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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The missions of higher education and policing differ, yet each occupies well-known and established community spaces. Much like higher education, policing nationwide continues to wrestle with unparalleled demographic shifts, persistent public scrutiny, and questionable legitimacy. police officers. police officers.

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Creating career-ready graduates

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

April is Community College Month, a time to celebrate the broad impact of our nation’s community colleges. Lorain County Community College. It’s right there, our middle name: community. In 2018, LCCC made history again as the first community college to deliver an applied bachelor’s degree in MEMS.

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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. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona and Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor Randy Gardner. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona.

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Work Zones Ahead!

Inside Higher Ed

Establishing a Substrate Historically, Michigan’s transfer infrastructure rested on individual articulation agreements between its constitutionally autonomous community and tribal colleges, public universities, and independent colleges and universities, creating a patchwork of arrangements that varied widely from region to region.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

The fact is that Princeton is not a research powerhouse in the applied sciences. In 2021, Harvard University handed out 39 bachelor’s degrees in English language and literature, 118 in history, and 22 in philosophy. history survey) without discussion labs or supplemental instruction sessions, that have outsize DFW rates.

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