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Bridging Pathways for Military-Connected Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Neither of these images creates a holistic portrait of a human being. Community college leadership can play a critical role in bridging the military – civilian divide, serving learners, and connecting communities. Only focusing on trauma or heroism can project a learner as a damaged liability or a superhero. Dr. Susan M.

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

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Police officer cultural competence Cultural competence education and training is relatively new to policing. While the early cultural competence research occurred in health and human services, effective policing also necessitates relating to people, earning trust, and being culturally competent. Dr. Margaretta B. Mathis of the John E.

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An Advocate for Others

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After over a decade of leadership at the helm of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), Dr. Edward Leach is retiring as executive director. Before NISOD, Leach worked as vice president at the League for Innovation in the Community College. He’s just a good human being.”

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Succession Planning in HBCUs Ensures Long-Term Sustainability

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This process includes the board of trustees, senior administrators, department heads, faculty members, and human resources professionals. Academic leadership: Developing a pipeline of leaders for academic positions, including department chairs, deans, and academic program directors. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Pathways to Racial Democracy in America

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As Pauline Lipman powerfully states in the book referenced above regarding school segregation: “It breaks a web of human connections in which the social and cultural practices of daily life are rooted, race and class identities are formed, and community is constituted.” Ivery is the Chancellor of Wayne County Community College District.

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Grounding Our Inquiry and Change Work in Equitable Post-Graduation Success

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Against this backdrop, colleges and universities are engaged in significant work to improve outcomes for their students – and to make them more equitable for under-represented students of color. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University.

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Diverse Students Are Going Hungry at the Cafeteria Curriculum

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In the college’s general education requirements of 6 courses students must choose from among 217 different courses (one course from 46 in natural sciences, one from 47 in social and behavioral sciences, one from 79 in art, humanities, and culture, etc.). The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs. Roueche and Margaretta B.