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The Missed Opportunity: Student Affairs and Human Resources Collaboration to [Re]engage College Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jonelle Knox When I reviewed the question posed to me about [re]engaging the college community, I started thinking about a missed opportunity that many colleges and university leaders are not taking advantage of; the collaboration of student affairs and human resources to create [re]engagement activities.

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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. This effort is one of several seed investment programs by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS).to

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Sacred Heart University Partners with School District to Help Diversify Teaching Profession

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The partnership between Sacred Heart University’s Farrington College of Education & Human Development and Stamford Public Schools will be laser-focused on identifying and recruiting local talent to ensure that classrooms are led by teachers who better represent the families and the children they serve. We are not stopping with Stamford.

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NIH Grant to Study Infertility, Health Among Women of Mexican Heritage

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She is collaborating with Dr. Dalia Stern of the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública to lead the study. “We Farland has been collaborating with the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública since 2016, including using data from the Mexican Teachers’ Cohort study.

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When Education Fails to Align with the Workforce

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As community colleges are often resource-strapped, collaborating with neighbor institutions allows for each to offer different specializations that fit the workforce needs of the area. “If While institutions may be keen to separate themselves and stand out, this report suggests a solution that runs counter to the idea of competition.

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Young to Head-up FAMU Center for African and African American Studies

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Darius Young Young is a history professor at the FAMU College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. Darius Young is a transformational leader, thought partner, and historian.

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Leger Fernández Introduces Campus Prevention, Recovery Services Legislation

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The bill, which promotes evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies on college campuses, encourages integration and collaboration in campus-based health services to address substance use and mental health. Addiction is painful for everyone involved,” said Leger Fernández. Families suffer when we lose loved ones to overdose.