capable of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gates Foundation Commits $12.9M to College Technology

  
  BDPA Foundation — Authority: 134
  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to help community colleges use technology to improve and go beyond basic online classes. The $12.9 million in grants the foundation recently announced will support a variety of programs — from supporting teachers to using social media and creating virtual-learning ...
  2 weeks ago

• CFP: Community and Junior College Libraries

  
  Beyond the Job — Authority: 124
  Community and Junior College Libraries provides a peer-reviewed forum for theoretical research and practical studies dealing with the broad scope of delivery of information resources to lower division undergraduate students.  It is an essential resource for two-year college librarians and educators.     For an ...
  3 weeks ago

• Gates Foundation commits $12.9M to college tech

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 165
  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to help community colleges use technology to improve and go beyond basic online classes.
  3 weeks ago

• University Heights Journal: A Hall of Fame, Forgotten and Forlorn

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  The Hall of Fame for Great Americans on the campus of Bronx Community College is lined with honorees busts, like those below. A disconnect between the hall and students has grown wider.
  3 weeks ago

• Community colleges attracting more bright students

  
  Brian McCall's Economics of Education Blog — Authority: 115
  With the recession and rising costs more bright students are first going to community college before completing there BA degree at a four-year university. As the Washington Post article "The best and brightest take a detour" reports many community colleges offer honors programs that are very attractive to bright ...
  3 weeks ago

• QUICK Hits

  
  The Quick and the Ed — Authority: 569
  Since community colleges educate so many students, why do they remain virtually invisible in the mainstream media? (Brainstorm) Is it possible to serve a healthy school lunch (that means no Mystery Meat) for less than $3 a pop? (USA Today) Are we seeing a Race to the Top Flip Flop? (Flypaper) Will a new ...
  3 weeks ago

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