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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In May 2018, COD’s board of trustees approved a $1 million investment to support a diverse group of 23 faculty and administrators to participate in Kansas State University’s (KSU) doctoral Community College Leadership Program (CCLP), the first cohort known colloquially as the CCLP Roadrunner cohort. Some distinct program features include: 1.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thus, it is critically important that all students are provided access to a rigorous curriculum in high school to prepare them to be college and/or career ready. college visits, application preparation, and scholarship information) and work-based learning opportunities (e.g., math, science, English), employability skills (e.g.,

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our comprehensive strategy emphasizes culturally relevant curriculum, robust community connections and clear pathways to success—crucial for nurturing a sense of belonging and enhancing academic persistence. Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%.

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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Organizations rooted in sports incorporate educational curriculum that helps participants be better prepared for higher education. Middle schoolers receive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) curriculum and high school application guidance. “We I always tell people you have to learn how to work hard.”

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 We design the curriculum individually to students’ needs. Doris Espiritu, Senior Advisor to the Provost, dean of the Center of Excellence for Engineering & Computer Science, City Colleges of Chicago.

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The AP Program’s Impact On Secondary Education

College Planners of America

An AP course’s curriculum is developed for the College Board by a panel of high school teachers and college-level educators specializing in that academic discipline. For a high school to use the AP designation, the course must be audited by the College Board to ascertain that it satisfies the AP curriculum and other criteria.

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Leadership at All Levels of Higher Ed

The University Innovation Alliance

But if you come together and say, ‘This is a community college project,’ and half of the community colleges in the state are all doing one application, you're more likely to find success. Department of Education from December 2018 to January 2021. Sacks served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Sacks holds a Ph.D.