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When We Defund Education, We Defund Teacher Diversity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Recently, the federal government terminated more than 100 educator preparation grants, including programs under the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP), Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED), and Teacher and School Leader Incentive (TSL) initiatives. That future is now at risk. None of this is theoretical. Weve seen it work.

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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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Democratic Senators to Reintroduce Bill for Free Two-Year Technical and Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Democratic lawmakers are reintroducing legislation to make two-year technical and community college free for eligible students, MY Northwest reported. Tammy Baldwin The legislation – introduced and backed by U.S. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.),

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Clatsop Community College Grants Free Tuition to Chinook Indian Nation Tribal Members

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Clatsop Community College will become the first higher education institution within the traditional homelands of the Chinook Indian Nation to grant free tuition to tribal members, The Oregonian reported. “By

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The Missing Link to Scaled Excellence and Equity in Community College Student Outcomes: A National Leadership Development Strategy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the last two decades, our nation’s community colleges have received increasing recognition, and for good reason. Community college students are more likely to be Black, Hispanic, and from lower-income backgrounds than four-year students. Why should new reform efforts focus on leadership?

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Federal Government Reverses SEVIS Terminations, Restores Visas for Some Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Federal Government Reverses SEVIS Terminations, Restores Visas for Some Students Ashley Mowreader Fri, 04/25/2025 - 01:24 PM The reversal follows a series of court rulings that order the federal government to restore students status in the SEVIS database. Byline(s) Ashley Mowreader

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College Students Are Hungry to Learn Everywhere

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The surveys I and many other researchers fielded to try and put numbers to the challenge could only shed partial light, since most colleges and universities refused to participate. But finally, in spring 2020, the federal government asked undergraduates if they had enough to eat or a safe place to sleep.