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Why a college president wears Chuck Taylors (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

We’ve worked to complete nearly $118 million in upgrades and new construction on campus while also obtaining more than $250 million for additional construction and student success programs. Keith Curry is the president and chief executive officer of Compton Community College District.

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Higher ed needs more grit (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

And yet, this fall the University of Utah admitted a record class of first-year students for the third year in row. Editorial Tags: Flagship publics Research universities Image Source: PeterHermesFurian/iStock/Getty Images Plus Is this diversity newsletter?: There’s nothing more relevant than that.

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New Vanderbilt housing requires income students don't make

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Schaaf’s struggle to find decent housing on a graduate student stipend is unusual neither for Vanderbilt’s graduate students nor for graduate students in cities across the United States.

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Trans student housing gains popularity and demand

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Editorial Tags: Student life Image Source: Jay Barrett Image Caption: Jay Barrett (left) and Gwyneth Cole (right), two of the leaders of Open Pages, Ithaca’s residential floor for trans and nonbinary students. “I think about it like a spiderweb, where you pluck it one place and it sends vibrations out.”

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A small college is failing. Is a rich Canadian to blame?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Some faculty members thought the purchase of DeVos Hall, which had previously served as student housing but is not currently occupied, would open the door for the institution to eventually develop its own campus; now they worry that Chung will scoop the building up for pennies on the dollar. and Canada.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: An enrollment surge at Tennessee State University combined with a lack of student housing led to a scathing comptroller’s report calling for a change in the historically Black university’s leadership. million in institutional plant fund reserves and the rest from student housing fees, according to the report.