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Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness

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Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood. Specifically, we weren’t educated on how to repay them.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

Stephenson is currently the president of Northwest Florida State College, a community college. A tenured community college leader, Stephenson has 15 years of experience serving institutions across Alabama, Missouri and Kentucky, Tampa Bay Times reports. Rebecca Bergman – Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.)

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Are you meeting students’ basic needs?

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Review these 7 aspects of your basic needs strategy before the semester begins Community colleges play a vital role in higher education, offering affordable and accessible pathways to academic and professional success. Collaborations with local food banks, grocery stores, and community organizations can help sustain these programs.

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Education Department faces calls to rescind outsourcing guidance

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The department was particularly interested in outside companies involved with student recruiting and retention, the provision of software products and services involving federal financial aid administration, and the provision of educational content and instruction. 1 after multiple groups expressed concern about the new guidance.

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Funding Research for Tier Two Institutions with NSF: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 165 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan

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25 July · Episode 165 Funding Research for Tier Two Institutions with NSF 37 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Funding research for tier two institutions enables building robust infrastructures, achieving groundbreaking discoveries and expanding STEM. Dr. Panch also discusses NSF’s mission and vision.

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European research universities group: doctoral supervisors should be trained

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The LERU paper says “neglect or violation of good supervision practice requires suitable repercussions,” possibly including temporary loss of the right to supervise, intensified training requirements or loss of funding. ” paraphrasing an African proverb.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But the university’s longtime president, Glenda Glover, alumni and other supporters of the Nashville institution have argued against a proposal that would place the institution under the oversight of the Tennessee Board of Regents, the governing board for 37 technical and community colleges in the state. million, from $5.2