Community College Review

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Learn about the recent decision to provide additional grants to the Plus 50 Encore Completion program that trains baby boomers at community colleges for new careers.

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Community College Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In fact, more community colleges are recruiting students over the age of 50 - and for good reason! Who says college is just for the 18 - 22 year old crowd?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2024

Debra Bragg According to the report , a CCB college is defined as a school that presently or historically confers mostly sub-baccalaureate degrees – such as associate degrees – and confers less than 50% of their total degrees at the baccalaureate level.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2023

And we're still here 50 years later. The anniversary weekend] is an awesome opportunity that's going to pay homage to all of the people who made the college kind of come to be and all of the folks who have continued to contribute over the course of its 50 years.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

They account for 80% of Black judges, 50% of Black doctors, and 50% of Black lawyers, according to the UNCF. Additionally, I believe that philanthropy has a false sense that the quality of research and education is superior at (predominantly white institutions) in comparison to the quality of research and education at HBCUs.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

of students maintained a perception that they were “very or extremely” proficient in professionalism as a competency versus 50% of employers who shared the perception of student professionalism. For example, 84.6%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2024

It follows a $50 million grant from Lilly Endowment in 2015 that enabled UNCF to launch the Career Pathways Initiative to help enhance career outcomes for students. The grant is the largest unrestricted private grant UNCF has ever received, according to UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2024

We know that over 50% of our nation's leaders come from these elite institutions,” Perez said. “If And approximately 50 schools had Latino enrollment rates at or below 10%, according to the report. If we're not getting Latinos into these institutions, how are we going to have leaders that are also representative of our demographics?”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2024

Geosciences have been the least diverse of all science fields over the last 50 years, according to Dr. Gordana Vlahovic, chair of NCCU’s Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences. In 2019, about 33% of environmental scientists and geoscientists were women, according to the American Geoscience Institute.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

His mother served as principal in Holyoke, Massachusetts, a community represented by almost 50% Latinos. His father was the first Puerto Rican Superintendent in the Lower East Side of Manhattan (1968-1973) having implemented some of first bilingual programs in the U.S. in curriculum and instruction from the Pennsylvania State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The money – $150 million from an anonymous donor and a matching $50 million from other donors – is one of the largest gifts given to a U.S. DePauw University has received its largest gift yet in the form of $200 million in support of its strategic plan. higher ed institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

On average, HBCUs costs are 50% below non-HBCUs. Representatives from the Andrew Young Foundation, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), McGraw Hill Education, Good of All, and state legislators will attend.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

HBCUs produce 40 percent of Black engineers, 40 percent of Black Congress members, 50 percent of Black public-school teachers, 50 percent of Black lawyers, 50 percent of Black doctors, and 80 percent of Black judges. Here’s further proof of the impact of HBCUs in the world.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Using data from ED’s National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), the authors looked at outcomes of approximately 620,000 Title IV students from 50 states who enrolled in community colleges as their first postsecondary institutions in 2014 , following their progress for eight years across multiple (..)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

More than 60% of students met criteria for one or more mental health problems in 2021, an almost 50% increase since 2013. The initiative is a response to the declining mental health of U.S. college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As part of the award, the six leaders are allowed to direct a $200,000 grant to a nonprofit of their choice, which can then take part in the bank’s one-year Neighborhood Builders Leadership Program. Crazy Bull chose The American Indian College Fund.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Brian Kemp College application fees vary from school to school but on average are approximately $50. “We The Georgia Student Finance Commission is partnering with 40 Georgia colleges and universities to waive college application fees this November in honor of the state’s “Apply to College Month,” WSBTV reported. Brian Kemp said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

HBCUs further account for only 3% of colleges and universities but produce 15% of Black graduates overall and 50% of all Black educators, according to UNCF’s Frederick D. “Historically Black colleges and universities are critical conduits in the Black teacher pipeline.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

As part of this endeavor, approximately 50 faculty fellows will explore efforts to bolster diversity in their respective departments and disciplines and come to UChicago for an April capstone event, where teams will present collaborative projects for feedback.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2023

The Texas Senate unanimously approved a bill last week to allocate almost $430 million in additional funding over two years for the state's 50 community colleges, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Brandon Creighton Sen.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

Students will be able to access virtual care from licensed physicians and counselors in all 50 states. This partnership will provide access to free doctors’ appointments as well as mental health resources, all 100% confidential, and at no cost to our students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

Had I succeeded--had our paths crossed--maybe Roberts would not have written a terrible opinion that set back civil rights progress in higher education nearly 50 years. That hasn’t changed in 50 years. The story was about my dad, who was 50 years older than me. So you want to go to Harvard? Tell your story. That’s how I got in.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

recidivism rates , with over 50% of inmates released ending up back behind bars within three years. “This is a program that will help decrease recidivism in non-violent offenders, which will make our communities safer," Pugliese said. There is no additional cost to the people of Colorado. It is good public policy.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It’s really about the importance of relationships,” he said of the association that will turn 50 in two years. “I am very much focused on research that speak to policy,” said Tapia, who added that he has been inspired by the scholars that he has met at the annual meeting.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Findings from the survey include that nearly one-third of Jewish students surveyed (29%) witnessed or experienced an antisemitic incident on their campus; 50% of them witnessed or experienced hate speech; and 72% of them witnessed or experienced microaggressions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 24, 2023

Nearly 130,000 responses from across all 50 states partook in this survey, this is four times the size of the 2018 Black Census. The Black Futures Lab has announced the largest survey of Black people conducted in the United States. Alicia Garza is the founder of the Black Futures Lab.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This is on top of the 50 million already invested over the past few years to elevate talent and innovation at HBCUs across the nation. Google has strengthened its support to HBCUs through a long-standing partnership with the United Negro College Fund.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

Gary VanDeaver, would alter the funding formula for money that the state gives its 50 community college districts, effective Sept. A new bill has been introduced in the Texas legislature that would revamp how the state gives its community colleges money, KXAN reported. Gary VanDeaver House Bill 8 – filed Wednesday by Texas Rep.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Once approved, XOCOM will admit its first class of 50, eventually admitting up to 100 students in each cohort. “I XOCOM is seeking accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, expected to take roughly three years. I think it’s really exciting.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Under this strategy, ED is deploying federal personnel, allocating $50 million in technical assistance and support, and providing tools to help schools prepare to process student records as efficiently as possible. It plans to be available to provide technical support and assistance to institutions through its FAFSA College Support Strategy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2023

From 1974 to 2024, a 50-year blessing. "Serving as president of Tennessee State University has been the honor of a lifetime," Glover said. This is where I got my start. I came to Tennessee State University, graduated in 1974. And now it's only appropriate that I announce my retirement from the place that gave me my start."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

“When professors across the political spectrum become terrified of losing their jobs for exercising their rights, true academic inquiry and diversity of thought become nearly impossible.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2023

“There’s a lot of kids that work really, really hard, and I don’t like the idea of them being pushed out of the way just because the college feels like they need to do something politically correct,” said Jana Winston, 50, who is half white and half Cherokee.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2023

of athletic directors, 50% of faculty athletic representatives, and 70% of conference commissioners were white men. By contrast, 78.6% of chancellors and presidents, 78.6% of athletic directors, 83.6% of faculty athletic representatives, 80.0% of conference commissioners were white. of chancellors and presidents, 67.9% of Division I, 85.2%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

HBCU seekers were almost two and a half times as likely as those not interested in HBCUs to say that they valued a diverse student body, and almost 50% more likely to say that they wanted to have “students like me on campus.” They were over 20% more likely to say this than Black students as a group.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

More than 50% of transfer students from Imperial Valley earn a bachelor’s degree within six years of entering community college – about 10 percentage points above the national average. Meanwhile, Amarillo graduates earn wages $11,000 higher than earned by other new hires in their region.

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Steve Keating

MARCH 19, 2023

Still another mistake is thinking that effective communication is a 50-50 proposition. But let’s look at that another way, each of you giving 50% effort will result in crystal clear communication? Do you assign 50% of the responsibility for successful communication to someone else? That’s the case with most of my posts.

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