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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. She was also 25 years old and an undocumented immigrant from Peru.

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From a sample of over 560,000 first year, first time community college students and over 32,000 instructors in Texas between 2013 and 2020, researchers found that 77% of white students experienced a racial match. Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland.

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Strategic Presidential Communication in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 192 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Erin Hennessy

The Change Leader, Inc.

I helped oversee the public affairs work and worked very closely with the government relations team there. How many of them are college educated and how many of them, have aspirations for their Children to go to college? Have you engaged with your local community college? 00:56:49] Erin Hennessy: Amen. [00:56:50]

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gay previously served in several roles at the school, including the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, dean of social science, professor of government, and professor of African and African American Studies. Hamel, the founding chancellor of Virginia Community College, died in June at age 99.