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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

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Curry also became one of the founding chairpersons of the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce in spring 2018. Sometimes you have to say stuff and get people united because you said it. The student housing will also include study areas, lounges and shared kitchens.

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Annual Black, Brown, College Bound Summit Commences March 6

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The BBCB Summit has seen more than 5,000 participants since 2006, including students from nearly two dozen different states.

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University of Miami President to Lead at UCLA

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He served as Mexico’s secretary of health from 2000 to 2006, when his reform efforts helped expand access to health care for more than 55 million uninsured people. Among his career accomplishments, the Mexico native was the founding director of Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

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Under the guidance and visionary leadership of our current President and CEO, Dr. Michael Lomax , ICB officially launched in 2006. They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions.

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Fostering Success

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Alexander is very accessible, very approachable for students,” says Dr. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve. It is providing greater access for students from low-income, first-generation backgrounds. Coming from such a background drives him. “I

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Making Equity a Priority

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The school ultimately became a satellite campus of the El Camino Community College District in 2006 but has since regained its accreditation and its independence. It launched a popular Farmer’s Market on campus last year, providing each student with $20 a week to access fresh foods and vegetables.

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Community College Student Support Program Effectiveness and Expansion Discussed at Symposium

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Founded in 2006, the program now serves almost 900 students. OMD has always thought of itself as a college support program, not a college access program,” Hallberg said. Notably, the enrollment finding had been unexpected, said Dr. Kelly Hallberg, IEL scientific director and session panelist.