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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. Her undergraduate degree is in radio/television/film: news and public affairs. I’m a great facilitator.

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How Higher Ed Can Help Underserved Communities Access Broadband

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Karen Mossberger, the Frank and June Sackton Professor in the school of public affairs and director of the Center on Technology, Data and Society at Arizona State University. Broadband is important for participation in society,” said Mossberger. It’s important for economic development as well as individual opportunities.

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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. Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Record bond measures, higher ed policy on states' ballots

Inside Higher Ed

The Los Angeles Community College District’s $5.3 The district of nine colleges with more than 200,000 students has borrowed more than $9 billion in bonds over the last two decades, but this year’s bond measure would be its largest bond ask, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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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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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

The Diverted Dream: Community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 19001985. Will College Pay Off?: Public Affairs. The Adjunct Underclass: How America's Colleges Betrayed Their Faculty, Their Students, and Their Mission University of Chicago Press. Excelsior College Press.

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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?