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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. The purpose of community colleges is to increase access to higher education for the most vulnerable populations.”

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Community College Teams Up with For-Profit for Medical Assistant Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Medical assistants are critical to the operation of doctor’s offices, hospitals, and clinics. A rare partnership between a group of community colleges and a private, for-profit institution is aiming to fix that. Eight were first-generation, and eight were students of color.

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Social Drivers of Health Are Affecting Your Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I’ve answered questions about these issues at least twice a year during standard check-ups, and when I was pregnant, I answered also a few every time I went to the hospital for an ultrasound. It’s time to check in on students with a regular cadence that reflects how crucial their well-being is for college success.

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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Roueche Center for Community College Leadership. Today, some of our country’s communities are engaged in conversations about talent pipeline shortages, challenges, and opportunities. Deeper conversations were launched between local career-technical center Ohio Tech Prep Northeast Region, and Cuyahoga Community College.

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Report: Community college baccalaureate can drive racial equity

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community college baccalaureate programs in California can help more Black and Latino students earn bachelor’s degrees in a state that badly needs a more educated workforce, according to a new report. Some recent expansion efforts have met with pushback from CSU faculty members. Hispanics make up 38.1

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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In January, nurses from two of New York City’s private hospitals went on strike. The Ohio State University College of Nursing uses its Summer Institute for Future Nurses as a recruiting tool for high school students. Smith says Claflin nursing faculty have gone above and beyond to offer psychosocial support to the students.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We Having cohorts here is really important, especially for engineering and computer science because it’s a community that supports each other.” The faculty and staff overseeing EPW know each student personally. “I