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Report: Communication Key to Improving Transfer Rate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community colleges have transfer advising and articulation agreements, but these agreements evolve and change. That’s why it’s important to have communication with the student right at the beginning.” Lehman College, a four-year CUNY school, also has a Virtual Transfer Center that community college students can go to for information.

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Alumni Influence to Facilitate Diversity Starts With a One-Dollar Donation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To facilitate and sustain positive changes in the academy, influence and pressure from both internal and external sources are necessary. As potential financial contributors to their alma maters, alumni are in an especially interesting position to advocate for an institutional environment that affirms and supports people of color.

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New Guidebook Offers Best Practices in Suicide Response

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new emergency preparedness guidebook released by the Jed Foundation provides best practices to off-campus student housing managers on how to handle the sudden and tragic loss of a resident in a community.

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Active Minds’ 2023 Emerging Scholars Break Down Mental Health Barriers

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Active Minds is excited to empower our scholars and see how their projects facilitate change and pave the way towards a more inclusive, just society. He studies courses related to communication and education politics and holds a doctorate in applied linguistics from the University of Mindanao, Philippines. Maico Demi B.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Communication is key on how the funding works to benefit students.” The Metro-Wide American Indian Graduation Celebration facilitates conversations between tribal colleges and four-year institutions. The Circle of Indigenous Nations (COIN) at UM provides community, holistic support for students.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These communities of practice should be spaces where student affairs educators at all levels and in all functional areas come together to learn, grow, and problem-solve with other professionals committed to positive personal and institutional transformation. We cannot support people if we do not know what they need.

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Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Recruits develop cognitive skills that facilitate trust, legitimacy, and policing practices. Cultural competence education and training offered at community colleges’ police academies are essential to prepare new officers to communicate across cultures. Positive engagement with community members 4.