Community-College Trustee Apologizes for Clinton ‘Hangman’ Tweets
A member of the Board of Trustees of the Riverside Community College District, in California, apologized on Tuesday for posting tweets depicting a hangman and the words “I’m Ready for Hillary,” The...
View ArticleIn First Higher-Ed Address as Education Secretary, DeVos Praises Community...
Betsy DeVos was brief but prepared on Thursday in remarks to the Association of Community College Trustees’ National Legislative Summit, her first speech on higher-education issues since being...
View ArticleIn First College Visit, DeVos Praises Career Prep and Community Colleges
Betsy DeVos made her first official visit to an institution of higher education as education secretary on Friday, touring the jobs-training programs at Valencia College, a two-year college in Florida....
View ArticleAdjuncts at Colorado Community Colleges Lack Academic-Freedom Protections,...
The American Association of University Professors is citing the firing of a Colorado adjunct instructor as evidence of a broader lack of academic freedom for part-time faculty members throughout that...
View ArticleNew York Community-College President May Be Ousted After Victim-Blaming Remarks
The Niagara County Community College’s Board of Trustees is expected to vote on Wednesday on the future of the New York college’s president, James Klyczek, who was allegedly recorded making disparaging...
View ArticleEmbattled Community-College President Retires Ahead of Board Vote
A community-college president who was allegedly recorded disparaging the victim of a campus sexual assault retired this week hours before a vote by the college’s Board of Trustees on his future, the...
View ArticleNashville State Is Accused of Spying on Investigation of Its Oppressive Climate
Nashville State Community College maintains such an oppressive climate for its faculty members that it sought to monitor and interfere with efforts to ask them about it, according to a report...
View ArticleAdjunct Says She Was Suspended Following Appearance on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’
An adjunct professor at Essex County College, in New Jersey, was suspended two days after her appearance as a political commentator on the Fox News program Tucker Carlson Tonight. Lisa Durden, who is...
View ArticleCincinnati State Suspends All Sports Except Soccer
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College will field only two varsity sports this year — men’s and women’s soccer — as the institution looks for financial efficiencies, the Cincinnati Enquirer...
View ArticleU. of Wisconsin System Proposes Merging 2-Year and 4-Year Colleges
The University of Wisconsin system wants to merge its 13 two-year colleges with its four-year institutions, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. Under the proposal, each two-year institution would...
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