By: David J. Smith, May 1, 2015 Consider these three recent events. In the first case, a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi kills his college work-study supervisor. The killer claims to hate gays, and killed his boss because he was gay. In the second case, two brothers of Muslim Chechen background set off bombs at an international marathon,ContinueContinue reading “Community Colleges and the Challenge of Violent Extremism”
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Community College Faculty and Global Public Health Experts Meet in Alexandria, VA
By: David J. Smith, April 13, 2015 During April 9-11, 2015 U.S. and Canadian community college faculty from a range of disciplines including nursing, political science, sociology, biology, Spanish, and public health met to consider approaches that can be implemented to advance global public health education. They were joined by Humphrey Scholars from Rwanda and Cameroon, andContinueContinue reading “Community College Faculty and Global Public Health Experts Meet in Alexandria, VA”
Independence Community College Establishes Conflict Resolution Program: Dwight D. Eisenhower Institute for Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
By: David J. Smith, April 13, 2015 Independence Community College (ICC) in Independence, KS recently established a certificate in conflict resolution. In an email dated April 10, Konye Ori, associate professor of communications, the program coordinator, wrote “Independence Community College is set to begin its conflict resolution program in the fall of 2015…. We (will) have experts,ContinueContinue reading “Independence Community College Establishes Conflict Resolution Program: Dwight D. Eisenhower Institute for Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution”
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