By PAT BAILEY
Story Created: Oct 5, 2010 at 5:15 PM EDT
(Story Updated: Oct 5, 2010 at 7:19 PM EDT
...On Tuesday, President Obama joined Dr. Jill Biden, a community college teacher and wife of the Vice President, for the first-ever White House Summit on the role that community colleges will play in educating workers.
Obama said he's counting on community colleges to help produce an additional eight million college graduates over the next ten years
"I've set a goal," said Obama. "By 2020, America will once again lead the world in producing college graduates, and I believe community colleges will play a huge part in meeting this goal."
To achieve that goal, $2 billion will go to community colleges over the next four years. John Bullis, Executive Director of Organizational Development in the President's Office, says MVCC welcomes that money....
Atlantic Cape Community College launches ad campaign aimed at boosting funds, enrollment, pride (click here)
By DIANE D'AMICO Education Writer
Posted: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
,,,Armed with a new red and blue logo and an "Opportunity Starts Here" marketing campaign featuring successful college alumni, Mora and staff on Tuesday introduced a new college "branding" plan to increase enrollment and raise private money to help keep the college affordable...
Community colleges fill graduation gaps (click here)
Latinos turn to Ivy Tech for many reasons
Updated: Thursday, 02 Sep 2010, 10:43 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 01 Sep 2010, 7:17 PM EDT
Alexandra Deiro
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Ivy Tech boasts a high number of Latino graduates from its Lafayette campus.
As News Channel 18 reported earlier in the week, Purdue University has large gaps in graduating Latino and Hispanic students....
Purdue has gap in Hispanics graduating (click here)
Study shows Hispanics less likely to finish Purdue
Updated: Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010, 9:42 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 30 Aug 2010, 6:14 PM EDT
Alexandra Deiro
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - The Education Trust released a study this month that showed Purdue University to have one of the largest White vs. Hispanic graduation gaps.
The study stated that among public universities Purdue did not show good numbers for graduation rates of Hispanic and Latino students....
