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"What's New" in Higher Ed. Today!

Today's News You Need to Know - In Virginia & Across the U.S.A.

The following linked news articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion
or position of SCHEV (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia)  



Around the Nation

N.C. college gets $830,000 for aircraft maintenance training
The Virginian Pilot (9/01/10)
The College of the Albemarle received checks for two grants totaling $830,000 to be used to expand aviation maintenance courses.

UDC opens its first student housing with an eye to a livelier campus
Washington Post (9/01/10)
The University of the District of Columbia fall semester began last week, and that meant first-day-of-class prepping in the college's first-ever dorm.

NH to receive $1.5M grant for college enrollment
Boston Times (9/01/10)
New Hampshire is getting a $1.5 million federal grant to help increase enrollment in colleges and universities.



In Virginia

College Night Scheduled Sept. 29 at DSLCC
Rockbridge Weekly (9/02/10)
Dabney S. Lancaster Community College will host its annual College Night on Wednesday, September 29, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm in the Armory/Convocation Center on the DSLCC campus in Clifton Forge. The event is free and open to the public.

PVCC satellite campuses on track
Daily Progress (9/01/10)
Piedmont Virginia Community College’s plans to open satellite campuses in downtown Charlottesville and Greene County are on track, PVCC President Frank Friedman reported Wednesday to the college’s advisory board.

College Hints at Tightening Alcohol Rules
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily (9/01/10)
A proposed change to the College of William and Mary’s evidence standard for disciplinary proceedings has raised student concerns about wrongful convictions.