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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. Transportation is a significant issue, and Trent suggested increasing transportation vouchers. Lee said funding needs to be cultivated from hospital systems desirous of building their nursing workforce.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

These findings , from a survey conducted by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse and sponsored by Kaplan, are consistent with research literature on climate anxiety , which is especially prominent among younger adults. More generally, research shows that fear has only limited power in inspiring action. Place climate in a broader context.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

We are recognized by the federal government as both a predominantly Black institution and as a Hispanic-serving institution. In fact, its students will gain from being part of a thriving public research university and they will have access to all its resources. More than 81 percent of our students are people of color.

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

Buddy4Study

Why study in Germany – Germany is home to some of the top-rated universities in the world according to the QS World University Rankings of 2020, which take into account factors like academic and employer reputations as well as research impact. The following is a list of some of the most popular courses they offer: M.Sc. in Astrophysics.

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Student Loans, College Costs, and Parental Self-Denial

Great College Advice

They research colleges without any understanding of how financial aid works, or how rare those scholarships really are. And maybe some debt forgiveness from the Federal Government. Excessive debt is not an opportunity. It is anything but. Student Loan Debt: A Burden Too Big to Ignore. Many parents, sadly, are in denial.

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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.

In his latest podcast episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton talks with two CEW professors who worked on the study, Research Professor of Education and Economics Dr. Zack Mabel and Associate Director of Editorial Policy and Senior Editor/Writer Kathryn Campbell. Zack, you want to go first? Zack Mabel 02:20 Sure.

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New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises

EAB

EAB’s Tara Zirkel is joined by Center for Community College Student Engagement Executive Director Dr. Linda Garcia, as well as Associate Director of Publications, Dr. Courtney Adkins, to discuss new research on student engagement. I'm Tara Zirkel, a Director of Strategic Research at EAB. That goes to research and tools.