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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience.

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Community colleges are banding resources together to secure their at-risk students’ education

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billion allocated by Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds, about half went toward students directly and 80% of Pell Grant recipients received aid, averaging $2,000 apiece. In Emily Points’ time as the dean of students, she realized that those who stopped out for more than two semesters were most prominently due to financial reasons.

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California's Community Colleges See the Benefits of Student Housing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While visiting the kitchen, then Dean of Student Services Dr. Lennor Johnson met a married couple who were both enrolled at IVC, earning above 3.0 Lennor Johnson, president and superintendent of Imperial Valley College in El Centro, California. The Harbour, where 800 Orange Coast College students live on campus.

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. She was also 25 years old and an undocumented immigrant from Peru.

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Engineering success center opens at Boise State

Inside Higher Ed

Staff toured other student success centers at other universities and will also engage current students to establish a vision for the space, shares Diana Garza, senior assistant dean for student affairs at Boise’s College of Engineering. ’” explains JoAnn Lighty, dean of the College of Engineering.

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2022 Delphi Award Winners Share Practices to Support Part-Time Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Representatives of Montgomery College, a Maryland community college, presented the school’s Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement Support (IPTFES). Almost half (40%) of Montgomery’s classes are taught by part-time faculty, said Dr. Meanwhile, Dominican University is similarly trying to support its adjunct faculty.

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A Welcome Debate

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The state of Florida is conducting a master class in how not to have civil debate. For example, it did not include any community colleges. So it came as a blessed relief this week to see a relevant, civil, on-point scholarly debate play out in a relatively public venue.