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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Their next step was to identify Compton College students who identified as homeless. I recall me and Joshua going into classrooms to say, hey, utilize your voice, because the school cant address a problem if theres no need for it. We took it upon ourselves, says Louden. This was not just about providing resources.

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Report Shows the Shift Away from Tenured Faculty in the U.S. Academic Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing data from the National Center for Education Statistics on patterns of faculty appointments and graduate student employment, AAUP makes clear that there is an ever-increasing reliance on contingent faculty. Paying tenured and tenure-track faculty may lead to cuts in other areas, for example student services.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The campus utilizes 16 data dashboards, available to the entire campus, to provide real-time enrollment, success and completion statistics that can be disaggregated to analyze demographics and specific student populations. “In All of the college’s student services are available in English and Spanish.

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

The Scholarly Teacher

In addition to service-learning, this project utilizes another HIP, collaborative projects, to expose students to working in a team environment and incorporating multiple viewpoints (American Association of Colleges and Universities [AAC&U], 2022). How student enrollment changed in 2022. High-impact practices.

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California's Community Colleges See the Benefits of Student Housing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The findings spurred the creation of a basic needs support program on campus, including the IVC Kitchen, which provides emergency food and groceries to hungry students. While visiting the kitchen, then Dean of Student Services Dr. Lennor Johnson met a married couple who were both enrolled at IVC, earning above 3.0

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Student engagement and sense of mattering in a large UG course

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Conceptualization and utility of university mattering: A construct validity study. I encourage you all to give it a go! Promoting the sense of mattering in your course- Questions to consider Credit: Author References France, M. K., & Finney, S. Measurement and Evaluation in Counselling and Development, 43, 48-65.

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How to Leverage Survey Data to Target Student Support

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Surveys play a pivotal role in assessment, allowing us to connect with a large number of students simultaneously to gain valuable insights into their needs, experiences, perspectives, and knowledge. When intentionally designed and utilized, surveys provide powerful data that can drive continuous improvement.