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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lingle serves as dean of the School of Applied Sciences and Business, College of the Desert, and is a retired undersheriff and chief operating officer of the Riverside County, California Sheriff’s Department. If new officers are to be successful in our communities, they must be properly equipped with cultural competence.

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Pell Grant Expansion Extends Educational Opportunities to Thousands of Incarcerated Students

Insight Into Diversity

Department of Education (ED), those enrolled in approved PEPs are eligible for Federal Pell Grants, significantly expanding access to the funding. This policy took effect in July 2023, but it is now beginning to bear fruit with the creation of dozens of new corrections education programs led by colleges and universities.

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Inside the 2024 SANsational Awards: Meet this Year’s Winners!

WCET Frontiers

ERAU’s mission is to prepare students for careers and leadership roles in business, government agencies, and the military by teaching the science, practice, and business of aviation and aerospace. ERAU offers greater than 70 baccalaureate, graduate, and Ph.D.

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