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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government and higher education institutions have fed the public a steady diet of bad enrollment news. Public health concerns increased responsibilities to care for and educate school-aged children and disrupted jobs and industries.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students navigate housing and food insecurity, transportation issues, and other limitations to access. Smith, an associate professor of higher education at University of Cincinnati, said basic needs such as food, housing, and mental health care are critical challenges that community colleges are trying to recognize and address.

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Feds award Bergen Community College $4.5M to grow agriculture education

University Business

The federal government has awarded Bergen Community College a five-year, $4.5 million grant to help contribute to the growth of future food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences (FANH) professionals. The 2023 Feeding the Economy report commissioned by agriculture industry leaders shows that nearly 20% of all U.S.

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Researchers Present Recommendations for Reversing Minority Male Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They also recommended coordinating efforts around student needs, such as food and housing, and suggested establishing industry partnerships with career and technical education programs. Other ideas focused on teachers. Harris said that strategies for making change in states with unfriendly climates was a priority for future work.

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Debunking U.S. History

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Above all, the United States was the only country in which key 19th-century developments—expansion into a frontier region, the shift from various forms of unfree to wage labor, the Industrial Revolution and economic modernization, mass migration and more—took place within a single country’s national boundaries.

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How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

As the United States’ employment needs quickly change, industry and government have a pressing need for more qualified workers. In the United States, for instance, customer service and food service jobs could fall by 4.3 How industry addresses the education of employees. Conclusion.

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Why Study in Germany – Universities, Admission, Tuition Fees, Post-study Work Permit and Work Opportunities

Buddy4Study

They aim to provide a nurturing environment for budding entrepreneurs and industry leaders that may currently be enrolled in the university by actively marketing the inventions of its researchers and students in various high-tech sectors. in Industrial Engineering. Food – EUR 168 monthly. in Bioengineering. in Biology.