Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

McMickens, Morris Thomas, and Calvin Hadley There is deep concern about the status of Black men in higher education. A recent report about the enrollment of Black men in postsecondary education indicates that Black men comprise 4.6% million students enrolled in colleges and universities. Palmer, Larry J. Walker, Tryan L.

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MARCH 20, 2025

In a June 2024 article, Katherine Gonzalez noted, Top-level leaders in community colleges are not only aging, but also retiring in waves, with an average tenure of five to seven years. One such case of a highly successful organizational transition occurred at Carroll Community College in Westminster, Maryland.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

Alvero When my daughter transferred to Queens College in Spring 2019, I could not have been more excited. As associate provost at the college, Ill admit I was biased but even two decades of experience in higher education couldnt fully prepare me for her struggle to transfer credits. Government Accountability Office.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has documented the decline in community college enrollment for more than a decade. And the Higher Education Inquirer has been reporting on the decline for much of that time. The question we are asking now is, where is the floor for the community college meltdown?

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University Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Ohio College Comeback Compact began in the summer of 2022 across eight partnering institutions : Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community College, Kent State University, Lakeland Community College, Lorain County Community College, Stark State College, The University of Akron and Youngstown State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. Over the last decade the food pantry became a higher education trend.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. The presentation drew upon a study by Smalls (2023) focused on the experiences of African American community college trustees. Dr. Carl B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

To be identified as a bellwether among community colleges is no small feat, but that is precisely why the Community College Futures Assembly continues to draw high-performing teams annually to compete for the Bellwether and Legacy Awards. Reading Area Community College (Pennsylvania), St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s not an everyday occurrence when a community college leader gets a phone call telling them their institution will receive an influx of funding in the millions. when MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, decided to make a major investment in community colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Department of Agriculture has announced $5 million in grants to support Tribal students at land-grant colleges and universities through the New Beginning for Tribal Students (NBTS) Program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

American higher education is called upon to serve a variety of purposes: advancement of knowledge, expansion of cultural appreciation, extending understanding of societal benefits and obligations, and preparing a diversity of students with the skills they need for a successful and rewarding life. Dr. George R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

Education Northwest, an Oregon-based nonprofit organization promoting education for all, unveiled the results on Tuesday of a first-of-its kind, nine-year study of the partnership between Tacoma Community College (TCC) and the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA), called the College Housing Assistance Program (CHAP).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) has received a three-year, $1.56 Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). The association will select two cohorts each of state systems and rural community colleges. “In million grant from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

On an unseasonably warm November weekend, people gathered on campus for a record clearing and expungement clinic organized by the Community College of Philadelphia Foundation. That is largely because these justice-impacted students are often invisible to educators, their identities simply erased.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

Kelli Sims Butler The California Community College System consists of 116 institutions with over 1.8 In the system, there are 140 Community College Chief Executive Officers (CEO). Of the current 140 chancellors and college presidents, 63 are female, and 12 identify as Black females. million students.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

Steward spoke to a packed room at the 2024 EducationUSA Forum, a gathering of some 500 higher education professionals hosted by the State Department to promote international education between the US and countries around the world. Over a million international students are studying in the U.S.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 29, 2024

The Massachusetts Senate approved a nearly $58 billion state budget proposal last week, which includes a plan that would secure free community college across the state. million investment in free community college to all state residents. Current programs in the state are already advancing the goal of free education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2024

million gift upon Howard Community College in support of programming and scholarships in its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) division. million gift upon Howard Community College to help support it science, technology, engineering, and mathematics division.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

Dr. Monica Parrish Trent, CEO, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Foundation (Formerly with Achieving the Dream). She exemplifies the empathy and innovation that women bring to leadership in higher education. Today, women serve as CEOs, university presidents, political leaders, and cultural pioneers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2024

Community colleges have the ability to not only put students on the right path, but most importantly, ensure that students begin on the right foot. That right foot has so many implications, the first of which is the financial impact of attending a community college as the first step toward a bachelor ’ s degree.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

David Doré will become chancellor of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), effective Apr. Dr. David Doré Doré is currently president of campuses and executive vice chancellor for student experience and workforce development at Pima Community College.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

One bright spot was community colleges, which, after a nearly 10 percent enrollment decline during the pandemic, saw a slight increase for the 2021–22 academic year. Department of Education. The key for community colleges, Fink said, lies in getting high schoolers to matriculate after graduating.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Rápalo is a National Community College Hispanic Council (NCCHC) fellow and board member.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Over the last two decades, our nation’s community colleges have received increasing recognition, and for good reason. They educate close to 40% of American undergraduates — nearly 6 million students. Community college students are more likely to be Black, Hispanic, and from lower-income backgrounds than four-year students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

With downtown San Antonio as a beautiful backdrop, representatives from 24 community colleges in 13 states convened for the 29th Annual Community College Futures Assembly in February. Hudson County Community College (N.J.) Hudson County Community College (N.J.) Roueche and Margaretta B.

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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. The program got approval last spring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

Howard Community College President Dr. Daria J. Willis has announced plans to reopen the college’s on-campus Children’s Learning Center in partnership with the Community Action Council of Howard County. The college was awarded a $1 million grant in 2023 from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Cerritos College A public, two-year community college, Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California (Southeastern Los Angeles).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Community colleges could potentially serve as a valuable source for immigrants to access affordable postsecondary education, upskilling and reskilling opportunities, and workforce preparation, the report noted. today have a college degree or higher, Krause-Vilmar said. job search?"

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Frederick Shegog, former Delaware County Community College student, now motivational speaker. At the closing plenary of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago, Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges, handed the microphone to students who either currently attend or graduated from a community college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Only over a tenth of students receiving Title IV aid (13%) who start at community colleges ultimately earn bachelor’s degrees within eight years, according to a U.S. Department of Education (ED) report. Though 13% was the overall community college BA attainment rate, there was significant variation among U.S.

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University Business

JANUARY 11, 2024

Another year, another opportunity for higher education stakeholders to set the agenda for state policy and improve its value. While 20 states this year are in the middle of their biennial cycle, the remaining states will fight to pass favorable budgets that can alleviate the challenges colleges and universities face today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

There is considerable research generated about African Americans in higher education, specifically faculty. Yet there is little research on the underrepresentation of African American community college trustees. In addition, gender and racial gaps among community college trustees continue to be a reality (ACCT, 2018).

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 28, 2024

As beacons of potential for individual growth and social mobility, community colleges often serve as a catalyst for underserved students to pursue a path in higher education. Partnerships between prisons and community colleges can lead to significant benefits for all involved.—

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Chanelle Whittaker has been appointed vice president for equity, culture, and talent at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) located in Maryland. Chanelle Whittaker “I am extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to be a part of the Prince George's Community College family,” Whittaker said. “My

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit dedicated to tracking student enrollment across higher education, found a 7.7% Indeed, the Department of Education found last year that only 13% of Title IV students who start at community colleges ultimately earn bachelor’s degrees within eight years.

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