The latest in Community Colleges

Bryce Harper Playing College Baseball at 17

2010-03-15T14:52:05Z

Bryce Harper played his first college game for the College of Southern Nevada. CSV is known as the Coyotes and Harper sure has the Coyotes howling. Like Lebron James, Bryce is already called professional baseball's chosen one. January 29, 2010 at 7:00 PM he started at a place where most "should be hi...

How To Become A Paralegal

2010-03-12T13:45:03Z

If you have an interest in learning how to become a paralegal, it is first important to define exactly what a paralegal is. A paralegal is an individual who works under the supervision of a licensed attorney and does a lot of the same tasks that a licensed attorney may do.<br><br>While a paralegal may perform a lot of legal tasks such as research, citations, interviewing clients, it must be made clear that a paralegal is restricted from performing certain tasks reserved for licens...

Toyota Plant Mississippi

2010-02-28T10:45:56Z

In this Feb. 4, 2010 photograph taken in Tupelo, Miss., Itawamba Community College student Terry McShan, a 46-year-old father of a grown daughter and a 4-year-old girl recalled how thrilled he was when Toyota announced plans in 2007 to ...

Community college loan default rate 16.7 percent

2010-02-23T07:14:49Z

<div id="subtitle">Nearly 17 percent of community college students defaulting on loans</div><div><p>Nearly 17 percent of Iowa community college students default on student loans within three years of graduating.</p><p>Federal data shows the default rate is more than five times the average for students who attend Iowa's state-run universities and three times the average of t...

What Do You Need to Be Qualified to Teach English in Taiwan?

2010-02-23T11:13:47Z

Would you like to try your hand at teaching in Taiwan? Not just anyone can teach English in Taiwan. It may have been true that in the past all you needed to teach English in Taiwan or just about any Asian country was a passport from an English speaking country, but this isn't the case anymore. To be eligible to teach English in Taiwan today, in addition to being a native English speaker from the ...

Graphic Design Careers : Designing Video Games

2010-02-23T11:41:04Z

Do you love video games? Are you moved by graphics flashing across the screen? If you've ever fallen in love with a well-designed video game, then you may be jumping in joy to know video game design firms hire graphic designers. Even if you've never considered becoming a video game graphic designer, if you love video games, then this exciting field maybe your chosen career path. Here is information on how you can translate your love for video games into a full-fledged graphic design career ch...

Iowa, Brazil schools partner for exchange program

2010-02-23T12:23:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Schools in Iowa, Brazil partner to offer exchange program</div><div><p>The University of Northern Iowa along with two Iowa community colleges have formed a business and agriculture partnership with two universities in Brazil.</p><p&am...

For one student, a long path to college degree

2010-02-23T17:23:56Z

<div id="subtitle">17 years, 5 colleges, 3 states _ in one student's story, lessons on the path through college</div><div><p>She looked like a good bet to beat the odds, but her first try at college, nearly 20 years ago, came up short.</p><p>From a tough, low-income neighborhood of Utica, N.Y., Catherine McNa...

Calif. higher ed leaders call for more state funds

2010-02-23T19:06:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Leaders of UC, CSU and California college systems say deep cuts threaten higher education plan</div><div><p>California's promise of an affordable higher education for its residents is being jeopardized by state budget cuts, the leaders of the state's college and university systems warned.</p><p>The cuts threaten to violate a half-century-old d...

Educating Nevada

2010-02-23T20:57:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Enrollment caps are a shortsighted ÔfixÕ to a larger problem for colleges</div><div><p> Community colleges have traditionally provided an education for all individuals — from recently graduated high school students who want their general education courses to middle-aged adults who want to train for new careers. Community colleges have always found a place for qualified students, but in Indianapolis home are packed this semester.</p><p>"Classes around the state were just full," says ...

Community College Enrollment

2009-11-01T10:16:36Z

Students move through the entrance to Ivy Tech Community College during a class change in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. With droves of displaced workers competing with traditional students looking for an education bargain, community colleges in many parts of the country are jammed. Yet President ...

Recession drives up US university enrollment: report

2010-02-24T12:00:57Z

<div><p>Students are flocking to US universities at record levels, as the recession fuels an enrollment explosion at less expensive two-year colleges, a report said Friday.</p><p>Just under 11.5 million students, or nearly 40 percent of all young adults ages 18 to 24, were enrolled in either a two- or four-year college as of October 2008, the most recent date for which comprehensive ...

College enrollment up, mostly at 2-year schools

2010-02-24T12:37:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Study: Young adult college enrollment numbers at record high, up sharply at community colleges</div><div><p>Some are there because of the recession, and others despite it. Regardless, more young Americans than ever are in college — especially community college, according to a new report.</p><p>A record high of about 11.5 million Americans age 18 to 24, or nearly 40 percent, attended college in ...

Oregon offers model to boost nursing faculty

2010-02-24T16:04:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Oregon offers model to boost nursing faculty as nation faces predicted shortage</div><div><p>A predicted national shortage of nurses in the next decade could be made worse by a shortage of the experienced nurses who train them at community colleges and universities around the country.</p><p>In response, nursing education leaders from 11 states are gat...

8-state Cyber Consortium gets $2.7 million grant

2010-02-24T18:50:37Z

<div id="subtitle">8-state Cyber Security Education Consortium awarded $2.7 million grant to train cyber warriors</div><div><p>The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.7 million grant to an eight-state consortium of technology centers and community...

Grambling St. basketball player dies

2010-02-25T15:24:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Grambling State basketball player dies after getting sick at practice</div><div><p>A junior college player who recently signed with Grambling State has died after he became ill at a preseason practice more than a week ago.</p><p>Grambling spokesman Kellie Kulman, a forklift operator at a Ford plant in Michigan, decided to train for a new job in the auto industry, so she attended a community college and b...

Obama on burden of fixing economy: 'Give it to me'

2010-02-26T09:47:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama says he welcomes economic responsibility, proposes $12B plan for community colleges</div><div><p>Conceding unemployment will get worse before it shrinks, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $12 billion plan to help community colleges prepare millions of people for a new generation of jobs. Challenging critics, he said he welcomed the task of turning ar...