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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students navigate housing and food insecurity, transportation issues, and other limitations to access. Smith, an associate professor of higher education at University of Cincinnati, said basic needs such as food, housing, and mental health care are critical challenges that community colleges are trying to recognize and address.

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Is a merger a closure by another name? (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

We are recognized by the federal government as both a predominantly Black institution and as a Hispanic-serving institution. I am particularly concerned about my own institution, Bloomfield College, in New Jersey. Bloomfield was founded 155 years ago and has a mission to serve students who have been excluded or marginalized.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

There can be a transportation, childcare, or food insecurity barrier. What social service providers can you partner with to address obstacles related to childcare, housing insecurity, food insecurity, and the basic needs that Zack mentioned earlier? It can involve demystifying what the college-going experience is.

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New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises

EAB

Across the country, community colleges must respond to the increasing expectations for quality, performance, and accountability set by governing boards, state and federal governments, accrediting organizations, and the public. 9% of the responders, they classified as food insecure and 14 classified as housing insecure.

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How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

In the United States, for instance, customer service and food service jobs could fall by 4.3 million, while transportation jobs could grow by nearly 800,000. than there are R-1s, our view is that they are really good anchor institutions to route federal investment through. How industry addresses the education of employees.

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Why Study in Germany – Universities, Admission, Tuition Fees, Post-study Work Permit and Work Opportunities

Buddy4Study

Food – EUR 168 monthly. Transport – EUR 94 monthly. As a part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and the German states that aim to promote cutting-edge university, ten universities and a consortium of four Berlin-based universities in Germany will be termed as ‘Universities of Excellence’ from 2019 to 2026.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But there are still more expenses for basic needs, such as transportation and food.” He says the idea for the bill came “from the failure of the federal government regarding immigration policy, especially when it comes to young people who often come here as infants.”