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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, Kansas State University. Dr. Margaretta B. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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Bridging Pathways for Military-Connected Learners

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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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Succession Planning in HBCUs Ensures Long-Term Sustainability

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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An Advocate for Others

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before NISOD, Leach worked as vice president at the League for Innovation in the Community College. He attended UT’s former Community College Leadership Program, where he met several colleagues he remains in contact with today. He’s just a good human being.” “That’s what I’ll miss the most.”

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JARED BURNS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He served as associate vice president of human resources at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

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Diverse Students Are Going Hungry at the Cafeteria Curriculum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Success in the Classroom: Leading a Diverse Student Body 

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Adler and Aycan remind readers that every facet of human life is increasingly more global and diverse. College campuses, too, are seeing a rise in diversity within their student bodies. Adler and Aycan further confirm that when humans fail to understand how to interact with each other, it leads to misunderstanding and divisiveness.

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