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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Immediately, Dayshawn and I went into planning, says Jackson, Eight years later, Compton College is breaking ground on a 250+ bed housing facility, becoming the first community college in Los Angeles County to offer campus housing to its students. Im a former student activist, so seeing student activists seeing what we need was good.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%. The grant is a California Student Aid Commission program.”

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New Tool to Measure DEI Efforts Introduced

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The instrument comprises 41 items about six scales: institutional environment, faculty and staff hiring, faculty and staff retention, student admissions, student retention and completion, and curriculum. It will be particularly useful for large, complex bureaucracies in which DEI responsibilities are dispersed among many offices.

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Report Examines Fragmented Reentry Services for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Attending College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Basic needs services on campuses include food and housing assistance, but reentering students may not know about these services, noted Pokornowski. The report addresses that there should be a seamless integration between student services and reentering students. There is not a one-size-fits-all model.”

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Male Resource Centers Promote Success Among Men of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The resource centers serve as one-stops with many tailored supports that can help male students of color find a sense of purpose because it typically will include things like mentorship, academic support, career exploration, leadership development opportunities, and peer support networks,” says Jez. Dr. Roderick L. Dr. Roderick L.

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Wallace State Among Aspen Prize Finalists, Caring Campuses

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Student success is at the heart of everything we do as a college,” said Wallace State President Dr. Vicki Karolewics. Karolewics said the college’s intentional focus on providing holistic student services, informed and inspired by its work with Caring Campus, has helped it move the needle on student success.

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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

This project is unique in that it combines multiple HIPS: service-learning, collaborative projects, and global learning. This type of project allows students to view their area of study through a global lens and evaluate how cultural differences impact their work (AAC&U, 2022). college students, 1977–2014. Eshbaugh, W.