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Foundation Awards $116M Grant to LaGuardia Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million to LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens, to create the Cohen Career Collective, a state-of-the-art workforce training center. Kenneth Adams "We are profoundly grateful for this incredible gift from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation," said Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College.

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Community College of Vermont and Hospital Pay Students to Take Classes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Facing a national shortage of early childhood educators , the Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) have teamed up for an innovative solution: paying students to reduce their hours at their jobs in favor of taking more classes. CCV and SVMC anticipate funding 8-10 applicants.

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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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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Roueche Center for Community College Leadership. Today, some of our country’s communities are engaged in conversations about talent pipeline shortages, challenges, and opportunities. Our region has a large healthcare industry with a significantly unmet employment demand exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Program Went On As Planned

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Epps, 72, was taken to Temple University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Even without knowledge of the impossibility of Epps’ recovery because of the certainty of death, the decision to have the event go on as planned reflects the inhumanity Black women face all too often in the academic industrial complex. Dr. Crystal A.

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Nursing Educator Brings Talents and Skills Back to Thriving HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morris Morris’s expertise involves work at several higher ed institutions and medical facilities, where she has held leadership roles including serving as the inaugural department chair for Elon University’s nursing program, dean of health and public safety at Rockingham Community College, and nursing director at Morehead Memorial Hospital.

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Casino project opposed By Hofstra, supported by others

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The community college also is partnering with the developers to serve as a workforce training hub. No deal has been reached involving the Sands giving the college money to support academic or training programs related to hospitality industry jobs, Kornbluth said.