Articles from Community College Week (August 25, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Arkansas college overseeing restoration of 1820s log home.			726
Arkansas scholarship program boosts school enrollment.			260
At age 91, Des Moines woman earns diploma.			532
Autistic students get help navigating college life.			934
Bill would allow college as workfare activity.	Pekow, Charles		81
Budget cuts mean end of Kentucky TV courses.			132
Calendar.		Calendar	459
College enrollment rises as job market tightens.			113
Congress cuts off college aid for sex offenders.			746
Dancing with porcupines: for college leaders, nearly all challenges are thorny ones.	O'Banion, Terry		741
Delgado Community College Northshore is expanding its allied health education and training capacity to meet growing regional workforce needs by leasing 4,600 square feet of space in historic downtown Covington, La.			140
FedEx Express Corp. broke records when Mary McDaniel, vice president of material and corporate sourcing for FedEx, presented Southwest Tennessee Community College with a check for $150,000.			124
Fired Bishop State instructor ordered rehired by arbitrator.			271
Five-year NCES study shows paltry grad rates.	Pekow, Charles	Report	229
Former college lawyer wins right to represent employees.	Freedman, Ian; Freedman, Eric		680
Former student faces charges in Az. college shooting.			143
Gadsden State Community College has been awarded the 2008 Hewlett-Packard Technology for Teaching Grant for the Ayers Campus.			132
In recognition of its leadership in sustainability and energy efficiency, the Los Angeles Community College District was awarded the 2008 Energy Efficiency Partnership Program Best Practices in New Construction and Sustainable Operations competition at the Annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference in San Luis Obispo.		Conference news	156
Joliet Junior College.			123
Judge tosses racism complaint lodged by New Jersey prof.	Freedman, Ian; Freedman, Eric		515
Kingsborough providing some answers to student service questions.	Bradley, Paul		814
Lee College, in Baytown, Texas, became the first community college awarded a $300,000 challenge grant by the Kresge Foundation, which is the second largest non-profit organization in the United States.			135
Legislation requires annual safety inspections.	Pekow, Charles		141
Looking beyond the classroom: new school year sees student services growing in importance.	Bradley, Paul		1411
Massachusetts Bay Community College.			167
New York governor backing plan for low-interest student loans.			408
Niagara County Community College in New York announced that it received two new grants from the New York State Department of Labor and from the Advanced Technology Education Center in Geospatial Education.			121
Palm Beach Community College.			158
Paul Nolting, a recognized mathematics learning specialist and a counselor at Florida's Manatee Community College, co-authored an article that appears in the spring 2008 edition of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges Review.			148
PC a little sluggish? It might be time for a new one--or not.	Goldsborough, Reid		784
Proposal would aid two-year colleges in serving vets.	Pekow, Charles		245
Reauthorized Higher Education Act means numerous changes.	Pekow, Charles		1502
San Juan College.			126
Shortfall sends Mass. Students scrambling for loans.			179
Skyrocketing gas prices rewriting schedules at 2-year colleges.			478
The Phoenix Challenge Foundation held its first Annual Teacher's Summer Workshop on July 24 and 25, at the Harper Campus of Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C.			135
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $325,000 to Oakland Community College in Michigan to develop a model for delivering global education to students enrolled in America's community colleges.			107
Tougher high school classes urged by Indiana colleges.			328
Trustee turmoil at Michigan college putting accreditation at risk.	Halcom, Chad		860
Turning to food banks: struggling college students.			736
Va. Colleges hiking tuition, fees by nearly 7 percent.			283
When Russell Robinson Jr. left the Marine Corps after four years, he wanted a career with a military mindset, he said.			171
Wilfred Beriau, professor and chair of the Culinary Arts Department at Southern Maine Community College, has received the Chef Educator of the Year Award from the American Culinary Federation.			154
With $31.3 million approved by the Connecticut State Bond Commission, construction is underway on a 100,000-square-foot Technology Building at Naugatuck Valley Community College.			176
Wyoming's Casper College.			123