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Wave of Higher Ed Union Strikes Swells Nationwide

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unions in higher ed may go on strike after months of bargaining and impasse in negotiations on issues and demands from higher ed employees such as wage increases, better working conditions, and reliable job security. The CUNY union, the Professional Staff Congress, was the first union to win that sort of compensation.

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Comfort dogs provide full-time stress relief on campus

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But some colleges and universities are adding comfort or therapy dogs to their workforce, providing a regular campus resource to aid in stress relief for community members and improve relationships with campus security and police. Comfort and safety: Not every student holds a positive view of its campus police force.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bronwyn Cross-Denny, Christina Gunther, Sofia Pendley, and Jacqueline Vernarelli — recently secured a $1,495,472 HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) grant titled “Public Health Scholarship Program to Strengthen the Emergency Preparedness Workforce.”

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Michigan State prepares for students to return to class

Confessions of a Community College Dean

After the egregious events that happened this week, student’s and faculty’s safety should not be treated lightly.” MSU must extend the pause they’ve given us so we can decide how we need to proceed to feel safe and secure.” We can’t be worried about a deadline or an exam.

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Political tensions erupt at Bakersfield College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Some members of the Renegade Institute for Liberty, a controversial group of professors at Bakersfield College, are enmeshed in an increasingly vitriolic dispute playing out on the California campus that has pitted students and faculty members against each other and prompted their supporters and critics to take sides.

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Community college resource center takes on male retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Students often encounter barriers when completing enrollment or financial aid forms—such as needing a parent’s Social Security number or financial information. Education access is a priority for the Male Resource Center. “There are ways around all of that, but they’re afraid to ask,” Mangino explains.

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Partnership aims to bring Head Start to community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The organizations also plan to secure more funds to start pairing programs with colleges and helping get more of these rare collaborations off the ground. On-campus childcare centers are often “targeting faculty and staff as opposed to students,” she said. ” A survey of student parents in the Washington, D.C.,