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Why Community Colleges Are Smart Choices for Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Faculty can experiment with active learning strategies such as involving students in discipline-based research projects or incorporating innovative uses of technology to assist students. Jennifer Sramek is the dean of business, entrepreneurship, and health sciences at Del Mar College in Texas. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Succession Planning in HBCUs Ensures Long-Term Sustainability

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

. • Academic leadership: Developing a pipeline of leaders for academic positions, including department chairs, deans, and academic program directors. Administrative leadership: Identifying individuals with leadership potential for administrative roles, such as finance, human resources, information technology, and student affairs.

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Community College Students’ Expectations for Service Have Risen Since the Pandemic

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Prior research shows that customer service is not an area where community colleges have excelled historically, and the gap in customer service has only widened in recent years. 62 percent recognize that students must take time away from their families and jobs to resolve college issues. More than half are at the dean or director level.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Zamani-Gallaher, a renowned community college leadership scholar, was the 2022 recipient of the Diverse Champions Award. Sports Scholars of the Year In the spring, Diverse named Nakobe Dean and Sophie Jaques the Male and Female Arthur Ashe Jr. “Bill was unmitigated in his passion for the power of education.” 2022 Arthur Ashe Jr.