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Community college resource center takes on male retention

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Image: To increase enrollment and retention of male students, Queensborough Community College in New York is investing in a Male Resource Center, aimed at its smallest populations of Black and Latino men to create equity, President Christine Mangino says. Submit a tip for collecting or working with student success data.

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Gunman Forces UNC to Lock Down for Second Time This Semester

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A man allegedly used a gun to threaten an employee of Alpine Bagel, located in the student union, officials said during a press conference. No shots were fired.

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Our LGBTQ students’ lives and well-being are at risk—here are 5 things campus leaders can do to help

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The LGBTQ+ organization on my college campus met in a secluded area of the basement in our student union, and the only queer space in the community had an unmarked alleyway entrance and blackened windows to protect the identity and safety of its patrons. 72 Community College Outreach Campaign Ideas.

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Campuses as America’s next union battleground. Community colleges failing to fulfill their mission. Campuses struggling with a student mental health crisis. ” We ignore students’ disaffection, alienation, disengagement, and pent-up frustration and anger at our peril. Grave threats to tenure.

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Asbury Revival Spurs Prayer Services at Secular Universities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Students at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green who attended the spontaneous mass event at Asbury held a prayer service that drew several hundred people last Thursday on the National Collegiate Day of Prayer, the final day of the Asbury gathering.

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Syracuse Grad Workers Unionize

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“In the meantime, we remain committed to ensuring a positive, rewarding and successful experience for all our graduate students. Finally, I want to thank our graduate students, union representatives and all members of our community for engaging in a constructive and respectful union election.”

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Johns Hopkins Grad Students Successfully Unionize

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“TRU has been around since 2015, and now we are heading into the next stage of our movement to support grad student workers to do the work we came to JHU to do,” said Andrew Eneim, a graduate worker, in a Wednesday union news release. That release says the university’s Ph.D.