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DECEMBER 19, 2024

Key Takeaways: Community colleges play a vital role in addressing enrollment barriers, offering tailored support to first-generation and working students. Leveraging technology like CRM systems and AI tools simplifies the student enrollment process and enhances conversion rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

But like other free tuition initiatives for Native American students, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education website.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

After steering America's community colleges through unprecedented challenges and opportunities, Dr. Walter G. Bumphus CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) at the end of 2025, capping a remarkable 15-year tenure that helped reshape higher education access nationwide.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

Larry Galizio, President & CEO of the Community College League of California. California's community colleges find themselves caught in a 60-year-old funding constraint that increasingly hampers their ability to serve todays students, according to a new report from the Community College League of California.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

California community college presidents and chancellors are spending less time in their roles while the leadership ranks are becoming increasingly diverse, highlighting Dr. Larry Galizio both challenges and progress in the nation's largest public higher education system. Johnson, president of Merritt College and Dr.

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Liaison International

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Key Takeaways: Aligning student goals with academic opportunities fosters meaningful engagement, retention, and long-term success at community colleges. Simplifying choices and using accessible language help students define their objectives and select programs that align with their true interests.

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Higher Education Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The surveys collected responses from 61,085 students at 149 community colleges. The post Prioritizing Mental Health Support in Community Colleges: Key Data from 2023 appeared first on Higher Education Today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Department of Educational Leadership, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University Tenured: No Age: 37 Education: B.A., Higher and Postsecondary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D.,

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

It is this quality experience that learners courting and attending our community colleges expect to receive, and failure to provide will lead to continuous declines in enrollment and confidence in higher education. Interestingly, at the Community College of Aurora, over 40% of our learners identify as adult learners.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A bold new proposal suggests combining Californias community colleges, California State University (CSU), and University of California (UC) systems into a unified institution: California University. The post Proposal Calls for Merger of Californias Higher Education Systems appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

Historically Black and Predominantly Black community colleges across the South received an unprecedented $2.7 This study offers a clear picture of what institutional funding can be when policymakers prioritize the needs of students, said Dr. Kayla Elliott, co-author and Joint Center Workforce Policy Director.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Complete College America (CCA), which has the mission to raise postsecondary attainment in the U.S., higher education institutions can strengthen democracy by prioritizing civic engagement and civic education in the student experience. Higher education is an engine for social and economic mobility.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

Johnson The allure of a community college presidency lies in the opportunity it affords to effect meaningful change in the lives of our students. As such, it is critical to summon (and strengthen) our knowledge, skills, and talents to master the rudiments of community college leadership.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As AI (artificial intelligence) continues to reshape industries, Complete College America (CCA) launched its Council on Equitable AI in 2024, a significant move that addresses systemic inequities in higher education. According to CCA, “Equitable AI spans far beyond the risk of mis-trained data.

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University Business

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Experts are increasingly sounding the alarm on community “college deserts” that leave students without readily accessible higher education options. The post Community ‘college deserts’ leave students stranded from higher education appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

I was scheduled to present a proposal to my tribal council - I was seeking permission to bring a group of students from the University I worked at to the Rez for an annual cultural festival. The work of eradicating achievement gaps for Black and American Indian students is personalized in a way that is perhaps different for others.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

W Kim Lee and Dr. Carolyn Stefanco hen the American Council on Education launched its Moving the Needle initiative over a decade ago to raise awareness about gender parity in higher education or lack thereof only 23% of college presidents or chancellors were women. Epps of Temple University and Dr. Orinthia T.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eight community college students from across the globe have been named 2025 DREAM Scholars by Achieving the Dream (ATD), marking a diverse cohort that Dr. Karen A. Stout includes representatives from a Tribal College, South Africa's Siyaphumelela Network, and the Gateway to College program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Mississippi Delta Community College has named Dr. Steven J. Jones as the tenth president of the college. Dr. Steven Jones Jones currently serves as Vice President of Administrative and Student Services at the College located in the city of Moorhead. A native of Taylorsville, MS.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Dan Walden Our educational system is facing an unprecedented challenge declining enrollment. Across the country, community colleges and universities are seeing fewer students enroll, a trend that could have long-term consequences for both individuals and the economy.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. A case study from a California community college illustrates these principles in action.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2025

During the 2016-2017 school year, the Brothers to Sisters Club at Compton College reserved a portion of their meetings for Real Talk. This allowed students to share their current feelings and experiences. During one of these meetings, two students spoke up and shared that they were homeless.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 11, 2025

Higher education leaders at this week’s ASU+GSV Summit gave advice for how two-year institutions can boost the economic mobility of their students.

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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. Gloria Ladson-Billings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2025

The report, "Pathways to Opportunity: Examining Students' Academic and Economic Outcomes at HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs," found that these institutions consistently outperform non-minority serving institutions in awarding degrees to their target populations and providing pathways to economic success for underrepresented students.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Achieving the Dream, the community college advocacy nonprofit, is currently testing a new framework which it believes can help two-year institutions reestablish themselves as community engines for socioeconomic mobilityand win over declining public perception in the sector. appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Westmoreland County Community College has appointed Dr. Kristin L. Dr. Kristin Mallory Mallory, who currently serves as vice president for Academic Affairs at Wor-Wic Community College in Maryland, will assume her new role on July 1, 2025, bringing with her a comprehensive vision for educational excellence and community engagement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

Jamie Merisotis The Lumina Foundation announced a new goal to increase the number of Americans with education and training to 75%. Our view is weve got to do more to transform higher education, workforce systems in order to meet human talent needs. Were constantly thinking about that because we dont want to waste students time.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The Ohio Senate approved the comprehensive higher education reform bill, Senate Bill 1, on Wednesday with a 21-11 vote. Provisions in the bill include annual faculty evaluations with student and peer input, a required civics literacy course, and increased university authority to eliminate underperforming programs.

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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 effort and others like it are essential services for basic needs in college. The lack of protection often shows up in both subtle and unsubtle ways.

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University Business

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

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Since witnessing this, Gavin has spent his career working towards reducing inequities for historically marginalized students. Dr. Michael Gavin Delta College is a two-year public community college in University Center, Michigan. Do they support all our students from all backgrounds that our students come from?”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2024

“When I first met with my advisor, I was excited to dive into my program,” says Maria, a first-generation community college student. But when I realized there was no pre-college math course to take, I panicked. As Black community college presidents leading this work in California, these challenges are personal to us.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As chief executive officers in the California community college system, we embarked upon the topic of STEM out of an acute awareness of the lack of Dr. Lennor Johnson opportunities available to disproportionately impacted communities, and a shared commitment to forging increased pathways for those with the least access.

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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission announced Monday that the Tennessee Promise program saw a record number of applicants—more than 670,000—from the Class of 2025. The program, launched in 2015, is a last-dollar free tuition scholarship for the state’s community college students.

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University Business

JANUARY 23, 2025

Remedial courses can soak up time and money (with often poor results), but federal reports show that up to 65 percent of community college students have taken at least one remedial course within six years of enrolling. The post Is the new way to remediate community college students working?

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