Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

Craig, vice president for student affairs at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), is living proof of the power of community colleges. Since taking on the BMCC position in 2008, she has expanded student affairs services to better support well-rounded learning experiences and remove obstacles to student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Completion rose across institutions for Asian and Native American students but fell for Black and Latinx students at four-year public and private nonprofit institutions. percentage points, the largest gap since 2008. Smith, assistant professor of higher education and student affairs at Auburn University in Alabama. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Craig, vice president for student affairs at BMCC. She’s been with the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) since 1980 and became its vice president for student affairs in 2008. To qualify for the program, students must take at least nine credits, attend academic tutoring to keep their GPAs over 2.0,

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

These six trends will have long-term impacts on how community colleges interact with students and getting ahead of them now will position you for success in the future. Some states, like Washington, California, and Illinois, have implemented policies that require public colleges to assist students with access to basic needs.

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Supporting Student Success

MAY 6, 2021

In 2008, through some fabulous colleagues, I discovered TED Talks, which led me to leadership guru Simon Sinek. In 2008, I was recruited to run a grant with the purpose of connecting adult learners with data to inform their college choices so they didn’t need to depend on marketing hype from lead generation websites.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Additionally, we as educators and student affairs practitioners must deeply engage the voices of learners with marginalized identities, and ensure those voices are guiding our actions to begin to reduce the disparities highlighted in my research above. Within student affairs, representation in programming offered (e.g.

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