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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. The purpose of community colleges is to increase access to higher education for the most vulnerable populations.”

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Unapologetic Leadership Thought: Freedom Dreaming

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kelley’s notion of the “ Freedom Dream ,” an invitation to imagine an educational space that is grounded in racial equity, social justice, and collective liberation. And while I am always trying to find ways to support community college students, I believe this work can be applied to all higher education institutions.

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Succession Planning in HBCUs Ensures Long-Term Sustainability

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With a strong succession plan, HBCUs can ensure a smooth transition of leadership, cultivate a pipeline of diverse and visionary leaders, and continue to fulfill their vital mission of empowering generations of students and advancing social justice. Talent identification: A thorough evaluation of potential candidates is crucial. .

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Supreme Court Declines to Hear North Carolina State Professor’s Case

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a North Carolina State University professor who alleged the university retaliated against him for speaking his mind and opposing some of the university’s social justice and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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In defense of languages (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The great irony of this situation is that USF is a Jesuit institution, a university built on the premise of shepherding the Ignatian tradition of social justice and intellectual inquiry in an evolving world. Meanwhile, antisemitism and manifold racism is on the rise across institutions of higher education.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. The overlooked conversation: Black male success in community colleges. Hines & E.C. Fletcher (Eds.)

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Why Faculty Diversity Matters

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But it does mean that he combines open-mindedness with a critical sensibility, and a staunch commitment to viewpoint pluralism and empiricism with an emphasis on social justice. In his view, this isn’t just a matter of social justice or equity. Is the representativeness problem a matter of social justice?

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