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Wave of Higher Ed Union Strikes Swells Nationwide

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unions in higher ed may go on strike after months of bargaining and impasse in negotiations on issues and demands from higher ed employees such as wage increases, better working conditions, and reliable job security. In a 25-day strike from Nov. And in negotiations at NYU, we were also able to win compensation for out-of-class work."

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Supporting LGBTQ+ Students as they Work to Achieve Professional and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During July 2022 alone, ten anti-gay laws went into effect , all of them relating to education. With research showing that students who find their school to be LGBTQ-affirming report lower rates of attempting suicide, it’s critical that students know their college or university is not only accepting of them but actively supportive.

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Study: Community College Housing Program Produced Better Life Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in January 2022, roughly 582,000 people experienced homelessness. Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange, chancellor of the University of Washington (UW) Tacoma, said her institution is already applying lessons from the research. But it’s not just a problem facing the West Coast. For students, the unhoused data points can be shocking.

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Ungrading: Social Work Education Honoring the Whole Student

The Scholarly Teacher

As more research emerges around ungrading, it seems increasingly clear that this transformative cultural shift, specifically in social work education, can genuinely honor the code of ethics and set the future generation of social work students up for success. In addition, Zhang (2022) asserts that pressure college students experience (e.g.,

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Partnership aims to bring Head Start to community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The organizations also plan to secure more funds to start pairing programs with colleges and helping get more of these rare collaborations off the ground. ” She emphasized that researchers and advocates for parenting students have been pushing for a concerted effort to bring Head Start programs to campuses for years.

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President moves: Recent spate of leaders to announce retirement boast impressive résumés

University Business

More from UB: Middle East conflict continues to stir backlash, compromise safety across college campuses Hires Bonnie Cordon – Southern Virginia University The Southern Virginia University Board of Trustees unanimously approved hiring Bonnie Cordon as the school’s 10th president.

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Depression on College Campuses conference: Insights and actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As a clinical psychologist, research scientist and educator specializing in self-criticism and self-compassion, as well as an adjunct faculty member at Seattle University and at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, I recently attended the Depression on College Campuses conference for the first time.