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Partnership Receives $100,000 to Increase College Access for Indigenous Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Partnership with Native Americans offers scholarships, college grants, emergency funding, college readiness camps, and literacy and school supplies through its American Indian Education Program to improve Native students’ access to higher education. We're proud to support PWNA."

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3 considerations for prison education programs

EAB

Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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Cal State Fullerton Gets $1.4M for Career Pathways Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In biomanufacturing, biological materials and systems are used to make everything from pharmaceuticals to cosmetics and food. Educational programs haven’t caught up yet, and students may be unaware of the field or intimidated by it. It’s a burgeoning industry, expected to grow 7% between 2020 and 2030.

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Community College Incarcerated Reentry Programs: Looking Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Prison education in the rearview mirror Prison education programs have long been in the crossfire of fierce clashes between those viewing prisons as proper punishment to promote a safe and just society and those seeing prisons as democracy’s hope for rehabilitation and restorative justice.

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

While not ideal, it meant we did not have to fund transportation and food and had more funds to compensate presenters. For planning purposes, we utilized our personal and professional networks to secure presenters, and our pre-service BIPOC leaders in our student-led Teacher Education Diversity Organization (TEDO) were session facilitators.

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Dr. Timothy Alvarez Retires from Otero College in Purpose, with Satisfaction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition to more than 30 academic and certificate programs, there are bachelor’s degree programs offered in collaboration with Colorado University, Denver. The T-PREP (Partnership for Rural Educator Program) allows students who want to remain in the local community to earn a four-year degree and a teaching license.

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Lieberman Expected to Lead La Verne to Next Stage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During the COVID-19 pandemic, seven nights a week she hosted virtual dinners with donors by ordering food from the donors’ favorite restaurants and having it delivered to their homes. At the start, there were no major donors making multi-million-dollar contributions, but smaller donors came through. That has been wonderful for us.