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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2022 national report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) notes that community college students often deal with housing insecurity, which was exacerbated by the pandemic — 14% of study respondents were classified as housing insecure. They need supports to meet them where they’re at.”

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Community College Incarcerated Reentry Programs: Looking Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College-in-prison programs flourished in the 1970’s and 1980’s after the 1965 Higher Education Act made people who were incarcerated eligible for Pell Grants. He participated in the 2022 PBS documentary “Being Free” by Roadtrip Nation, featuring system-impacted people showing how your past doesn’t have to determine your future.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After degree completion, undergraduates get positions such as account analysts, managers, contract specialists, and business analysts. The business school also received a Missouri Career Attainment Network grant to provide minority students comprehensive information about career pathways.

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Invisible labour: visible activism

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*we acknowledge that invisible and emotional labour can affect any academic of any gender, particularly those on education/ teaching focussed contracts. These are often taken for granted and operate at a subconscious level. We go beyond individual experiences to co-construct the meaning of invisible and emotional labour collectively.

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These access and affordability programs geared toward high schoolers reap great results

University Business

Tackling workforce needs with financial assistance Maine Free College, a free college scholarship initiative introduced by the Maine Community College System (MCCS) in the 2022-23 academic year, has helped contribute to a mass resurgence in enrollment compared to the rest of the country.

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President moves: USC, Urbana-Champaign must now look for leaders

University Business

Retiring Carol Folt – University of Southern California University of Southern California President Carol Folt will be stepping down to a faculty position at the end of the academic year despite being offered a one-year contract extension in the summer, NBC Los Angeles reports. Gayle had served as president since 2022.

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Recent financial aid increases lead to lower student net prices, per College Board

University Business

.” Colleges and universities distributed over $160 billion in grant aid to undergraduate and graduate students in the 2023-24 academic year. Since 2013-14, institutional grant aid for all students rose by $19.6 Since 2013-14, institutional grant aid for all students rose by $19.6 billion (in 2023 dollars), reaching $82.8