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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Combined with the Apple App Store, which first debuted in 2008 with 500 phone applications, in less than 20 years, technology has revolutionized how the average consumer communicates, entertains themselves, and obtains information. These historical progressions made the relationship between college access and inclusiveness symbiotic.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. Amid the global economic crisis in 2008, Mark says he worried what he would do with his undergraduate degree in history from Tufts University. He later earned a master’s and Ph.D.

Teaching 290
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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, president emeritus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, aptly says, “By understanding human behavior and our values, we develop a moral compass that can guide our decision-making. The current landscape of higher education reflects a persistent focus on financial sustainability and strategic planning.

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. Amid the global economic crisis in 2008, Mark says he worried what he would do with his undergraduate degree in history from Tufts University. He later earned a master’s and Ph.D.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

California State University offers programs such as Chico’s Gradu- ate Equity Fellowship Program to help students explore whether to pursue a doctorate degree. The mission of the Grad Equity Fellowship Program is to provide to students an opportunity to explore the possibility of going on to a Ph.D. The program offers a B.A.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Stress is a natural part of the human condition, and can be performance enhancing at low to moderate levels. This response has had adaptive value over the course of human evolution, when stressors often involved reacting to immediate threats to our survival. Background. Stress, Mental Health and Learning. 2009; Kirmayer et al.,

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To Weather the Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Supporting Student Success

A long-overdue spotlight on equity, diversity and inclusion shining on all of our operations. In 2008, through some fabulous colleagues, I discovered TED Talks, which led me to leadership guru Simon Sinek. Many of us are planning for academic continuity while the debris of the COVID-19 pandemic is swirling around us.