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About 370 more free college programs have erupted nationwide in 8 years

University Business

Michigan’s Kalamazoo Promise was one of the first College Promise programs rolled out in 2005. Students in or aged out of foster care: Provide opportunities for this cohort to build relationships with trauma-informed faculty and staff. Community-based organizations are a great way to facilitate relationship development.

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From president "designee" to president in three years

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Lau joined Parkland’s faculty in 1995 as an instructor in the college’s developmental reading program and became director of the program in 2003. He applied for the president’s job in 2005 but was turned down because board members believed he lacked sufficient senior leadership experience.

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How College Transforms Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Terenzini’s How College Affects Students (originally published in 1991 and revised in 2005 and updated in 2016 by Matthew J. Their faculty take teaching and mentoring seriously. Their student life initiatives support and reinforce their academic offerings. Pascarella and Patrick T. Mayhew, Alyssa N. Rockenbach, Nicholas A.