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Male Resource Centers Promote Success Among Men of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“You can see that there are gender disparities across higher ed — outcomes, enrollment — and generally find that men have worse outcomes than women,” says Dr. Su Jin Jez, CEO of California Competes, a nonpartisan policy and research organization focused on identifying solutions to California’s most critical higher education and workforce issues.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On this January day, Curry — who grew up just a short distance from the college — greets the groundworkers and buttonholes administrative staff about the latest developments taking place across campus. There is much to celebrate. Construction crews are sprawled out across the 83-acre campus just 15 miles south of Los Angeles.

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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. Programming to include a nationwide collective of educators, administrators, and thought leaders. “We

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City College of San Francisco struggles to heat classrooms

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The meeting came after months—and some say years—of complaints from students, faculty and staff members about overly chilly classrooms caused by aging or broken heating systems. “I had a student last week literally ask me why nobody cares,” Finkelstein said.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The literature is replete with research on the negative outcomes Black males experience from employment to education as well as from health and interactions with law enforcement. Black boys are also suspended and expelled at much higher rates than other students ( Graves & Wang, 2022 ). Chapter 5: Small, C.L. Cunningham, P.D.

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How to expand opportunities for Hispanic adult learners in nursing and healthcare

EAB

As my colleague Lilia explained , nursing programs struggle to recruit and retain faculty due to the sizeable pay gap between academic and practitioner roles, high retirement rates among existing faculty, and a poor student understanding of the faculty role, which makes it unlikely that current students will pursue educator careers.

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Adaptive tech in gateway courses to promote student success (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Gateway courses in general—including college algebra or English in the general education curriculum—are courses that allow students to advance in their majors (such as Introduction to Business in business administration or first-year chemistry or biology in allied health fields).