article thumbnail

Community College: The Right Path and the Right Foot

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community colleges have the ability to not only put students on the right path, but most importantly, ensure that students begin on the right foot. That right foot has so many implications, the first of which is the financial impact of attending a community college as the first step toward a bachelor ’ s degree.

article thumbnail

DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DREAM — the signature annual event of Achieving the Dream — a nonprofit organization that works to close achievement gaps, has become the go-to convening for community college educators and policymakers interested in institutional change. Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

An excellent and diverse faculty is vital to individual colleges and universities and to our communities, states, nation and globe. A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world.

Faculty 108
article thumbnail

Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. Upon completion of her Ph.D.

article thumbnail

President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

Stephenson is currently the president of Northwest Florida State College, a community college. A tenured community college leader, Stephenson has 15 years of experience serving institutions across Alabama, Missouri and Kentucky, Tampa Bay Times reports.

article thumbnail

From president "designee" to president in three years

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The move was part of an executive transition plan that also involved promoting Lau to executive vice president of the two-year college and informally making her “president designee.” ” While it’s common for colleges and universities to have detailed executive transition plans, Parkland’s process is unusual.

article thumbnail

Congrats to the 2023 CPN Seal of Prevention™ Recipients!

Parchment

The CPN Seal of Prevention shines a spotlight on the institution’s efforts and acknowledges the importance of these commitments to students and parents when choosing a college. Vector Solutions evaluates over a thousand colleges, universities, and national organizations each year to determine the quality of their digital programming.