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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A renowned injury prevention expert and pediatric emergency physician, she will serve as Chief Medical Officer for Safe Kids Worldwide and Associate Division Chief of Academic Affairs and Research at Children's National Hospital. I can still see, smellhell, almost tastethe old stone house where I met my first advisor to pick classes.

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Community College of Vermont and Hospital Pay Students to Take Classes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Facing a national shortage of early childhood educators , the Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) have teamed up for an innovative solution: paying students to reduce their hours at their jobs in favor of taking more classes. CCV and SVMC anticipate funding 8-10 applicants.

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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In January, nurses from two of New York City’s private hospitals went on strike. At the conclusion of the strike, Montefiore Medical Center released a statement noting that the new contract includes a wage increase and more than 170 new nursing positions. Staffing levels were a significant issue in the negotiations.

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Nursing Educator Brings Talents and Skills Back to Thriving HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morris Morris’s expertise involves work at several higher ed institutions and medical facilities, where she has held leadership roles including serving as the inaugural department chair for Elon University’s nursing program, dean of health and public safety at Rockingham Community College, and nursing director at Morehead Memorial Hospital.

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Building a Meaningful Microcredential Program

Parchment

Can you help build that volume of alumni that will come work for us, that want to work for us, that want to learn more about our industry, our company. So that we created industry specific micro credentials and those are curriculum aligned. They came to us and said, you know, we’re a medical device industry.

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Higher ed needs more grit (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Nevertheless, I still spent last summer traversing my state’s population cores and rural outposts, reacquainting myself with the people, industries and landscapes that make my state the dynamic and diverse place I love. I was raised in Utah. All we have to do is resolve years of complicated water policy mixed with a multidecade drought.

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The Role of Career & Technical Education Spaces in Supporting Workforce Development

Clark Nesxen

This role puts community and technical colleges at a key junction – empowering workers to enter desirable career fields; and enabling local industries to grow as a result of that workforce. These environments reflect the workplace settings of NC’s growing life sciences industry, ensuring students will feel prepared in their future careers.