Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The precipitous, unrelenting decline in Black community college enrollment since 2011 is the canary in the mine for American higher education. I am not going to beat jobs in the retail and food industry at providing Black learners with a steady wage and health benefits, so I need to offer a different value proposition.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 25, 2019

A friend of mine was asked once, in a derogative way: “You are a geologist, why is geology important?”. Most technological tools require elements that are mined from rocks (e.g., I remember thinking: “ I would love to be like Professor Stephan – I would love to get a chance to excite future generations of Earth scientists ”.

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College Forward

JUNE 18, 2024

Her interests originally laid in retail, management, or human resources, fields she felt more familiar with. As a College Possible coach , she realized a personal goal: “I always wanted to help students with similar backgrounds to mine. Growing up, we relied on community churches for food and clothing.

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