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Community College: The Right Path and the Right Foot

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the Community College Research Center, “ the cumulative amount owed after 12 years is an estimated $10,300 per student who started at public two-year college in 2003-04 (for all entrants, not just borrowers). For public four-year entrants it ’ s nearly $20,000. For those starting at for-profit colleges, it ’ s $13,000.”

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From president "designee" to president in three years

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Lau joined Parkland’s faculty in 1995 as an instructor in the college’s developmental reading program and became director of the program in 2003.

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Mini-series: Belonging in the new biology curriculum

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Critically aware of the sense of anonymity that many students feel upon arrival at University, cut off from their traditional support groups (e.g. The activities will also allow flagging of the support services available within the university and more broadly re-enforce the value of positive wellbeing. link] Tinto, V.