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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education.

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Book Review of College Made Whole: Integrative Learning for a Divided World

Higher Ed Connects: Curriculum

He describes a student who first learns about social entrepreneurship in a business course, and then applies what she learned while working in a nonprofit organization. This experience leads her to discover similarities and differences between theory and practice. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Virginia, an M.A.

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Amid pushback, U.S. delays guidance on outsourcing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” They marveled at just how many companies, nonprofit organizations and even state government entities could be caught up in the much wider net. Some described them as “collateral damage” in the administration’s pursuit of OPMs. “Innovation will be stifled.”