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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. 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.

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Students Increasingly Don’t Remember the 9/11 Attacks

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brown, who was vice president of government relations and public affairs for New York University (NYU) on that day, climbed to the roof of Bobst Library when she heard that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center. This year’s college freshmen were born in 2005. College seniors were born in the fall of 2001.

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What is Higher Ed Community Looking for in State of the Union Address?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But the world of higher education will be listening carefully for what Biden may say about the many issues America’s colleges and universities are facing, several of which have assumed national prominence in recent months. Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, by email. Dr. Kenneth K.

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Hamline reviews policies that set off academic freedom dispute

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Hamline University has been engrossed in an academic freedom debate this year over the actions of an adjunct instructor at the private Minnesota institution who was teaching global art history. “To suggest that the university does not respect academic freedom is absurd on its face. This is one of those times.

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Museums and College Campuses as Community Hubs and Cultural Centers

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma In 1997, Heather MacDonald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture , published a blistering critique of the impact of identity politics on the museum world. A recent book by Daniel H. I totally disagree.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court dismantled decades of legal precedent in June, ruling against race-conscious college admissions and bringing an end to affirmative action practices in higher education. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.” The high court voted 6-3 against UNC and 6-2 against Harvard.

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Record bond measures, higher ed policy on states' ballots

Inside Higher Ed

“For the Arizona undocumented student population, this would be a huge step forward for their access to college opportunities,” said Tom Harnisch, vice president for government relations for the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. percent sales tax in Fresno County to support California State University, Fresno.

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