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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. Individuals committed to community colleges and the vital role they play in American higher education continue to advocate for the students and the institutions that serve them. Dr. Everrett A.

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American Indian College Fund Receives Near $39 Million for TCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In an attempt to address this disparity, the Lilly Endowment, has announced a five-year, $38,775,000 grant to the American Indian College Fund, the nation’s largest charity for Native higher education. Most receive no money from their home states, and relatively little from the federal government.

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Five ways to help students take smart sustainability actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Higher education professionals have long been concerned with how to raise public awareness about climate change. Given the current political atmosphere, it is not difficult to see why 74 percent of respondents in the Student Voice survey feel the federal government is doing too little to address climate change.

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Is a merger a closure by another name? (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Some in higher education believe that a merged institution will preserve much of what is good of the smaller institution, while closure is merely oblivion. We are recognized by the federal government as both a predominantly Black institution and as a Hispanic-serving institution.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

It was through that work and some inspiring mentorship that I received that I came to appreciate the potential for higher education to be a powerful gateway to economic opportunity in our society. There are so many things going on with the economy and especially with people’s perception of higher education.

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

Buddy4Study

It was founded in 1868 and has managed to stay on top of the higher-education landscape by embracing the entrepreneurial spirit. Freie Universitat Berlin has also been repeatedly selected as one of the best institutes for higher education in Germany. Transport – EUR 94 monthly. in Geophysics. Why Study in Germany?

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Student Loans, College Costs, and Parental Self-Denial

Great College Advice

Regardless of the reasons for the high cost of higher education, the fact is that many, if not most, American parents are in denial about how they will pay these extraordinary costs. And maybe some debt forgiveness from the Federal Government. A recent survey of over 2000 parents by EAB illustrates the problem.