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Let’s Partner with Agriculture to Address Food Insecurity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These schools and their leaders have an extraordinary opportunity to work with the federal government to support those students—and it doesn’t require new institutional spending or a new Higher Education Act. Yet there is an enormous SNAP gap in program utilization.

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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

is intent on utilizing research to examine poverty as a barrier to student development. in educational policy and planning, Reid hopes to make an impact on federal and state policies related to education. which provided him exposure to policy networking with individuals in the federal government.

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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

is intent on utilizing research to examine poverty as a barrier to student development. in educational policy and planning, Reid hopes to make an impact on federal and state policies related to education. which provided him exposure to policy networking with individuals in the federal government.

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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Information was not provided about new nursing hire recruitment. MacNeil School of Nursing.

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Australia asks universities to show they merit the title

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Relegation of universities could trigger political pushback from local councils that treasure them, state governments that own them and a federal government sensitive to perceptions of rural areas getting a raw deal. “But … what utility is there in downgrading an institution during a period of change?

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Data describing how different faculty members perceive the availability and utility of institutional supports should also be collected. ” This effort may signal increased interest by the federal government in ensuring that college and university leaders have the data they need to improve faculty diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans (CFPB)

Higher Education Inquirer

Even if the minimum protected income was adjusted for inflation, beneficiaries would likely still experience hardship, such as food insecurity and problems paying utility bills. A higher threshold could protect borrowers against hardship more effectively.

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