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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Louden says that their roles as campus leaders positioned them to advocate for their fellow students and the longevity of the institution. I announced at one of our professional development days the need to build student housing, and I think people were like, What is he talking about, he recalls. Compton is the model for that.

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Fort Lewis College Names First Indigenous Presidential Finalist

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shotton as the sole finalist for the institution's presidency. If confirmed, Shottona citizen of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and a Kiowa and Cheyenne descendantwill become the first Indigenous person to lead the institution.

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Dr. Xavier A. Cole Appointed First Person of Color President of Loyola University New Orleans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before Marquette, Cole was vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Washington College and assistant vice president at Loyola University Maryland. “Dr. Cole also serves as chair of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education Executive Doctorate Alumni Board.

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Slated to begin operating in the fall, the honors college will enroll students who have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and an interest in Black history, life, and culture. Luke Wood “This is one component of a larger effort to increase success rates for Black students,” said Dr. J. We’re creating an institution within the institution.”

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

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Mora is now UC Irvine’s director of basic needs and tasked with supervising the array of services the university provides to students whose backgrounds and life stories are much like her own: students from low-income or immigrant backgrounds; first in their families to attend college; Black, Hispanic or Indigenous, or BIPOC.

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Columbia University Reaches Out to HBCUs for Fellowship Program

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They get additional financial supports such as assistance with fees, stipends each semester, and campus “flex dollars” to spend on food and at the bookstore, says Zelon Crawford, SPS’s senior associate dean of student affairs, who oversees the fellowship program. Graduate and undergraduate degrees are expensive,” Crawford says.

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Yale Law dean’s message to alumni promises free speech changes. We’re (very) cautiously optimistic.

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But FIRE, ever hopeful that change could yet be on the horizon, hopes a strong (albeit imperfect) statement last week from Yale Law School’s dean could usher in that long-awaited era. FIRE remains hopeful the broader university’s dark, censorious days may soon be history. We’re (very) cautiously optimistic. appeared first on FIRE.