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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Immediately, Dayshawn and I went into planning, says Jackson, Eight years later, Compton College is breaking ground on a 250+ bed housing facility, becoming the first community college in Los Angeles County to offer campus housing to its students. Were showing other colleges that this can be done, says Curry.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The school ultimately became a satellite campus of the El Camino Community College District in 2006 but has since regained its accreditation and its independence. In collaboration with the Los Angeles County Food Bank, Compton College offers a mobile food pantry. This is it.”

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). I think public institutions have a mission to make sure that those in society have access to higher education,” says Alexander, who arrived at UCLA in 2006. Coming from such a background drives him. “I

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“You can create a net-zero campus pretty easily by just shutting it down,” quips Jay Antle, executive director of the Center for Sustainability and a history professor at Johnson County Community College, in Kansas. ” Staffing and logistical issues, along with food and supply delivery, became the focus.

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