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Building Pipelines for a Better Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Daniel Jean often recounts with sadness the story of Robert Daniel Cuadra, an 18-year-old honor student from Paterson, New Jersey, who was planning to embark on a promising college career at Montclair State University in the summer of 2022. Strayhorn, who is known for his research on belonging, delivered the keynote address.

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Honoring a Father's Diversity Legacy in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

professor emeritus of higher education at New York University, who first met de los Santos in the 1960s and remained close friends with him until de los Santos’ death in 2020. In his work, de los Santos served as vice chancellor for student and educational development at Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona for 21 years.

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Practical Pedagogy Tips for Educators at Minority-Serving Institutions

The Scholarly Teacher

Given my research background, I cannot claim authority in teaching and pedagogy research. Many HSI students at my institution are first-generation, which follows broader patterns of HSIs (and other MSIs) across the United States. For these students, university life is potentially shocking. Some I share here.

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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. She was also 25 years old and an undocumented immigrant from Peru.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

By way of contrast, consider the University of Pennsylvania’s 2020 pledge to contribute $100 million over 10 years to the Philadelphia School District to renovate decrepit schools. At least that might assist a more diverse student body. There are other important points that grow out of Kimball and Iler’s research.

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Accreditor emerging for intellectual disabilities programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Proponents of expanding the number of programs point to research showing greatly improved employment outcomes for students, who also learn skills to help them live independently and be less reliant on family. Not all programs serving intellectually disabled students have such a federal designation.

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How to Work with CBOs to Supercharge Your Recruiting Efforts

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For those of you who haven't heard of College Greenlight, the simplest way to describe it is that we're a network of partners dedicated to supporting first generation, lower income and historically underserved students on their path to and through higher education. chuckle] 0:08:51.3 JS: We try, we try. JW: [chuckle] No. chuckle] 0:22:12.9