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Lopez Named Accessibility Services Director at Hudson County Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A key component of Lopez’s work is to reduce systemic barriers and promote disability awareness and a culture of accessibility. Lopez holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the College of Staten Island, CUNY, and a master’s in disability services in higher education from the School of Professional Studies at CUNY.

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Inspired by Veteran Grandfather, Therapist Teaches Wellness, Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Student affairs leader Quamina Carter did not take a traditional route to higher education. There, she had opportunities to work with the school’s student affairs division and began to learn that she was “sort of good at that side of the camp,” she says. in higher education and student affairs from CGU.

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A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work in the academy includes various stints in project management, student affairs, development, and fundraising roles at Harvard Medical School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Tuskegee University, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

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Success for College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Community College, Composition View

The Scholarly Teacher

For example, an instructor might, ideally with the student’s permission and buy-in, contact faculty who previously worked with the student, various administrators like the Department Chair and the Dean of Student Affairs, and Disability Resources & Services (DRS). Unpublished manuscript].

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A more recent trend is consolidating student services related to academics or health and wellness into a larger office or building. Tutoring, library resources, academic advising and career services are smushed together, and counseling, disability services, medical centers and student care teams are sharing space more than ever before.

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A Life of Ministry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McManus graduated valedictorian of her high school and went on to Clemson University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in special education and a master’s degree in counseling with an emphasis in student affairs. She served for nearly nine years as the university’s director of disability services.