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Higher Education Faced Mounting Enrollment and Security Challenges in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report also highlighted new additions to the top risks list, including public safety (9th place) and a three-way tie for 10th place between general premises safety, Title IX compliance, and political and societal pressures. out of 7 respectively. out of 7 respectively.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

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Its about the absence of opportunity, the absence of safety, the absence of stability, says Louden. Its a unique project, says David Lelie, senior project manager with Gafcon, the construction management company managing the project. Dr. Keith Curry Its not just about a lack of physical space to live.

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Report: Parents of Prospective College Students Worry about Cost and Safety

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Haywood, vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Johnson C. assistant vice president for enrollment management and student success operations and acting director of undergraduate admission and recruitment at Morgan State University, said parents ask about the value a degree holds. Smith University (JCSU).

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International security and student safety: Why schools are banning TikTok

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. “The most serious issue here is probably in the area of national security,” according to Kshetri. In the past, intelligence officials have concluded that China is behind this large-scale hacking, like the Office of Personnel Management in 2015 and the hotel Marriott International.” currently use TikTok.

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Lopez Named Accessibility Services Director at Hudson County Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lopez is also expected to manage and supervise the HCCC Office of Accessibility Services. “I Danielle Lopez Lopez will serve as the college’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)/Section 504 coordinator, according to HCCC President Dr. Christopher Reber.

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Social Drivers of Health Are Affecting Your Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In this century, doctors begun going beyond those physical measures and asking patients to answer another set of questions which get at the safety and security of their current lives. Without those data, the physicians could easily miss something crucial about the patient’s needs and mess up the treatment.

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Here are 2 new campus safety measures colleges are buying into

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But institutions are also looking to optimize campus safety amid a wave of stark reminders about how necessary it is. Last week, Howard University suspended its campus police lieutenant and fired a security officer after a mob of 20 to 50 teenagers kicked, punched and stabbed a group of university students near a residence hall.