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Challenges for Higher Education: An Emerging Skills Shortage and Inequity in the Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

American higher education is called upon to serve a variety of purposes: advancement of knowledge, expansion of cultural appreciation, extending understanding of societal benefits and obligations, and preparing a diversity of students with the skills they need for a successful and rewarding life. Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

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Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education: Inherited Histories and Pernicious Status Quos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Institutions of higher education, specifically land grant/grab institutions, were established as part of these efforts in conquest. As thoroughly documented by High Country News , forced land dispossessions serve as the foundation for institutions of higher education in the U.S. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Why Executive Coaching Works in Higher Education

Edu Alliance Journal

July 5, 2022 by Dr. Candace Goodwin – Although every industry has undergone significant changes over the past several years, higher education has been impacted more profoundly. The top three reasons why higher education executive coaching works: 1. Higher education executives work in concert with many others.

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CA Community Colleges Launch New Bachelor’s Programs

Insight Into Diversity

The system, which consists of 116 colleges with a variety of additional campus centers and classrooms scattered across the state, announced the news Tuesday. It is the largest system of higher education in the country, serving 1.9 million students each year.

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Dr. Dyonne Bergeron Appointed CDO and Vice Chancellor for DEI at UC Irvine

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I’d like to uplift a shared vision of cultivating equity-minded leaders and promote how UCI serves as a model for making excellence inclusive in higher education.” in speech communication from Louisiana State University.

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Why Community Colleges Are Smart Choices for Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jennifer Sramek The student-led campaign is commendable, but the community college stigma doesn’t only affect students. Faculty members are sometimes questioned about their choice to teach at a community college rather than at other higher education institutions. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

The Change Leader, Inc.

As higher ed nears the looming enrollment cliff , colleges and universities looking to drive enrollment growth must identify more pathways for students to obtain a college degree, especially in the case of first-generation students. Her mother was a first-gen student while she was a first-gen ‘traditional” student.