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Communities of Opportunity: Smart Growth Strategies for Colleges and Universities
Ayers Saint Gross (2007) Communities of Opportunity:Growth Strategies for Colleges and Universities. NACUBO Attach Your Article (if Acrobat or Word document):
http://www.nacubo.org/documents/81470500_FINAL_SmartGrowthReport_081707.pdf
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Why Our Students Need Instruction in Grammar, and How We Should go About It.
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Blaauw-Hara, Mark (December 2006). Why Our Students Need Instruction in Grammar, and How We Should go About It. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, pp. 165-177.
http://www.ncte.org/pubs/journals/tetyc/articles/126110.htm
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Rules of (Community College) Engagement
Elia Powers (2007, November 12). Rules of (Community College) Engagement. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from November 12, 2007.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/11/12/ccsse
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Higher Purpose: America produces the world’s best universities, but not enough graduates. Can states fix higher ed?
Greenblatt, A. (2007, September 20). Higher Purpose: America produces the world’s best universities, but not enough graduates. Can states fix higher ed?. Retrieved from September 20, 2007 http://www.governing.com/articles/9teach.htm
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College offers one week of free classes
For those who haven't decided whether college is for them, a campus is offering a week to check classes out without commitment.
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New Rankings Controversy — Over Community Colleges
The annual rankings frenzy each fall features rankings of top colleges, party schools and everything in between. But the sector of higher education where more than 40 percent of freshmen start — community colleges — has been notably absent.
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Dodd's higher education plan includes free community college
Democratic presidential hopeful Chris Dodd's plan to make higher education more accessible includes promises of free community college education for every American -- so long as states agree to foot half the cost.
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Discouraging ‘Course Fishing’
Policies that allow students to try out courses and drop them by a certain deadline are a time-honored way for colleges to encourage students to sign up for classes they’re not sure about or get out of ones they don’t like. But the policies are sometimes manipulated by students hunting for easy A’s or a sure-to-pass course in ways that can cause headaches for faculty and administrators.
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Govenor Unifies Higher Ed
Gov. Ted Strickland ordered yesterday that the state's public higher-education institutions become part of a unified system.
- MCC gets unique program
Montgomery Community College in Troy, N.C., the state's second-smallest community college, develops a unique program in outdoor sports management.
Published June 22, 2007 By Mary Anderson The Courier-Tribune of Asheboro (N.C.)
- Campers are creators of video games
Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, N.C., and others explore the potential of developing curricula and programs to support the growing world of video gaming.
Published June 16, 2007 By Sam Lagrone The News and Observer of Raleigh (N.C.)
- The Nursing Education Dilemma
Shortage of nursing faculty: how some colleges are addressing this problem.
Powers E (2007, June 22) The Nursing Education Dilemma. retrieved June 22, 2007 from Inside Higher Ed.