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Onondaga Community College to Receive $2 Million to Improve Hospital Simulation Center to Train Nurses and Technicians

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Onondaga Community College will receive $2 million to renovate and expand a hospital simulation center to train nurses and technicians amid staffing shortages at Central New York hospitals, Syracuse.com reported. The federal funding – announced by Sen.

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Foundation Awards $116M Grant to LaGuardia Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million to LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens, to create the Cohen Career Collective, a state-of-the-art workforce training center. Kenneth Adams "We are profoundly grateful for this incredible gift from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation," said Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College.

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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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Onondaga Community College to Engage in $32 Million School of Health Expansion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Onondaga Community College will spend $32 million to strengthen and expand its school of health, Syracuse.com reported. The school aims to train more nurses, surgical technicians, and other health workers amid a severe labor shortage currently hindering Central New York hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare providers.

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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. Why healthcare? Many of these careers are associated with a degree or other credential (or pathway) at the College.

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Nursing Educator Brings Talents and Skills Back to Thriving HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morris Morris’s expertise involves work at several higher ed institutions and medical facilities, where she has held leadership roles including serving as the inaugural department chair for Elon University’s nursing program, dean of health and public safety at Rockingham Community College, and nursing director at Morehead Memorial Hospital.

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What Higher Education Can Learn from a Public Charity Hospital

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Systemic and structural bias are often manifest in disparities in education, healthcare, housing, employment, and criminal justice. Case in point: Healthcare. The People’s Hospital is everything that reviewers have said. In fact, Ben Taub has a better record treating blood clots than any other hospital in the country.