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Study Finds that Promise Program Still Leaves Racial Gaps

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The research, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education , focused on participants in the first such program, the Kalamazoo Promise. The silver lining of these two big decisions is that there’s a lot of attention to inequality in higher education,” she said. “I

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DOMINIQUE HARRISON

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and master’s in adult education specializing in higher education from A&T. Harrison served as director of undergraduate recruitment and admissions.

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ANNA MIARKA-GRZELAK

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Miarka-Grzelak earned a master’s degree in English philology from the University of Warsaw and a master’s in adult education from Indiana University. Anna Miarka-Grzelak has been named vice president for strategic enrollment and innovation at the State University of New York Cobleskill.

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SYBIL NEWMAN

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Newman holds a bachelor’s degree in in professional speech, theatre arts, and broadcast communication and a master’s in leadership studies and adult education from North Carolina A&T University. She served as interim director of the GTCC Foundation.

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PATRENA BENTON ELLIOTT

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Elliott earned a bachelor's degree in communication studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master's in adult education from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, and a Doctor of Philosophy in leadership studies at N.C. A&T.

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KHRYSTYNA SANBORN

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Khrystyna Sanborn Khrystyna Sanborn has been appointed dean of adult education at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. Sanborn served as associate dean and then interim dean at the college. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kyiv National University in Ukraine.

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Alabama Community Colleges See Highest Enrollments in a Decade

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Baker More than 170,000 residents enrolled in academic courses or registered for adult education and workforce training during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Alabama Community College System (ACCS). Nearly 123,000 of those residents were part of credit-based programs, a 6.2%