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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is the possibility of increasing enrollment with high-demand programs like nursing and other areas of healthcare, said Lee, but such programs are costly in order to ensure adequate skills labs and faculty. Lee said funding needs to be cultivated from hospital systems desirous of building their nursing workforce.

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Small College America – Profile Earlham College

Edu Alliance Journal

The college maintains its commitment to principles such as integrity, peace, social justice, and community engagement, which shape both its academic and extracurricular life. Small Class Sizes With a 9:1 student-faculty ratio , Earlham offers personalized attention and mentoring opportunities.

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Student survey reveals gaps in core academic advising functions

Confessions of a Community College Dean

At FGCU, where many full-time advisers have faculty status, Knibbs even teaches a class on the foundations of civic engagement. ” A 2011 NACADA study found that the median number of advisees per adviser was 296. Some 46 percent say their adviser is a faculty member, typically in their academic department.

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Fun and games – nurturing students’ ‘being’

SRHE

In our changing world, with elevated awareness of issues such as climate change, sustainability, social justice and EDI, this tendency towards the personal skills should come as no surprise. It isn’t far-fetched to imagine faculty declaring ‘we’re not here to teach them to be self-aware’.

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Democratic Protests on Campus: Modeling the Better World We Seek (Annelise Orleck)

Higher Education Inquirer

Brandeis Center, founded in 2011 to combat civil rights violations against Jewish or Israeli students. When the LAPD did step in, officers shot unarmed peace protesters and faculty in the chest, face, arms and legs with “less than lethal” munitions. foreign policy.