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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Immediately, Dayshawn and I went into planning, says Jackson, Eight years later, Compton College is breaking ground on a 250+ bed housing facility, becoming the first community college in Los Angeles County to offer campus housing to its students. Were showing other colleges that this can be done, says Curry.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

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Jackson, who was appointed president at Nashville State Community College in 2018. Montague of Volunteer State Community College raised serious questions about the unique pressures faced by women leaders, particularly women of color. in 2006, and men still outnumbered women two-to-one in the presidency, the study noted.

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Community College Student Support Program Effectiveness and Expansion Discussed at Symposium

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A Chicago-based student support program for community college students is set to drastically expand its reach and the number of students it serves. Founded in 2006, the program now serves almost 900 students.

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Annual Black, Brown, College Bound Summit Commences March 6

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Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard is set to speak during the 17th Annual National Black, Brown and College Bound (BBCB) Summit, according to organizers. The path to that success beginning with completing a college degree.”

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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

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And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University. in African American studies and sociology from EIU; and an Associate of Arts in African American studies from Olive-Harvey Community College. Williams-Goliday holds a Ph.D. Williams-Goliday holds a Ph.D.

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Making Equity a Priority

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In 2005 — long before Curry took the helm — the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges revoked the school’s accreditation because of financial instability. It was a devastating blow to the college. If I have students living on campus in housing and they get sick, what are we going to do, say ‘go in the morning?’”

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Fostering Success

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Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). I think public institutions have a mission to make sure that those in society have access to higher education,” says Alexander, who arrived at UCLA in 2006. Coming from such a background drives him. “I

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