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Students connect peers to alumni, industry resources

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Connect Team at Hamilton College in New York serves as a bridge between students and graduates working in various industries. Students of all grades work as part of their teams, connecting to alumni from that specific industry through student-facing events and blog posts. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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A People Person

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burnes Bolton, chief nursing officer emeritus at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, dedicated her life and career to the nursing industry, having joined the healthcare organization in 1971 and retiring at age 72 in 2022. “And we keep that in mind in everything that we do.”

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The Equity Imperative ?of the Place-Bound Student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Public community colleges have ties to local and regional economies, faculty possessing advanced degrees in the liberal arts and sciences, and direct experience in industry.

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Roueche Center Forum: A View from the Maricopa Community College District

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, in recent years, higher education, like many industries, is facing significant challenges in filling critical leadership, faculty, and support staff positions due to an aging workforce, a need for more qualified internal candidates, and increasing competition in the labor market.

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Leveraging Diversity to Fuel the Creative Arts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Creative thinking is the basis of the development of [many]of these industries now,” Akbar noted. We invite them to come as their whole selves…and utilize those parts as they feel they want to and can to tell the kinds of stories that they think need to be told or to find the plays that do that already.”

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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Conversations are ongoing on campus about how to better meet the needs of students, faculty, and staff utilizing a holistic approach, says Dr. Tamara Bland, associate professor and interim dean of the Borra College of Health Sciences and Elizabeth T. MacNeil School of Nursing.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Additionally, five institutions that previously received the Seal have chosen to recertify their status by demonstrating how they continue to utilize the Seal’s principles. The university systematically collects data on enrollment, retention, persistence, transfer students, financial support, representation, and degree completion.