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Focusing on Mental Health Challenges Facing Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) details mental health challenges that students face and how they can be better supported. His office collaborates with student government and clubs on campus to reach more students.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is not a "come and hang out in the hallways" kind of convening it's a "come, roll up your sleeves, engage with colleagues and other partners, and do the hard work of HBCU change." Students are no different. You can't really do HBCU transformation and improvement without students engaged in the conversation.

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Howard Joins Atlanta University Center Institutions in EDTECH Africa Initiative

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It is aimed at cultivating educational exchanges in collaboration with the Government of Kenya, the U.S., Microsoft will invest $500,000 to support HBCU and Kenyan students engaged in research at the Microsoft Africa Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya. Microsoft, and Mastercard’s Center for Inclusive Growth.

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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

which provided him exposure to policy networking with individuals in the federal government. He currently is also a graduate research assistant with the Center for Community College Student Engagement. His goal, his purpose is to create change in a positive way for the students who need it the most.”

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Diversifying the Workforce for Data-Related Jobs Starts with Inclusivity in Research

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Almost every action we take generates data, and corporations, governments and organizations are collecting and analyzing that data to better understand our behaviors. Many, if not most, of our students will be working in a field impacted by data and its quantitative, computational analysis.

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New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises

EAB

Podcast New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises Episode 152. They also offer advice to community college leaders on ways to make measurable improvements in student retention and enrollment. EAB · New Student Engagement Data Reveal Surprises Transcript [music] 0:00:13.0 May 23, 2023.

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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

which provided him exposure to policy networking with individuals in the federal government. He currently is also a graduate research assistant with the Center for Community College Student Engagement. His goal, his purpose is to create change in a positive way for the students who need it the most.”