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JULY 22, 2024

Pharr has been named president of Pitt Community College (PCC). Dr. Maria Pharr “I am grateful for the opportunity to serve as next president of Pitt Community College and look forward to contributing to the college’s legacy of leadership excellence,” said Pharr. Pharr starts the role Aug.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Piedmont Community College will be offering a Taylor Swift course next year. Taylor Swift Scott Legato/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management file The course will be taught by Dr. David Townsend, dean of university transfer and general education and a self-proclaimed “life-long Swiftie.” She’s absolutely massive.”.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As part of its ongoing work with universities, Meta has announced its Meta for Education beta program, which will see the tech giant partner with universities in the US and UK to test its new education applications for Quest headsets. It’s happening right now in some of the most innovative universities in the US and Europe.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. The purpose of community colleges is to increase access to higher education for the most vulnerable populations.”

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

As community colleges across the United States struggle with declining retention rates, it has become increasingly clear that institutional focus should not be limited to numbers alone. Recommendations for Practice While data is still essential, community colleges should balance it with creating solid student relationships.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

But with the well of federal relief aid expired, community colleges that have historically served the nation’s most underresourced populations have been forced to cull together various resources to keep their at-risk students from stopping out and regain those lost due to finances. Of the $76.2 Education will help them.”

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APRIL 26, 2023

George Timmons will become president of Holyoke Community College, pending approval of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, MassLive reported. Dr. George Timmons Timmons is currently provost and senior vice president of academic and student affairs at Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

In 2022, student leaders launched a campaign to challenge the long-standing stigma associated with attending community colleges. To overcome negative stereotypes, the CCSmart advocacy campaign tells the stories of students’ educational journeys and the positive impact community colleges had on their lives.

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JUNE 8, 2023

Lester Edgardo Sandres Rápalo will become president of Rockland Community College (RCC), effective July 1. Rápalo is an ideal fit for Rockland Community College,” said Martin Wortendyke, chair of the RCC Board of Trustees. “We Rápalo is a National Community College Hispanic Council (NCCHC) fellow and board member.

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JUNE 12, 2024

The Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP) at the University of Utah is admitting its first cohort of fifteen degree-seeking students incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility. Frankie Laanan, dean of Utah’s College of Education. “It

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Community college students find themselves running into the same obstacles time and again on their way to credential completion: costs, blocked academic pathways and competing life priorities. The post How can an 8-week term improve community college student success rates? appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Facing a national shortage of early childhood educators , the Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) have teamed up for an innovative solution: paying students to reduce their hours at their jobs in favor of taking more classes. So why aren’t programs like this one more common?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Jhaneil Thompson After graduating from high school, Thompson enrolled in a community college and when it was time for her to continue her education at a four-year-institution, it was Florida A&M University (FAMU) that welcomed her right from the start, even before she officially enrolled in fall of 2019.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This fall semester, Massasoit Community College achieved a new first. Massasoit Community College is officially offering a Black Studies curriculum. Ten years in the making The story of Black Studies at the Massachusetts public community college goes back a decade. Census Bureau.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Tutt, assistant vice provost of student success at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU. Dr. Andrea Fabrizio, dean of academic affairs and principal investigator for the Title V project at Hostos Community College, an HSI in New York City, said she would like to see flexibility.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

Marta Yera Cronin will become president of Delaware County Community College (DCCC), making her the second woman and the first Latina to lead the school. Dr. Marta Cronin Cronin – a first-generation college student born of immigrant parents – is currently president of Columbia Gorge Community College.

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University Business

APRIL 12, 2024

Larry Johnson first encountered Stella and Charles Guttman Community College in 2015 as a dean at Broward College (Fla.) when he read the seminal book “Redesigning America’s Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success.” Johnson is no longer a distant admirer.

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MAY 8, 2023

Erika Endrijonas will become superintendent and president of the Santa Barbara Community College District (SBCC), effective Aug. Dr. Erika Endrijonas Endrijonas is currently superintendent and president of Pasadena City College. Previously, she was president of Los Angeles Valley College. “She

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JULY 28, 2023

Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Massachusetts, will begin offering a Black Studies degree. Everyone should be taking these subject matters,” said Dr. Carine Sauvignon, an executive dean at Massasoit. “It But for this to happen at the community college level is very significant.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Sonya Christian has been selected to lead California Community Colleges, effective Jun. Dr. Sonya Christian Christian is chancellor of the Kern Community College District. “Dr. I look forward to continuing to partner with Dr. Christian to ensure our community colleges are engines of equity and opportunity.”

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MARCH 4, 2025

We believe this will give us a better, holistic view of economic prosperity, individual and community prosperity, said Brown. Were constantly thinking about that because we dont want to waste students time.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) has received $75,000 to increase retention, completion, and transfer success for male students of color. Dr. Sunni L. This grant will allow us to create academic courses, establish standard research experiences and reimagine Honors spaces keeping diversity and inclusion top of mind.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

While visiting the kitchen, then Dean of Student Services Dr. Lennor Johnson met a married couple who were both enrolled at IVC, earning above 3.0 Lennor Johnson, president and superintendent of Imperial Valley College in El Centro, California. GPAs, and living out of their cars. Out of the system’s 1.8

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Exploring Transfer program at Vassar College is a summer intensive that immerses currently enrolled community college students in an academically rigorous environment, providing vital support and encouragement so they can ultimately continue their education at a competitive four-year institution.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

That was the dominating discussion among three higher education leaders at the cutting edge of academic and research innovation when speaking about the future of the sector in an inaugural webinar hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Her work around students’ basic needs, supporting undocumented and mixed-status students, and achieving social justice through focused racial equity efforts has made her a rising star in community college leadership. She began as a professor of psychology counseling at Chabot College. I mean, it’s been incredible.”

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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

He will assume the role in summer 2026 once Boston College’s current president, William Leahy, steps down. The former lawmaker has ties to Florida Atlantic, serving on the deans advisory board for its business school and helping secure $43 million in funding for the engineering college’s building.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Jerry Fliger has been appointed president of Bakersfield College. Dr. Jerry Fliger Fliger is currently vice president for instruction at College of the Mainland. Previously, he has served as dean of arts and sciences at Alvin Community College and associate dean at Florida State College at Jacksonville. “Dr.

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JUNE 3, 2024

Sandra Hinski Sandra Hinski has been appointed provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at Coconino Community College. She served as the Dean of Career and Technical Education at Paradise Valley Community College. in human systems engineering from Arizona State University.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

Kim Davis Kim Davis has been named dean of arts & humanities at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Md. She served as the associate dean of communication, arts and humanities at Oakland Community College in Michigan. in English from Wayne State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When Adrianne Washington, dean of special academic programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), found that the Honors Program was overlooking the school’s Black men, it didn’t sit right with her. Washington is dean of the nascent Honors College. We really have to be flexible.

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University Business

MARCH 27, 2025

Sixteen colleges and universities have joined the consortium to keep up with the rapid pace of change AI has sewn across every facet of the state economy. ” The post Better together: These 16 Connecticut schools team up on AI appeared first on University Business. “Collectively, I think we can have a strong impact.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

Vidyanidhi “Vinnie” Rege Vidyanidhi “Vinnie” Rege has been named dean of the Bristol Community College New Bedford Campus. He served as the dean of dusiness and experiential education. in hospitality management from Iowa State University. in hospitality management from Iowa State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

Trish Gorman Trish Gorman has been appointed dean of the Gail Miller School of Business at Salt Lake Community College. She served as director of the Goff Strategic Leadership Center at the University of Utah. in business policy and strategy and economics from Case Western Reserve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Khrystyna Sanborn Khrystyna Sanborn has been appointed dean of adult education at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. Sanborn served as associate dean and then interim dean at the college. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kyiv National University in Ukraine.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Delisle Warden Delisle Warden has been appointed vice president for policy and general counsel at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. He served as associate dean for the Center for Professional Development and Career Strategy at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Melanie Lechtenberg Melanie Lechtenberg has been named vice president for enrollment management at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. She served as dean of records, registrar, and financial aid at John Wood Community College in Quincy, Illinois.

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