Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. He became president of GateWay Community College in MCCCD in 2013.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Leslie Duram, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Dr. Larry Becker, Oregon State University; Dr. Joan Gross, Oregon State University; Dr. Shireen Hyrapiet, Houston Community College; Dr. Amelia Moore, University of Rhode Island; Dr. Kendall Moore, University of Rhode Island; Dr. Irene Mata, Wellesley College; and Dr. M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This fall semester, Massasoit Community College achieved a new first. Massasoit Community College is officially offering a Black Studies curriculum. Ten years in the making The story of Black Studies at the Massachusetts public community college goes back a decade.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Smith, who earned tenure in 2022, is an associate professor of higher education and program coordinator of educational leadership in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology at the University of Cincinnati. They should benefit from continued investment from policy and political leaders.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Jia Osiel “Jia will support ATD in becoming a more equitable, inclusive and high performing non-profit modeling the expectations we hold for our colleges,” said Dr. Karen A. Jia Osiel will become Achieving the Dream’s (ATD) chief talent and equity officer. Stout, president and CEO of ATD. “Her

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

I adore this human, who started life at barely 4 lbs and has emerged into a thoughtful, sensitive man with a love for soccer and his long-term girlfriend. Look past scarcity and focus on abundance by exploring colleges you can afford and enjoy experiencing– these are solid ideas operationalized through the tool’s process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Military friendly is a common phrase used by organizations to communicate an appreciation of military service members (Kirchner, et al., Neither of these images creates a holistic portrait of a human being. If your community college is struggling to have those conversations, outside facilitators can support you.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Broadband use—inclusive broadband use—is a way for communities to prosper, large and small,” said Dr. Karen Mossberger, the Frank and June Sackton Professor in the school of public affairs and director of the Center on Technology, Data and Society at Arizona State University. You train the workforce,” said Bennett.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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

MARCH 31, 2024

DREAM — the signature annual event of Achieving the Dream — a nonprofit organization that works to close achievement gaps, has become the go-to convening for community college educators and policymakers interested in institutional change. There was also a robust focus on the humanities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

There are 116 community colleges in California. Carey Seventy percent of Black men in California pursuing higher education attend a community college, but degree attainment lags. Serving students Lakeland Community College in Ohio created its MRC in 1996 after seeing the success of its women’s center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

National University (NU) announced the launch of the Cause Research Institute (CRI), a new applied Research and Development arm that will coordinate research, scholarship, and other innovation efforts focused on social sector challenges, including education, health, human services, and criminal justice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. Dr. Luis A.

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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. Additionally, selected students will have the opportunity to reside in a living and learning community. Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As Pauline Lipman powerfully states in the book referenced above regarding school segregation: “It breaks a web of human connections in which the social and cultural practices of daily life are rooted, race and class identities are formed, and community is constituted.” Dr. Curtis L. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

CPE is a coordinating board that oversees Kentucky’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges. We did an external evaluation for a couple of our cohorts to find that the greatest retention and success is actually with our students entering into community college,” Ellis says.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

5 Tips to Recruit and Enroll Latine/x Students in Your Community College. Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. 3 easy changes that build a more inclusive campus. Tip #1: Build belonging.

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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. At the graduate level there are eight graduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates.

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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. A Light in the Attic, Falling Up ). Dr. Donna Y. Fletcher Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

So, in addition to delivering instruction that focuses on skills, technique and emerging technologies, we must also provide safe and inclusive space for students to explore visual storytelling in service to critical issues.” Each semester, Tesman teaches a class for incoming students to get them acclimated. “In

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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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Scholarship America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Westlake Scholarship Foundation has been helping high school and community college students in Missouri turn their dreams of a bachelor’s degree into realities—and applications are now open for the 2024 class of Westlake Scholars. scale; community college applicants with one year transferable credits must have 2.25

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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. The program’s impact on its participants was profound, as evidenced by their reflections.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Thought leaders to follow Anant Agarwal Anant Argarwal ’s mantra is direct: “education is a human right–everyone should have access to it like the air we breathe.” We asked EAB’s top experts for recommendations on who to follow for new perspectives on higher ed’s latest trends. Here are a few people we are following.

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Believe in Students

APRIL 1, 2024

Attacks on efforts at increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Over the course of the year we engaged 20 students at Milwaukee and Chicago-area colleges – community colleges and regional public universities that don’t typically offer experiences like this. Increasing costs without commensurate funding support.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JULY 21, 2022

The Human Factor. College and university leadership is a transactional job – leaders have to interact with the people they lead. to 'Is our college student-ready?'" ( Marcia Ballinger , President, Lorain County Community College). Let's look for signs of welcome and inclusion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

Community colleges are designed to serve and meet the needs of the communities where they reside. That’s why Hudson County Community College (HCCC) has decided to offer a certificate of proficiency in social justice and an A.S. degree in Human Services, Social Justice Advocacy. “We HCCC is not alone.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

With their help, I pursued a double major in Human Resources Management and Managerial Information Systems at the University of Washington, building confidence and resilience along the way. A defining moment in my professional development was participating in a residential summer leadership program at Big Bend Community College.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Director for Transfer & Pathways, Central New Mexico Community College University Research Optimizing institutional resources for research growth Nick Hagemeier, Interim Vice Provost for Research, East Tennessee State University Want to learn more about the Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship?

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EAB

MAY 2, 2023

Setting up either services or outreach or workshops, or even just meet and greets and tabling events with a mobile van to just get out into the community, which I think humanizes us for students, which can be helpful, it demystifies perhaps a little bit of just who we are and what we do. Until then, thank you for your time.

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COE

OCTOBER 31, 2023

From there, I started visiting local high schools and community colleges, passionately advocating for STEM education. I was taking challenging courses like Calculus, Programming, Physics, and Humanities, and I found myself struggling immensely. I saw it as a superpower, like how elite athletes command respect and inspire kids.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

And this is sort of a band of New Jersey colleges and universities and community colleges that work together to serve seven different correctional facilities in New Jersey. This includes grad students and fellows and professors and just community members. [chuckle] 0:25:42.4 This program is 150 volunteers that teach.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

And again, they're at this formative stage where they're really seeing themselves as I'm this invincible human being out to conquer the world. It's the Internet combined with these human connections of these decades of other alums who have come through, who really want to help them. I got into Penn I can do amazing things.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

He had a similar criticisms of holistic review, reducing reliance on early admissions, and expanding the number of transfer students admitted from community colleges. Nothing works like actual affirmative action at boosting diversity and inclusion,” Wise said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. Hines & E.C. Fletcher (Eds.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

In spite of increasing push back against EDI, many campuses offer professional development, typically centering around creating culturally-sustaining course material fostering inclusive classrooms. Rodgers is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the Borough of Manhattan Community College – City University of New York.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

And they have been inclusive from the start, accepting all students eager to learn and grow regardless of race or economic status. HBCUs remain beacons of opportunity, light, and inclusivity, offering tremendous and one-of-a-kind experiences for their students where ideas are valued, and voices matter. Dr. Harry L. They still do.

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