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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When a couple of student affairs practitioners created the College and University Food Bank Alliance in 2012, it had just 10 members. Take the Basic Needs Hubs at Portland Community College, which show the power of embracing a mutual aid framework.

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Study: American College Presidency is Still Largely White and Male

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Andy Brantley, president and CEO of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources “It’s a great cause for celebration that the percentage of [diverse] representation has increased,” said Dr. Andy Brantley, president and CEO of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fundamentally, the police are responsible for understanding the culture, history, and issues affecting the communities they serve. As noted by Dennis (2020), community colleges in the U.S. Together, community colleges and professional policing lead the way for new police officers’ cultural competence.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CPE is a coordinating board that oversees Kentucky’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges. We did an external evaluation for a couple of our cohorts to find that the greatest retention and success is actually with our students entering into community college,” Ellis says.

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Leveraging Diversity to Fuel the Creative Arts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Many students attend Brooklyn College from CUNY’s community colleges after advisors see their interest in theater and desire to pursue careers in that area. Each semester, Tesman teaches a class for incoming students to get them acclimated. “In

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Why Data Quality Matters & 5 Steps to Improve It

Civitas Learning

Their data-driven student support ecosystem has led to significant improvements in retention, with a 16% increase from 2012 to 2022. Administrators can examine reports detailing staff interactions with students, including meetings, communications, and notes, allowing them to adjust their efforts to better meet student needs.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

EAB

4) I have had the opportunity to redesign the institutional research function at both community colleges and at a public regional university. Similarly, I have attended department meetings across the organization, from finance to human resources to facilities, to understand the challenges that they face. link] Hillman, N.,