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Study: Community College Housing Program Produced Better Life Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Education Northwest, an Oregon-based nonprofit organization promoting education for all, unveiled the results on Tuesday of a first-of-its kind, nine-year study of the partnership between Tacoma Community College (TCC) and the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA), called the College Housing Assistance Program (CHAP).

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Grow Veteran Enrollment and Retention in Higher Ed: Insights from WSP: Changing Higher Ed podcast 204 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Cassie Sanchez

The Change Leader, Inc.

WSP, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering veterans in higher education, has seen remarkable results – their boot camp alumni boast a 92 percent success rate, with the vast majority having graduated or on track to receive a bachelor's degree.

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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DREAM — the signature annual event of Achieving the Dream — a nonprofit organization that works to close achievement gaps, has become the go-to convening for community college educators and policymakers interested in institutional change. That design has stayed central to the work of the organization over the past two decades.

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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I’ve always been interested in academic administration,” says Lopez. “I a Black and Southeast Asian nonprofit organization that works with low- to no-income communities of color. I was very excited to step in[to] a leadership position like this, and I love it. It’s been the highlight of my career.” After she earned her Ph.D.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While there are many undergraduates and graduate students aiming for careers in banking or finance, there are also entrepreneurs, innovators, people interested in hospital administration, and others seeking positions at nonprofit organizations. UMGC was recently designated a Minority Serving Institution.

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First Doctoral Program at a TCU Will Contribute to Native Sovereignty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Wafa Hozien, university academic affairs administrator at NTU, was instrumental in the development of the program and its accreditation. With the right faculty and a stable administration that believes in its TCU mission, he says, the sky is the limit to what NTU can do.

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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The new curriculum, which is stripped of much of the subject matter that the DeSantis administration opposed, has been criticized for erasing the experiences of Black writers and scholars associated with critical race theory, reparations, the queer experience, and Black feminism.