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Retired math professor gives Northern Virginia Community College $1 million
At Northern Virginia Community College Dr. Richard Semmler’s name appears on doors, plaques, and on this day a five tiered cake. “It just inspires me the multitude of people he’s helped,” said former NOVA student Tom Motak. Semmler, a former mathematics professor at the college, has an amazing record of giving. It started in 1968 […]
Faculty
Survey: Growing Disparity in Backgrounds of Community College Trustees and Students
Diversity among community college boards has changed little in the last decade though the demographics of the student populations they serve have shifted greatly, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). The survey, completed by more than a 1000 people, shows the racial and gender diversity […]
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Former Nine Inch Nails Drummer Teaches at Alabama Community College
Chris Vrenna, the former drummer of ’90s rock band Nine Inch Nails, is now a mass communications teacher at Calhoun Community College in Alabama. Vrenna, who once ate a light bulb behind stage as part of a dare, also teaches intro to recording technology, studio production and Pro Tools at the North Alabama school with […]
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College in N.J. Could Lose Accreditation
A New Jersey community college has been warned that its accreditation is in jeopardy, potentially putting financial aid for thousands of students at risk. Brookdale Community College has shown “insufficient evidence” that its meets accreditation standards for ethics and integrity and educational effectiveness, according to a letter sent in June by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. […]
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Arizona Faculty Association Files Complaint
TEMPE, AZ – When the Maricopa Community College System decided to undergo a “transformation,” many teachers felt they had been cut off from decision-making after that. But now, the Faculty Association has released nearly 250 pages of some serious accusations. The Association complained to the Higher Learning Commission, which is the accreditation body. In the complaint, […]
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College Has Its Place
Hat’s off to Sweet Briar College for increasing its new student enrollment for the fall by 42 percent. The Class of 2022 will be made up of 114 first-year students, up from 79 this time last year. These gains represent a significant turnaround for a school that almost closed three years ago. Other small institutions […]
Faculty
When ‘Last Chance U’ Is on Your Campus
“I’m Brittany Wagner, man,” Independence Community College head coach Jason Brown tells a reporter midway through the first episode of Last Chance U’s third season. In that casual self-appointment, Brown gives the show’s longtime fans a friendly warning: Wagner, the beloved academic advisor who was the breakout star of the Netflix docuseries’s first two seasons at […]
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Virginia’s Shrinking Colleges Looking to Pivot
Nothing like losing a quarter of your customers to get your attention. That basically is what has happened to Virginia’s Community College System, with last term’s enrollment down 57,000 (actually only 22 percent) from its peak six years ago during the early days of the economic recovery. That drop exceeds the total enrollment at the […]
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‘Rebellion’ Mounts Among California Professors
As California leaders prepare this week to change the way the state funds its community colleges, a revolt is growing among professors who say it’s too much too soon for a system already undergoing rapid transformations to improve dismal student outcomes. Over the past two months, the academic senates from at least half a dozen […]
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Actress Kate Bosworth, Husband to Offer Film Classes In Montana
KALISPELL, Mont. — Actress Kate Bosworth is helping to cultivate the movie industry in Montana. Bosworth and her husband, director-screenwriter Michael Polish, are launching a two-week film school in July at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, with sessions taught by industry professionals. In a tweet earlier this week, Bosworth says the goal is to […]
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Student Leaders Condemn Tweets about Undocumented Immigrants
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is taking heat this week from student leaders at the University of Kansas for remarks he made on Twitter about undocumented college students. The comments in question were posted to Kobach’s personal Twitter last week. In his post, the 2018 gubernatorial candidate wrote, “It will cost more to attend […]
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Educators Float Solutions to Hunger on Campus
Studying while hungry – many college students struggle to get enough to eat because they lack money to buy food. At Worcester State University on Friday, educators and policymakers floated solutions at the Voices of Hunger conference. Research from Temple University found about a third of university students and almost half (40 to 50 percent) […]
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