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Paul Quinn College to Create an Innovative Housing Model and a Mixed-Use Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sorrell Sorrell said that the grant will launch a campus housing initiative that will eventually be accompanied by a larger mixed-use development that includes student and family housing, retail and restaurant spaces, parks, outdoor meeting areas, and classroom facilities—all designed to serve both the campus and the surrounding community.

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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It is why we give all students, including dual enrollment students, access to $20 weekly to buy fresh, healthy food at the campus-based, community-led Farmers' Market. They provided help to my family and me when we needed it." Being Black-serving means, we own that students need a better value proposition.

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Mastering Food for Campus Life Beyond The Dining Hall

University Business

In this 30-minute Ed Talk, learn how food impacts key staff initiatives beyond the dining hall and how Quinsigamond Community College provides its staff with the catered meetings and events they crave without overhauling their current food service system.

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Why dining halls are now devoted to plant-based options

University Business

Now more than ever, students are demanding meal options that are healthier for themselves and the environment,” said Kate Watts, director of food service innovation at the Humane Society. Procurement offices are shifting operations to match Gen Z’s preference for locally and sustainably derived food.

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The Power of Food: Fueling Inclusivity, Equity, and Engagement in Campus Life

University Business

However, higher ed leaders can go beyond by leveraging specialty foods at critical times and places outside their dining halls to increase student engagement in campus life, create more inclusive environments, and ensure equity among departments, on and off campus.

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College credit for working your job? Walmart and McDonald’s are trying it

University Business

Some of the nation’s largest employers, including Walmart and McDonald’s, are now broaching a new frontier in higher education: convincing colleges to give retail and fast-food workers credit for what they learn on the job, counting toward a degree. Read more from NPR. The post College credit for working your job?

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How generative AI helped train Amazon One to recognize your palm - Gerard Medioni, Amazon

Ray Schroeder

Currently, Amazon One is being rolled out to more than 500 Whole Foods Market stores and dozens of third-party locations, including travel retailers, sports and entertainment venues, convenience stores, and grocers.

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