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CCS Director of Campaigns and Major Gifts Selected for Detroit Regional Chamber’s Leadership Detroit 44

College for Creative Study

As part of Leadership Detroit 44, Thomas will join nearly 75 executives across Southeast Michigan, representing a cross-section of the community, including business, organized labor, government, education, media, civic groups, health services and community organizations.

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Top Retention Strategies for Diverse Modern Learners

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

By creating and nurturing students’ relationships with both faculty and staff members, institutions create dynamic systems that can adapt to meet different students’ cultures, needs, and backgrounds. Mental health services. Offer child care, transportation, and other assistance.

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Dominican University VP builds hope for first-gen students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

We send a brief survey to learn more about social determinants of their well-being, such as housing insecurity, transportation and financial distress. For example, NowPow helps commuting students tap into community-based resources within walking distance of their homes, such as food pantries and mental health services.

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Depression on College Campuses conference: Insights and actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As a clinical psychologist, research scientist and educator specializing in self-criticism and self-compassion, as well as an adjunct faculty member at Seattle University and at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, I recently attended the Depression on College Campuses conference for the first time. “what do you need?”).

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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.

Part of the symposium’s goal was not just to pay attention to the legacy of Juneteenth but to listen to the experiences of Black students, faculty, and staff. The report invites CSU to acknowledge that there is a gap between the system’s aspiration of providing Black equality for students, faculty, and staff and actualizing it.