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Hewlett Foundation Awards $20M to Diversify Cybersecurity Field

Insight Into Diversity

The funding is part of the foundation’s Cyber Initiative, launched in 2014, which aims to increase the diversity of the talent pool by supporting students and leaders from underrepresented communities.

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As noted by Dennis (2020), community colleges in the U.S. Cultural competence education and training offered at community colleges’ police academies are essential to prepare new officers to communicate across cultures. Together, community colleges and professional policing lead the way for new police officers’ cultural competence.

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“Courage, Creativity and Confidence” – Celebrating the Class of 2021

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

At Lorain County Community College, we celebrated the class of 2021 with unforgettable tributes to our remarkable graduates. What’s more, 46% of this year’s graduates are the first in their families to earn a college degree. To the class of 2021, congratulations on your emerging life of value as a college graduate.”.

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Work Zones Ahead!

Inside Higher Ed

Similar to our roads and bridges, the pathways between our colleges and universities have often been marked with potholes, roadblocks and lane closures. This 30-credit block of courses satisfies most, if not all, general education requirements and went into effect in fall 2014. And improvement is needed.

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The UK University-Territory Relationship in a Post-Brexit World

GlobalHigherEd

EU Membership and UK Science (Science and Technology Committee, House of Lords, 20 April 2016). EU Referendum – Leave: What next for UK social science (Academy of Social Sciences Campaign for Social Science, 24 June 2016). , about one possible risk-reducing option. of the total student population.