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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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Architecture Driven by Humans, Powered by AI: Academic Minute

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture and inaugural chair of design tech, details a piece of architecture that humans and AI can help influence. Today on the Academic Minute, part of Cornell University’s Impacts of AI Week: Jenny E. Sabin, Arthur L. and Isabel B.

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Most popular stories: Here is UB’s top 10 for 2024

University Business

Not only would the closures affect over 100,000 students and 21,000 staff, but they could significantly impact the economies of the small and medium-sized communities in which they reside. Private institutions are most at risk. Read the story. Read the story.

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Black History Month – The Work and Importance of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)

Clark Nesxen

According to the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), only 2% of licensed architects in the United States are Black or African American, and fewer than one in five new architects identify as a racial or ethnic minority. Students in grade 6-12 explored concepts in Architecture and Master Planning.

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New IT strategies for solving higher ed’s biggest challenges

University Business

More from UB: Succession planning: How to find a community college president The University of the Pacific is just one of a rising number of organizations that are using enterprise browsers to address modern IT challenges. Emerging zero-trust architectures are reshaping how institutions secure their ecosystems.

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Capital Funding Strategies in Higher Education: How Universities Are Solving Infrastructure and Student Housing Challenges: Changing Higher Ed podcast 256 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Brent Miller of HED

The Change Leader, Inc.

Local Bonds: Community colleges and public systems in states like California and Texas are leveraging general obligation bonds approved by local voters to fund long-term renovations and new construction. I wouldn’t have thought that would be an architectural issue, but you’re absolutely right. Brent Miller: Sure.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The vetting process should assess the quality, safety, accessibility and efficiency of the product, as well as the way the data will be stored and retained, including the role of any third-party software organizations involved in the product’s architecture and maintenance.