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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“As of now, we have over 300 applications for next fall from students that have applied for housing,” says Nicholas Hamel, vice president and dean of student services at Central Maine Community College (CMCC). Another 100 more have indicated on their admissions application that they may have interest.

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Should I Disclose Learning Differences on the College Application

Great College Advice

But for some students, it is essential that they disclose their learning difference in the admissions process. A 2007 survey from the Association on Higher Education and Disability reported that just 28% of students with learning disabilities graduate from college. How will this impact your student’s decision?

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How Fly-Ins Impact Diversity in the Michigan Ross BBA Program

EAB

We pay for food, we pay for their transportation from the airport to the airport, so we make sure that they have the really all encompassed, "red carpet experience", if you say so to speak, of what the Ross School of Business and the University of Michigan has to offer. Because all access is geared towards out-of-state students.

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SCOTUS, Affirmative Action, and the Future of University Diversity: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 174 with Host Drumm McNaughton and Guests Thomas Parham and Dilcie Perez

The Change Leader, Inc.

CSU realized early on, however, that Proposition 209 doesn’t prohibit CSU from studying how its system may be failing to fully address the needs of its students, particularly those who may be negatively or disproportionately impacted by race, ethnicity, or gender group. How do we empower it to create new modes of transportation?