Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

There is the possibility of increasing enrollment with high-demand programs like nursing and other areas of healthcare, said Lee, but such programs are costly in order to ensure adequate skills labs and faculty. Lee said funding needs to be cultivated from hospital systems desirous of building their nursing workforce.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

This continues after graduation when students attending four-year institutions mentor second-year EPW students. Wright College, part of the City Colleges of Chicago, is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Giving Tuesday launched in the United States in 2012 after beginning as an idea in 2011 from the Chicago nonprofit Mary-Arrchie Theater Company. Children’s Literacy Initiative: The Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) helps to ensure that low-income students are able to read at or above their grade level.

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EAB

MAY 23, 2023

DG: And so CCSSE's mission, which really supports that story that I just told, we're here to deliver those aha moments about the student experience based on insights that matter to the community college. There are things like active and collaborative learning, student faculty interactions, student effort, support for learners and so on.

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