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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. Angela Thi Bennett, digital equity director with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. “We

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Certificate Program Empowers Professionals to Drive Change in Juvenile Justice System

Insight Into Diversity

Matt Allen Operated as a partnership between UNO’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and its College of Public Affairs and Community Service’s Juvenile Justice Institute, the curriculum was structured around monthly themes critical to juvenile justice work.

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Post-Traditional Students are the New Premium Students

eLiterate

Terry Hartle, senior vice president of government relations and public affairs at the American Council on Education tells us that selective schools have done well, as have schools in states with growing populations. He is describing underserved populations not as an equity mission but as a sustainability opportunity.

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What role will higher education play in the next general election?

HEPI

With presentations from UEL’s Professor Bugewa Apampa, Professor Julia Davidson OBE, Dr Michelle Morgan and Robert Gordon University’s William Hardie, the day’s conversations took in a breadth of topics including institutional equity, the Online Safety Bill, and the cost-of-living crisis.

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Investing in Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alex Boekelheide “When you’re in the four-year world, especially among the elite institutions, $30 million is certainly notable, but it wouldn’t necessarily garner national headlines,” says Alex Boekelheide, executive director of public affairs at PCC. For us, this was the largest donation that we had ever received. [It]

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Record bond measures, higher ed policy on states' ballots

Inside Higher Ed

“Colleges would certainly get access to more students, and they will be better able to serve the state workforce needs and better address equity gaps in the state. “This is an important investment,” Chris Cervini, the vice chancellor of community and public affairs with ACCD, told the NPR station.

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Museums and College Campuses as Community Hubs and Cultural Centers

Inside Higher Ed

Many of the debates facing museums resemble the storms over equity, diversity, and inclusion that colleges confront. But it turns out that most of those learners just wanted to learn, get insights into new ways of thinking, or to try out a new field, such as public health or public affairs, in a really rigorous way.

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