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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Louden says that their roles as campus leaders positioned them to advocate for their fellow students and the longevity of the institution.

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Colby College Residence Halls Named After Four Alumnae

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jane Powers, ’86, an advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights, was the first woman to chair the Board of Trustees. Jacqueline Núñez, ’61, advocated for the college to enact a non-discrimination clause before it became standard in higher education. The facilities, home to some 200 students, opened during the 2022-23 academic year.

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Colleges Are More Than Just an Education but a Capital Investment into Our Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inferior campus facilities impact the ability to both recruit and retain students as well as attract the best faculty, and the evidence is apparent across the entire higher education landscape. There are compound reasons that colleges fall behind in facilities management, renovation, and new construction duties. Dr. Adriel A.

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President moves: Recent spate of leaders to announce retirement boast impressive résumés

University Business

Most college leaders retiring in style will be recognized for their expansion, renovation and construction of campus facilities. King’s community must have held Whitaker in high regard, for the Christian university received its largest individual alumni gift and unrestricted financial gift in its 157-year history.

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Bronx Community College spent over a month without heat

Inside Higher Ed

For our students, us as faculty and staff, we are their advocates … The decisions, the willingness to just give these students the least, always, it breaks my heart.” ” The campus has a history of maintenance problems. “Our students are quite often immigrants and the children of immigrants.

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Report: Community college baccalaureate can drive racial equity

Inside Higher Ed

” Florida and Washington are two states that have authorized community college baccalaureate programs for the longest amount of time, the report states, so data from those states are often studied given the history and size of the programs.

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How Can We Bring Many More Students to Math, Data and Statistical Literacy?

Inside Higher Ed

An altered approach is essential, according to the proposed framework’s advocates, because “ traditional math instruction turned off many students by stressing rote memorization of ‘meaningless formulas’ and procedures; along with being boring, it was disconnected from students’ lives and experiences.