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The Missed Opportunity: Student Affairs and Human Resources Collaboration to [Re]engage College Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jonelle Knox When I reviewed the question posed to me about [re]engaging the college community, I started thinking about a missed opportunity that many colleges and university leaders are not taking advantage of; the collaboration of student affairs and human resources to create [re]engagement activities.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

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As institutions grapple with this shift, they must adopt innovative strategies to maintain their commitment to diversity and inclusion, honor their espoused values, and care for the broad constituencies they serve and support. These groups are also crucial for administrators collaborating with faculty and other staff with shared interests.

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Inspired by Veteran Grandfather, Therapist Teaches Wellness, Inclusion

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Student affairs leader Quamina Carter did not take a traditional route to higher education. There, she had opportunities to work with the school’s student affairs division and began to learn that she was “sort of good at that side of the camp,” she says. in higher education and student affairs from CGU.

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Lopez Named Accessibility Services Director at Hudson County Community College

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Danielle Lopez has been appointed the inaugural director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Accessibility Services at Hudson County Community College (HCCC). She will lead and support our accessibility and accommodation programs for students and employees. “I

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Beyond Academia: Recognizing and Supporting Non-Academic Struggles of Ph.D. Students

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Addressing these systemic shortcomings necessitates a paradigm shift within academia, one that prioritizes holistic support structures tailored to address the diverse needs of students. To do this, individuals in all levels of academia must support students. Kiarra Boenitz is a Ph.D.

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Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Appointed President of California State University, Los Angeles

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A champion of diversity, equity and inclusion, Dr. Eanes is the ideal person to lead Cal State LA and continue to drive its powerful engine of social mobility,” said CSU Trustee Jack B. Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president. “A Clarke, Jr., chair of the Cal State LA Presidential Search Committee.

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Dr. Timothy Alvarez Retires from Otero College in Purpose, with Satisfaction

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“Knowing all the challenges that our students are going through — much more since COVID — it’s so important.” In addition to more than 30 academic and certificate programs, there are bachelor’s degree programs offered in collaboration with Colorado University, Denver. Otero is a residential college in La Junta, Colorado.

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