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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I think the most important piece to this was we didnt ask for the planning grant, remembers Curry. We went directly for the project funding grant. Louden believes now, more than ever, that Comptons faith in humanity is one of its superpowers. Curry, however, was intentional about the request. Compton is the model for that.

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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

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She is also a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance. I dont take for granted that Ive had so many mentors and people that have come before me who believed in me when I may not necessarily have believed in myself, she emphasizes.

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NIH Grant to Study Infertility, Health Among Women of Mexican Heritage

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million National Institutes of Health grant has been awarded to researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública in Mexico to explore the link between infertility and long-term health issues among Hispanic women of Mexican heritage.

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The Persistent 'Bamboo Ceiling': AAPI Leaders Still Rare Among College Presidents

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That was the figure in 2011, for instance, and it was not significantly different in 2006 nor 25 years before the latter. Were seen as workhorses rather than show horses, says Fong, who retired last December as Vice Chancellor for Human Resources for the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District in northern California.

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5 Tips for Recruiting and Enrolling Latine/x Students in Your Community College

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Our mission is to walk students through unfamiliar processes, support their academic and human needs, and create opportunities for placemaking within the institution ,” says El Centro Director Julissa Colón. Miami Dade College is a Navigate partner and the first school in the nation that offered this unique option beginning in 2006.

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How I’m Powered by Orange

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

I spent 2006 to 2007 working as a higher education technology consultant. With almost 3,000 undergraduate students in the College of Health and Human Sciences, I have gotten to know, respect, and cherish the students who I have had the privilege to advise. Having an Ed.M. I enjoy talking about how much I enjoyed my grad program.

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Dear Black Athlete: A Moral Imperative is Rarely Enough

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For example, in William Rhodens Forty Million Dollar Slaves (2006), he details the economic underpinning of the integration of major league baseball, and how Negro Baseball league teams were picked apart with no teams or coaches coming to Major League Baseball intact.