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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. Individuals committed to community colleges and the vital role they play in American higher education continue to advocate for the students and the institutions that serve them. Dr. Everrett A.

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American Indian College Fund Receives Near $39 Million for TCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In an attempt to address this disparity, the Lilly Endowment, has announced a five-year, $38,775,000 grant to the American Indian College Fund, the nation’s largest charity for Native higher education. Most receive no money from their home states, and relatively little from the federal government.

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Five ways to help students take smart sustainability actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Higher education professionals have long been concerned with how to raise public awareness about climate change. Given the current political atmosphere, it is not difficult to see why 74 percent of respondents in the Student Voice survey feel the federal government is doing too little to address climate change.

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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.

It was through that work and some inspiring mentorship that I received that I came to appreciate the potential for higher education to be a powerful gateway to economic opportunity in our society. There are so many things going on with the economy and especially with people’s perception of higher education.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Some in higher education believe that a merged institution will preserve much of what is good of the smaller institution, while closure is merely oblivion. We are recognized by the federal government as both a predominantly Black institution and as a Hispanic-serving institution.

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Q&A with Clark Nexsen’s Sustainability Leaders

Clark Nesxen

For our higher education, military, and municipal clients, decarbonization isn’t just building a single high-performance building, it’s also converting their vehicle fleet and developing a strategy to measure their progress toward net zero goals. B: That’s right. S: I’d say electric vehicles. But it’s not.

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How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

Employers, government, and adults all believe it’s needed, and it has financial benefits for all. Yet nearly 40 million people from the age of 18-64 started higher education and did not complete one degree. million, while transportation jobs could grow by nearly 800,000. How industry addresses the education of employees.