Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Success for all students in higher education cannot simply be achieved with a “one-size-fits-all approach,” according to a new equity toolkit from Achieving the Dream (ATD). Equity is everyone's job at an institution,” said Francesca Carpenter, director of equity initiatives at ATD and contributor to the toolkit. “S

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MARCH 24, 2024

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions. Dr. Michael A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Chanelle Whittaker has been appointed vice president for equity, culture, and talent at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) located in Maryland. Chanelle Whittaker “I am extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to be a part of the Prince George's Community College family,” Whittaker said. “My

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

Community colleges were able to persevere through the pandemic thanks to the emergency relief funding passed through Congress. That’s the conclusion of the latest research from the Accelerating Recovery in Community Colleges Network at the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

California community college professors are suing state officials, alleging that new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) rules put in place violated their First Amendment rights, The Hill reported. These regulations are a totalitarian triple-whammy,” FIRE attorney Daniel Ortner said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Energy and excitement filled the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, as over two thousand community college leaders, faculty, and staff gathered to share stories of access, equity, and inclusion at the 2023 Dream conference. The five other community colleges hail from California, New Mexico, and New York.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

She possesses an associate degree earned in her early 20’s from her local community college. The plight of the place-bound student and the existence of education deserts offer another compelling equity-based argument for expansion of the community college baccalaureate degree. Lawrence A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Following up plans for educational access and equity with actions has become the hallmark of Grand Valley State University, which has a statewide presence in Michigan. Bernal, chief of staff to the president and vice president for inclusion and equity. After the death of George Floyd in 2020, Dr. Philomena V.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

In 2022, student leaders launched a campaign to challenge the long-standing stigma associated with attending community colleges. To overcome negative stereotypes, the CCSmart advocacy campaign tells the stories of students’ educational journeys and the positive impact community colleges had on their lives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Frederick Shegog, former Delaware County Community College student, now motivational speaker. At the closing plenary of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago, Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges, handed the microphone to students who either currently attend or graduated from a community college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2023

When the minimum wage goes up, community college enrollment goes down. It makes sense that changes in the minimum wage would affect community college students. There was no significant effect on enrollment at 4-year colleges. Those are the students who have the most to gain from community college.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2023

Erika Endrijonas will become superintendent and president of the Santa Barbara Community College District (SBCC), effective Aug. Dr. Erika Endrijonas Endrijonas is currently superintendent and president of Pasadena City College. Previously, she was president of Los Angeles Valley College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges play a critical role, providing affordable and accessible education for diverse populations. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, our nation had over 1,000 public, tribal, and independent community colleges enrolling 10.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Sonya Christian has been selected to lead California Community Colleges, effective Jun. Dr. Sonya Christian Christian is chancellor of the Kern Community College District. “Dr. I look forward to continuing to partner with Dr. Christian to ensure our community colleges are engines of equity and opportunity.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Mamie Voight Citing Chief Justice John Robert’s majority decision on the matter, EducationCounsel co-founder Art Coleman said that it was still possible to strategize and innovate to promote access, equity, and diversity in higher ed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 14, 2024

Pacheco is an advocate for equity in access to education and arts, working with organizations like The Healing Centered Schools Task Force. The award recognizes young poets whose work centers on social impact and advocacy such as former National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Franklin County public schools in Massachusetts have been given a $200,000 grant, which they will use to partner with Greenfield Community College (GCC) to create an early college pilot program, the Greenfield Recorder reported. Plans for sophomores, junior, and seniors have not yet been announced.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Recently, he has focused on community colleges and the financial and governance elements of these institutions that provide crucial higher education access for millions of people. “My One of the purposes of my work is to influence and direct operations of colleges and universities,” Smith says. “As

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APRIL 4, 2024

Accompanying the skills gap is a serious employment equity issue. Strategies to be considered include developing or expanding dual enrollment, apprenticeships, credit for prior learning, transfer, and community college baccalaureates. Dual enrollment allows high school students to enroll in college courses and earn credits.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Facing a national shortage of early childhood educators , the Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) have teamed up for an innovative solution: paying students to reduce their hours at their jobs in favor of taking more classes. SVMC’s initial idea was to fund scholarships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Zamani-Gallaher’s scholarly work focuses on equitable participation in higher education; transfer, access, and retention policies; minoritized student populations in marginalized institutional contexts; and racial equity and campus climate in postsecondary education pathways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

A Chicago-based student support program for community college students is set to drastically expand its reach and the number of students it serves. Matters surrounding this expansion and scalability were discussed in sessions at a a one-day symposium, Building Towards Equity in Higher Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2024

As the call for equity for all students grows louder, community college educators (and other sector leaders) seek to implement equity initiatives to decrease outcome disparities. This author argues that cultural responsiveness and institutional policies and practices must be deeply integrated into the equity conversation.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

ORLANDO— Achieving the Dream (ATD), the national reform network of more than 300 community colleges committed to increasing student success, kicked off its annual convening this week showcasing the powerful narrative of its member institutions. Embedded in its work is a concentrated focus on equity and inclusion.

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MAY 9, 2023

The 1,038 community colleges in the U.S. play an important role for students and communities, providing a quality education that prepares students for jobs or to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. The average age of a community college student is 27, and 35% of students are between the ages of 22 and 39.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Kelley’s notion of the “ Freedom Dream ,” an invitation to imagine an educational space that is grounded in racial equity, social justice, and collective liberation. And while I am always trying to find ways to support community college students, I believe this work can be applied to all higher education institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 24, 2023

“The work that I do as a scholar is directly influenced by [the knowledge that] educators serve as critical agents to help students, particularly our minoritized students, navigate institutions that have historically struggled with facilitating access,” he said. Once Wood had access, he made the most of it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 9, 2024

“Like many Californians, we wanted real answers about how long it takes students in this income category to recoup their educational costs,” said College Futures Foundation President & CEO Eloy Ortiz Oakley, former Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

Thomas Stewart, vice chancellor for Social Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, was named as the inaugural executive director of CRI. Dr. Thomas Stewart, vice chancellor for Social Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, was named as the inaugural executive director of CRI.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Art Pimentel will become president of Folsom Lake College, effective Jan. Dr. Art Pimentel Most recently, Pimentel was president of Woodland Community College. Pimentel holds a Bachelor of Arts in social sciences and a Master of Arts in educational leadership from California State University, Sacramento and a doctorate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

There are 116 community colleges in California. The college recognized that the campus needed a safe space for males to get together, interact and learn from each other as well as to access resources,” says Jamal Biggs, director of the QCC MRC.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

brought innovation, excellence, and inclusion to community colleges. De los Santos, a posthumous recipient of a 2023 Diverse Champions Award, is remembered by colleagues as a great friend, an outstanding mind, and a determined educator who placed access and equity at the center of his work. Alfredo de los Santos Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For many community college students, gateway math courses—required for entry into many programs of study—have functioned more like gatekeeper math courses. The colleges were in different regions and settings, ranged in size from small to large, and had racially diverse student bodies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“It’s not just taking any GE class, we’re handpicking GE classes that focus on the Black experience,” said Wood, who noted that the college curriculum will be broadly influenced by Pan-African studies. Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity.

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EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

Modern Student Experience Diagnostic for Community Colleges. Modern student expectations are everchanging—can your community college keep up? Community college student demographics are shifting, nontraditional is the new norm, mental health is in crisis, and learning flexibility is a growing demand.

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COE

MAY 23, 2023

The commission has worked with state legislators to secure special funds for community-based organizations providing mental health, legal services, and prevention programs in Asian American communities and has also won line-item appropriations for culturally relevant student support services in the California community colleges and the CSU system.

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

How to Build a Sustainable Model for Student Equity and Increase Student Success. With this in mind, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte decided to evaluate its institutional policies through an equity lens using EAB’s 360-Degree Student Equity Audit. Were there any other reasons that pushed you to complete this audit?

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