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Fierce Advocate for Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As her days as president of Mott Community College (MCC) in Flint, Michigan, wind down, Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea is pleased with the impact she and the college have made on the community. I’ve always had this love for trying to help people understand that they can attend college and help them break down the barriers to get there.”

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Meet the Authors of New Titles in the Major Problems Anthology Series

Today's Learner

Arlt Award in the Humanities. Read Professor Blum’s blog article about this fifth edition: “The Importance of Discussion in American History” Vanessa Walker is the Gordon Levin Associate Professor of Diplomatic History at Amherst College, where she teaches classes on U.S. politics, foreign relations and human rights.

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Two Tri-C professors sue administrators for retaliation

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Two tenured professors at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio are suing former and current administrators at the college. The college denies the allegations. College administrators denied the retaliation allegations through a campus spokesperson. “And we’re going to make an effort to rectify it.

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Communicating Effectively in a Presidential Search

Inside Higher Ed

It needs to recognize the college or university’s past in relation to its future. At this point in the process, it’s useful to remember the primacy effect , the human tendency to be influenced disproportionately by first impressions. The community needs to see its desires for the next leader reflected in the selection.

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A sectorwide approach to higher ed's future (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

And we typically address them from the type of institution where we each sit, with emphasis on the distinctions between public, private and community college institutions or the perceived trade-off between scholarly research and student thriving. She is the first woman to lead the institution.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Still others are climate refugees in search of land that supports human life. Half are nonwhite, and most (60 percent) are the first in their families to attend college. Colleges generally pay their faculty members, but Reshef bypassed that idea when he conceived of UoPeople. Others have fled wars in Syria or Ukraine.

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Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline A Conversation With Aimée Eubanks Davis, Founder and CEO of Braven Elana Thu, 08/15/2024 - 18:01 Image College to Career First Generation Weekly Wisdom Braven is an inspiring organization: a nonprofit that partners with higher education institutions to guide their graduates into the workforce.

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