Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Historically, the leadership of organizations, including institutions of postsecondary education, has rested within the dominant white, cis-gendered male culture. The first college in the U.S, Rogers Black men continued to excel in higher education and attain leadership roles. Rogers is president of Contra Costa College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

A 2023 report by the Community College Research Center found that only 16% of community college students earned a bachelors program within six years and just 10% of low-income students did. In 2023, CUNY s Board of Trustees charged the Universitys leadership including myself to fix the transfer system.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“One of the concerns I have is many college-bound students do not have the tools or the know how of securing adequate funding before they go to college,” says Dr. Karen R. Francis-Begay, governing council chair for the National Institute for Native Leadership in Higher Education. Dr. Gresham D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2023

Jeff Cox has been appointed president of the North Carolina Community College System. Dr. Jeff Cox Cox is currently president of Wilkes Community College and head of the North Carolina Community College Presidents’ Association.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

Marta Yera Cronin will become president of Delaware County Community College (DCCC), making her the second woman and the first Latina to lead the school. Dr. Marta Cronin Cronin – a first-generation college student born of immigrant parents – is currently president of Columbia Gorge Community College.

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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

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To earn the Seal of Excelencia a college or university must demonstrate an intentional, institutional focus on advancing Latino student success by aligning data and practice. Institutional leadership must show a commitment to transformation and creating an environment in which Latino students thrive. and graduate 19%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Community colleges serve the most diverse students in all of higher education. The KSU-CCLP is a unique program that prioritizes recruiting women and minorities as future leaders that reflect the demographics of community colleges. A fully designed doctoral curriculum in which all courses focus on the community college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Watson II has been appointed president of Michigan’s Kellogg Community College. Watson holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Houghton College and master’s degrees in mathematics education from Syracuse University and in teaching and curriculum from the University of Rochester. He earned an Ed.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

He has previously been co-director of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL); director of the joint Ph.D. Program in Community College Leadership. program in education between SDSU and Claremont Graduate University; and director of the Ed.D. The commission – created under Gov. Wood holds a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2023

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has released a statement, criticizing the decision of the presidents of Florida’s 28 state and community colleges to eliminate courses dealing with critical race theory or related concepts such as intersectionality.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

In 2005 — long before Curry took the helm — the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges revoked the school’s accreditation because of financial instability. It was a devastating blow to the college. If I have students living on campus in housing and they get sick, what are we going to do, say ‘go in the morning?’”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The active marginalization of specific identities from education or the curriculum thwarts these objectives and the promises of higher education for all. The academic commitment to democracy is especially true of our nation’s community colleges, where many of our coalition members are proud to lead and serve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Paula Dofat Paula Dofat, a long-time college counselor, college funding strategist and founder of the HBCU Money Guide™, said that the data corresponds with her personal experience. There needs to be key people from school districts, there need to be people on the ground who are in the schools fully delivering the curriculum.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Miami Dade College (MDC), located in Miami, Florida and one of the nation’s largest Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) received the classification in 2015 and is one of a handful of community colleges across the nation to hold the designation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

Excelencia’s leadership recommended these institutions should be models for others, to create more pipelines from which promising Latinx talent can connect with high-wage earning jobs. Dallas College (DC), a system of community colleges serving greater Dallas area of Texas, “is in the barrier-busting business,” said Chancellor Dr. Justin H.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This means there should be a search for policies, traditions, staples, and curriculums that deprive constituents of global knowledge and stifle behaviors and innovation that atone and integrate. Institutions must examine the bowels of their infrastructures to advance student, staff, and faculty development from “artificial” to “authentic.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2023

When I got to community college and was doing my own career exploration, he was the first person I thought about and I pursued school counseling because it was a profession that gave me the opportunity to work with students around finding their calling (or career) in life. student council, debate team, student newsletter). (3)

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 17, 2025

Here are two examples from our partner community: Building Buy-In Through Cross-Campus Collaboration with Austin Community College Serving more than 70,000 students, Austin Community College needed a better way to reach students who werent actively asking for help.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

UMGC has agreements with all 16 community colleges in Maryland, says Dr. Pam Carter, vice president and dean of the School of Business, which offers seven undergraduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates. We also have a lot of supports built into our curriculum,” she says. in management and leadership.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

10 Must-Listen Podcasts to Raise Your Higher Ed Leadership Game bridget Thu, 09/21/2023 - 06:00 Image Podcast Higher Ed Leadership Weekly Wisdom If you work in higher education leadership, you really should know about The Innovating Together Podcast , created by the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) in partnership with Inside Higher Ed.

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APRIL 1, 2024

However, in this episode of the Weekly Wisdom Series , we spoke with President Casey Sacks , who began working at West Virginia’s BridgeValley Community and Technical College after serving two years as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges at the U.S. Department of Education. They don't even like horses.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

10 Must-Listen Podcasts to Help Raise Your Leadership Game bridget Thu, 09/21/2023 - 06:00 Podcast Higher Ed Leadership Weekly Wisdom To celebrate this year’s International Podcast Day , the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) revisits the most popular episodes of our Innovating Together Podcast from 2022 and 2023.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 7, 2024

Civitas Learning’s Texas Leadership Workshop recently brought together leaders from ten different institutions across Texas and beyond to discuss student success strategies for higher education. With a network of nearly 400 colleges and universities, this resource is invaluable for enhancing outcomes.

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COE

AUGUST 26, 2024

Patrick Lehman-Martin, a Student Support Services participant from Chememeta Community College, expressed how the experience deepened his understanding of Dutch politics and the importance of effective governance. Blog “National Student Leadership Congress has opened my eyes”: Future leaders realize their power in D.C.

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Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Barriers such as siloed systems or entrenched processes from previous leadership can limit visibility into student behavior and performance—key factors for driving successful outcomes. Austin Community College (ACC) models this approach by involving faculty from the beginning in designing their early alert system.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 23, 2024

Surprising Impact of First-Year Experience Course Revealed at Lakeland Community College A preliminary analysis of early alert trends revealed that students were not performing well in Lakeland Community College’s mandatory First Year Experience (FYE) course.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Both participated in the Upward Bound program at Palau Community College. At the COE annual conference, President and First Lady Whipps of Palau received the 2023 TRIO Family Achievement Award, underscoring TRIO’s family-wide influence on their leadership journeys. Whipps Jr. ,

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The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 9, 2023

Willis, President, Howard Community College Alan Thu, 06/15/2023 - 06:00 Community College Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is always honored when previous Weekly Wisdom Podcast guests return to share their growth and insights. Dr. Daria J.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Lydia Perez, director of TRIO Support Services at Mesa Community College ; and Randall “Randy” Schroeder, former TRIO Student Support Services educational counselor at the University of New Hampshire. Hamm Click to view the page: “National Student Leadership Congress has opened my eyes”: Future leaders realize their power in D.C.

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COE

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

He’s taken the research-based Caring Campus framework, which he called “transformational” for community colleges, to his Hispanic-Serving Institution of 4,845 students. “If Previously president of San Antonio College, Vela said he “grew up in TRIO”: his first post-graduate job was as an Upward Bound coordinator. this summer.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Review and update curriculum Develop inclusive pedagogy Integrate academic and career development. -->. -->. --> Enhance faculty and staff experience. -->. -->. -->. Cabinet leadership. Articulate inclusive vision: Envisioning and communicating a vision for DEIJ and making the case for progress. Mid-level leadership.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Espaillat, representing a District known for its vibrant multicultural community, expressed his remarks with gratitude. Thank you, Stephanie,” he said, acknowledging Stephanie Kusi, an alumna of the Bronx Community College Upward Bound program and rising senior at New York University , who introduced him that morning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2025

Keith Curry T he enactment of California Senate Bill (SB) 1348 formally established the California Black-Serving Institutions (BSI) designation to recognize the State’s public community colleges and universities that enroll a student body that is 10 percent Black or enroll at least 1,500 Black students, among other criteria.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JULY 18, 2023

16 Ways Higher Ed Leaders Combat Burnout bridget Wed, 07/26/2023 - 06:00 Burnout Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom Burnout is a real concern for higher education leaders. I realized that the curriculum was exactly the same as it had been 25 years earlier. So we did something really basic.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 11, 2024

When teams coordinate their efforts, students receive consistent communication, strengthening their relationship with the institution. Lorain County Community College (LCCC) prides itself on being a student-centered institution and carefully considers the frequency and delivery of its outreach. Read the Blog 5.

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