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Maryland Community Colleges Face $22M Budget Cut - Jessica Blake, Inside Higher Ed

Economics and Change in Higher Education

There was a newfound sense of urgency among participants this year because of looming state budget cuts that could slash funding for the colleges by $22 million.

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New Ways to Support Community College Student Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In other words, this effort will bring more dollars to colleges by ensuring that they get Medicaid reimbursement for the eligible services they (already) provide. Dr. Ryan Stewart , a former New Mexico Secretary of Education, and the first African American to serve as that state’s chief state school officer, spearheads this project.

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Why a college president wears Chuck Taylors (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Many people with the best intentions have told me that I should consider shoes more befitting a college administrator. In higher education, our students don’t need fake leadership; they need authentic, genuine and, most importantly, unapologetic leaders fighting and advocating for their success.

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. “All of those intersectionalities opened my eyes to a lot of inequity in higher education,” Mora said.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton Zach and Kathryn discuss their most recent study, What Works: 10 Education, Training, and Work-Based Pathway Changes that Lead to Good Jobs. Many of the top 10 effective pathway changes involve attaining post-secondary education. Build stronger and more effective college partnerships between institutions.

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NCAA Inclusion Forum Focuses on DEI Initiatives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“There should be concern because there are people in this room who have built their life’s work, their life’s philosophies on exactly what is being dismantled and what is trying to be erased,” said Felicia Martin, Senior Vice President of Inclusion, Education and Community Engagement at the NCAA.

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The War on DEI

Insight Into Diversity

In Florida and Texas, 2023 has brought a wave of proposed policies, leadership firings and new appointments, and political maneuverings designed to stifle DEI initiatives and closely related higher education offices. They need educators of their own race who they can sincerely relate to and who can serve as role models.”