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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Cerritos College A public, two-year community college, Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California (Southeastern Los Angeles).

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Unapologetic Leadership Thought: Freedom Dreaming

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During the presentation, Garcia talked about Dr. And while I am always trying to find ways to support community college students, I believe this work can be applied to all higher education institutions. Community college is free, and student aid covers the total cost of attendance.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Five crucial things that these four are doing: increasing affordability, addressing academic barriers, creating a sense of belonging, experiential learning and wraparound services. Also, that year the program’s retention rate of Latino students was 18% higher than the college’s general retention rate.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Alexander observes that many high school and community college students see no connection to the university, therefore building pathways to higher education is part of AAP’s outreach.

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New Report A Mixed Bag on Student Engagement with Online Learning

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Online-only students were also less likely to use support services like tutoring or skill labs and were less likely to have engaged in service-learning activities or field experiences. Linda García, executive director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement In other areas, engagement was better than expected.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Based on data gathered, we increased support services such as Ram Pantry, counseling, technology availability, and academic advising,” he continues. We have supported Latinx faculty in continuing professional development through HACU (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities),” says CSULB President Dr. Jane Close Conoley. “We

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College cancels classes for career, advising expo

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania hosted a full-day advising and career exploration event in lieu of classes on March 21, giving students an opportunity to access resources and develop their success plans. Faculty members who hosted workshops were awarded with professional development credit.