Ferrum College President Shares Views on Running a Small College

Ferrum College and president David Johns are featured by The Roanoke Times in "New Ferrum president takes a big picture view of running a small college."  The article with reporting by Casey Fabris was published on March 19, 2018.

Fabis presents a picture of a president who maintains an active and visible role on campus and in the broader community.  Johns shares priorities common for other small institutions: college access, retention, and student success.  He also notes that, “Anything that you can think about that is true in terms of running a community, a town, is true about being in charge of a college.”

Ferrum College, founded in 1913, is located in southwest Virginia.  It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and enrolls 1,294 students.

Partnership offers Path to Degrees for Single Mothers

The Christian Science Monitor offers an excellent article by Josh Kenworthy, "First US 'microcollege' helps single moms become liberal arts graduates."  Kenworthy focuses on a partnership between Bard College and The Care Center of Holyoke, MA that provides a path toward a two-year liberal arts associates degree using a cohort model.

Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY has a rich tradition of working with other organizations to expand access to the liberal arts and humanities.  The college has affiliated programs in New York, Chicago, Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Washington D.C., Seattle, and Arizona.  In addition, Bard has assisted other colleges and universities in establishing neighborhood humanities courses through the support of a Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (F.I.P.S.E.) grant.

The Care Center strives to transform the lives of students and the community through a rigorous program that combines the arts, education, and culture.

Huston-Tillotson University Featured for Raising its Community Profile

Colette Pierce Burnette, president of Huston-Tillotson University, is interviewed by Kate McGee of Austin's NPR station, KUT 90.5.  The segment, "East Austin Is Growing And Huston-Tillotson Hopes Its Roots Keep A Community Intact," highlights initiatives designed to raise the profile of the institution by building stronger links to the communities it serves.

Huston-Tillotson traces its roots to Samuel Huston College and Tillotson  College.  The two institutions merged in 1952 to form Huston-Tillotson  College.  The name was later changed to Huston-Tillotson University in 2005.

Community-Engaged Research & Teaching at Tulane

Tulane University announced last week that they received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for further development of a graduate certificate program to support students pursuing community-engaged research or teaching.  The grant funded activity is a continuation of a pilot program begun several years ago and is a collaboration involving Tulane's School of Liberal Arts, Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning, and the Center for Public Service.

Tulane was featured one year ago in an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education that explored the roles higher education institutions play when cities are overwhelmed by crisis.

Stephens College Offers Saturday Afternoon Science Programs

KRCG-TV posted an article February 18, 2017, "Stephens College promotes women in science fields," by Caileigh Peterson that focuses on the institution's initial Saturday Afternoon Science program.  Peterson interviewed Erin Sellner, assistant professor of biochemistry, who led the session that is designed for young women in grades six through eight.  Sellner indicated that she hopes that "that STEM fields gain more fierce females," and that "...active engagement fosters a real passion and interest that can be maintained and we'll start to see an increase in women who are actually going to college and then staying in the field."