Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Keith Curry likes to walk the campus of Compton College, the two-year school that he has led for the last 13 years — two as interim president and chief executive officer (CEO) and 11 as its permanent leader. Additionally, Curry has secured millions of dollars for student success initiatives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Compton College President Dr. Keith Curry is asking the California Legislature for $15 million to make the new facility possible, a request that should be easy to approve — even during fiscal uncertainties — given the sizable returns on such investments. Ryan Stewart and Keith Curry.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

“There’s a lot of pressure among parents and students and policy makers to offer dual enrollment—that’s a good thing,” said Davis Jenkins, a senior research scholar at the CCRC and a co-author of the paper. “But community colleges can’t lose their shirt in the process.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Now up for reauthorization, the farm bill is a package of legislation setting policy and authorizing spending for the US Department of Agriculture. About 80% of the bill is devoted to nutrition programs, including SNAP.

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