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FAQ’s: Spring Semester Questions Regarding Housing Returner Process, Housing Availability, and Off-Campus Housing

The Student Affairs Blog

Since 2005, VCU has built and opened: Brandt Hall (2005), Cary & Belvidere (2008), West Grace South (2012), West Grace North (2013), Grace & Broad 1 and 2 (2015), and Gladding Residence Center (2018). Other services (programming, crisis response, support) were provided as in all other VCU properties. (7)

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 The students’ volunteer work translating documents for Proyecto Inmigrante has a value of over $100,000 (when compared to what translation services charge). million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

2011; Meyer, 2015) Human rights protections and equitable legal recognition / protections for identity representation and full inclusion; and, Cultural identity, connection to language & land within Indigenous communities (Kirmayer et al., student leaders, administrative leaders). 2009; Kirmayer et al., 2020; Kirmayer et al.,

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Confessions of a Community College Dean

His father was a doctor who worked at the local hospital, but it was bombed in 2015. One might guess this presents an administrative challenge. Breaking ‘Rules’ Akram (not his real name) grew up in Aleppo, Syria, Reshef said, recounting a story of a UoPeople student. Afterward, his father treated patients in his home.

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Campus Resources and Tools for Mental Health Advocacy

Higher Ed Connects: Mental Health

Mental health issues are a serious, pressing issue on campus today — and one that administrators and leaders need to address with a full arsenal of resources to assist students, faculty, and themselves when needed. As colleges try to meet the growing demand for mental health services, some students are slipping through the cracks.

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The Impact of Crushing Student Debt on American Society: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions: Changing Higher Education Podcast 164 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest David Linton

The Change Leader, Inc.

A driving force behind this rise in tuition is that some administrators and presidents prioritize rankings and performing well vis-à a-vie their competitors. There are also more administrators per student than before. So I asked a lot of administrators, “Why is this going on? Administrative expenses have gone up as well.

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President Sasse to face protests and demands on first day

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Recent rhetoric and actions from the DeSantis administration have sent a clear message to leaders of Florida’s public colleges: get in line. He has argued that marriage should be between a man and a woman; when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, the then senator released a statement expressing his dismay.

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