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Portland Community College Employees Picket for More Pandemic Support

December 10, 2021

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Community College Leaders Discuss Centering Race in Faculty Hiring

Several California community college leaders addressed an ongoing need for racial equity in faculty hiring.

October 20, 2021

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Institutions Adjust Faculty Diversity Strategies Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Amid efforts to increase enrollment, there is an awareness that more can be done to improve faculty diversity.

October 13, 2021

San Diego Professor Tapped for California Community Colleges Visiting Role

September 10, 2021

California’s Online-Only Community College Is Flunking Out With Legislators

SACRAMENTO — When California set aside $100 million to launch its first fully online community college, supporters led by then-Gov. Jerry Brown said the school would prepare adults stuck in dead-end careers for the modern workforce. After two years of halting progress, state lawmakers facing a budget disaster and mounting complaints from faculty unions are […]

June 12, 2020

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As Universities Tighten Budgets During the Coronavirus, What Will Happen to Diversity Initiatives?

As the coronavirus spurs an economic downturn, colleges and universities have started to tighten their budgets. But when institutions cut spending, will their diversity and inclusion work suffer? Diverse: Issues in Higher Education explored this question and others with university leaders and diversity professionals in a two-part webinar moderated by editor-at-large Dr. Jamal Watson last […]

May 12, 2020

Alabama College Official Says She Was Suspended for Investigating Corruption

A suspended official of an Alabama community college says she was targeted for termination because she investigated corruption. Lisa Burks has been suspended from her role as the vice president for human resources at Coastal Alabama Community College since November. WALA-TV reports her case was heard Monday at an administrative hearing. Burks’ attorney, Tom Loper, […]

September 24, 2019

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Chalmette’s Nunez Community College Fired Professor In ‘Retaliatory’ Act, Group Claims In Censure

Nunez Community College in Chalmette was placed on a censure list issued by a national professors’ advocacy group on Saturday, four months after being cited for allegedly terminating a long-term associate English professor as a “retaliatory measure.” The American Association of University Professors alleged in February that Nunez violated Richard Schmitt’s academic freedomwhen dismissing him without cause after […]

June 18, 2019

Former Arizona Pitcher Taylor McQuillin Hired By Pima Community College

Former University of Arizona softball ace pitcher Taylor McQuillin will be staying in Tucson after getting hired by Pima Community College as an assistant coach. McQuillin who guided the Wildcats back to the Women’s College World Series this spring for the first time since 2010, will join fellow Arizona alumni Rebekah Quiroz (head coach) and […]

June 11, 2019

Greenfield Community College Settles Discrimination Lawsuit With Former Public Safety Director Luis Santamaria

The former director of public safety at Greenfield Community College, Luis Santamaria, has settled a discrimination lawsuit against the college for $60,000. Santamaria, who is Nicaraguan, was hired by Greenfield Community College in 2015. In a 2017 lawsuit filed in federal court against the college and its then-president Robert Pura, Santamaria said he was treated […]

June 2, 2019

Washtenaw Community College Proposes Outsourcing IT to Third Party

ANN ARBOR, MI – Two years after a three-day outage impacted Washtenaw Community College, the college is proposing to outsource its technology management services. Outsourcing to Ellucian could save the college around $600,000 per year, WCC President Rose Bellanca said. But strains on staff during incidents like the 2017 outage were what prompted WCC to look into […]

May 29, 2019

College of DuPage Math Professor Wins Award

Dr. Rita Patel, an associate professor of mathematics at College of DuPage, has received a major accolade from the Illinois section of the Mathematical Association of America – the 2019 Early Career Teaching Award for Extraordinarily Successful Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member. The award honors beginning college or university faculty […]

May 19, 2019

Border Patrol Uninvited From Community College Job Fair Amid Protests

The U.S. Border Patrol was uninvited from a job fair at a California community college amid protests and complaints from students and activists alike, the school said. A spokesman for San Jose City College confirmed to the Daily News that the government agency was asked not to attend the fair by the school and its […]

April 30, 2019

Southwest Tennessee Community College Named Recipient of AACC Award of Excellence

Southwest Tennessee Community College’s Police Services/Public Safety Department has been named the recipient of the American Association of Community College (AACC)’s Community College Safety and Planning award for state-of-the-art training and innovative practices. The AACC Award of Excellence for Community College Safety and Planning honors outstanding work among the 1,200 two-year and associate-degree granting institutions […]

April 18, 2019

Zach Settembre Appointed Head Coach of The Tallahassee Community College Men’s Basketball Team

Zach Settembre, Tallahassee Community College (TCC)’s newest men’s basketball head coach has begun his first week on the job after serving in the interim role earlier this year after previous head coach Mark White stepped down. Settembre first joined the TCC men’s basketball staff in March 2018 as a volunteer assistant and was later promoted […]

April 7, 2019

Community College of Philadelphia Reach Tentative Labor Agreements With Faculty Union

The Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) and its faculty union have reached tentative labor agreements after several faculty and staff members recently expressed plans to strike. “It’s been a long, grueling process,” said union copresident Junior Brainard. Details of the agreements have not been yet released, as to allow the union time to brief its […]

April 4, 2019

Experienced Architect Named Vice Chancellor of General Services at Peralta Community College District

Peralta Community College District has appointed Leigh Sata as interim vice chancellor of general services. Sata has over three decades of experience working in the architecture and education fields, including a long-time position where he managed capital projects and large bond programs for the California Community Colleges. In this new role, Sata will oversee the […]

March 28, 2019

Community College of Philadelphia Faculty Union Announce Plans to Strike

The Faculty and Staff Federation of Community College of Philadelphia AFT Local 206 has announced the union intends to go on strike. “We held the vote tonight and better than 90 percent of our union that represents 1,200 faculty and staff voted to strike,” union co-President Junior Brainard said Wednesday night. “We don’t have a […]

March 28, 2019

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