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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. It’s quite plausible that hundreds of such messages could be directed to the institutional leadership.

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Self-Aware Leadership

Steve Keating

That’s why self-awareness is a crucial attribute for effective leadership. They are attentive to their communication style. By being aware of their own communication patterns, leaders can ensure that their messages are clear, respectful, and well-received. Self-awareness is a key part of Emotional Intelligence.

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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. Dr. Margaretta B.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In May 2018, COD’s board of trustees approved a $1 million investment to support a diverse group of 23 faculty and administrators to participate in Kansas State University’s (KSU) doctoral Community College Leadership Program (CCLP), the first cohort known colloquially as the CCLP Roadrunner cohort. in community college leadership.

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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. Keisha Lewars 3. We cannot support people if we do not know what they need.

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Fierce Advocate for Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The radio/television gives me the ability to speak, write, and communicate in a way so that people understand and feel what I believe,” says Walker-Griffea. I’m a great facilitator. That’s one of my top leadership skills. She was intent MCC would not fail under her leadership, and she succeeded. “I

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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.