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Two Community Colleges Recognized for Excellence in Student Success and Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

PHILADELPHIA-- In a significant recognition of their transformative efforts in higher education, Chattanooga State Community College and Southwestern Oregon Community College have been awarded the prestigious Leah Meyer Austin Award by Achieving the Dream (ATD). The college saw an 8.7 percentage points.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During the 2016-2017 school year, the Brothers to Sisters Club at Compton College reserved a portion of their meetings for Real Talk. This moment inspired Joshua Jackson and Dayshawn Louden, then student leaders at Compton College, to begin campaigning and advocating for student housing and increased basic needs on campus.

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Korea’s internationalisation drive attracts growing numbers of US students

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American students are being tempted by the growing popularity of Korean pop culture and a rise in English-taught programs to study in the South Asian country, a new report from Korea University and Underwood International College (UIC) has found.

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Meeting the Looming Web Accessibility Regulations: The Time to Start Was Yesterday

WCET Frontiers

These rules encompass all public colleges and universities. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. NWHeat (Northwest Higher Education Accessibility Technology) is a partnership between Orbis Cascade Alliance (for libraries) and the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC). What Will Be Required?

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Some colleges have an answer for students questioning the value of higher ed: work-based learning

University Business

Every weekday morning for six months, instead of taking college classes, 25-year-old Tamari Natelauri made the 45-minute drive from Philadelphia to Voorhees Township, New Jersey, to go to work at a large accounting firm. It’s her dream job and she hasn’t even graduated from college yet.

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Villanova and Rosemont Announce Merger, Smaller Catholic Institution to Be Absorbed by 2028

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In what officials describe as a response to "the changing higher education landscape," Rosemont College and Villanova University have announced a merger agreement that will eventually see the smaller Catholic institution absorbed into its larger neighbor on Philadelphia's Main Line. Villanova University President Rev.

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The higher education sector should welcome the new proposals on franchise provision but still act to hold the Office for Students and Ministers to account – by Professor Nick Braisby

HEPI

This blog responding to the Government’s new ‘crack down on rogue higher education operators ‘ has been kindly written for HEPI by the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University, Professor Nick Braisby. Quality Many delivery partners operate in geographic and demographic cold spots.