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My Turn: How HCC is Combating Low Persistent Rates for Minority Males in Community College

Administrator January 9, 2013 0

Recently, renewed attention has been given to minority males as it relates to dropping out of higher educational institutions. However, a substantial number of minority males are dropping out before graduating and never return

My Turn: A Case Study in Government Hurting Working Class Students

Administrator December 19, 2012 0

I’ve written here before about the rise of the $10,000 degree-programs in Texas and how the initiative has drawn the admiring attention of Florida, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma. This is good news for cash-strapped students and their

Former U.S. Ed Secretary Spellings: Texas higher education could be improved

Administrator December 19, 2012 0

We’re at a critical time in higher education. More of our students must earn higher degrees than ever before. The United States boasts some of the finest institutions in the world and, further, by

Editorial: The Time for Statewide Emphasis on Black Male College Achievement is Now

Administrator November 3, 2012 0

By Editorial Board Texas Higher Education Journal Although more African Americans in Texas are embracing the need to achieve a higher education than ever before, far too many are failing to complete. Here are

My Turn: Why granting a high school diploma should be a promise

Contributing Writer August 13, 2012 0

By Bill Hammond, Texas Association of Business and Carroll G. Robinson, Esq., Houston Community College System The Houston Independent School District has recently begun to tout its success in reducing the number of student dropouts

My Turn: An Opportunity to Do Better

Contributing Writer July 13, 2012 0

by Carroll G. Robinson, Esq. Trustee District IV, Houston Community College System If we are to overcome the challenges now confronting us as individuals and a nation – high unemployment, underemployment, slow job growth,

My Turn: Latino Students are Key to Texas’ Economic Future

Contributing Writer July 6, 2012 1

By Octavio Hinojosa Texas is now home to the nation’s second-largest Hispanic state population with 9.7 million, or 38 percent of the total. In 2011, for the first time since Texas was admitted into

Degrees in ‘Pop Culture’?

Contributing Writer July 3, 2012 1

By Dr. Thomas K. Lindsay A recent piece in USA Today caught my eye by virtue of its mix of the heartbreaking and the absurd. The story, titled “Grim job prospects could scar today’s

Court Strikes Down “Gainful Employment” Repayment Rate that Was Embarrassingly Low to Begin With

Contributing Writer July 3, 2012 1

Last year the Obama administration implemented “gainful employment” regulations designed to identify higher education programs, primarily in the for-profit sector, that load students up with debt in exchange for low-value credentials and degrees. The

What’s New at the T.H.E. Journal

lozadad June 22, 2012 1

Dear Higher Education stakeholders, We’ve just completed our fourth month of online publication for the Texas Higher Education Journal and the response from our readers has been nothing short of inspiring! Your initial feedback