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Wrexham [2] - 0 Stoke City - Josh Windass 33'

Wrexham [1] - 0 Stoke City - Josh Windass 31'

Cal State’s new framework promises jobs or grad school path for all students

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Season 7 Episode 6: Building HSI Mindsets: Irvine Valley College’s Training Approach with Dr. Gina Ann Garcia and Martha McDonald and Julie Fagundes Scholl and Rebecca Beck www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast

Episode Description: Emerging into HSI-ness is a powerful construct that we continue to explore in this episode. Irvine Valley College (IVC) is an emerging HSI community college that has been intentionally transforming its campus to better serve Latine/x students without waiting for federal HSI eligibility or Title V funding. The college is already an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), having reached 41% API enrollment and receiving federal funding. In this episode our guests describe their commitment to servingness, equity, and attaining dual-eligibility regardless of the federal government’s attacks on funding. The college developed a comprehensive year-long training series based on the Transforming HSIs for Equity and Justice book and workbook that brought together faculty, classified staff, and administrators to examine institutional policies, practices, and power structures through an equity lens... continued at www.ginaanngarcia.com

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In this episode, the Irvine Valley College team shares their inspiring journey as an emerging HSI, and steps they are taking to champion equity and servingness in higher education. 🌟

Listen to “Building HSI Mindsets: Irvine Valley College’s Training Approach”.

Proposed Department of Education “Professional” Degree Rule Change Sparks Controversy The Department of Education is expected to implement its proposed measures starting July 1.

In letters to policymakers and with petitions, many are concerned that the ripple effect of the "professional" degree rule change could worsen critical workforce shortages in sectors like nursing, derail academic dreams, and cripple access and equity in higher education.

That was cute with respect to Dunk & Egg growing on each other, but with 90% character exposition… that was too short of an episode! #AKOTSK

Student and adviser talking in an office on a college campus.

Student Success | Blending Culture and Safety at Fort Lewis

Fort Lewis College pairs wellness programs and sober housing with culturally grounded support for its largely Native student body. https://bit.ly/4qB2wN7

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

LA is Trojan Town.

Whether you’re a dedicated digger of crates, a touring name in turntablism, or merely a tocadisco-dilettante hoping to start your collection, we can promise you, you’re in the right town.

The full story: lataco.com/best-vinyl-r...

By Hadley Tomicki

Bad Bunny responds to his Super Bowl critics in Spanish, and then English: “And, if you didn’t understand know what I just said, you have four months to learn!”

Bye week grinding.

Rehearsal this morning, Hollywood Bowl tonight.

It’s the first week of school for many—a time that should be filled with joy, not grief.

Those children in Minnesota were at Mass when their lives were stolen.

My heart goes out to all impacted by this act of violence. Gun violence has no place in our schools, our churches, or our communities.

Brown could face $30m loss from ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ and is preparing for layoffs - The Boston Globe Days after reaching a controversial agreement to restore federal research funding, Brown University announces cost-cutting measures to address the financial impact of President Trump’s tax and spendin...

NEW: A week after Brown University reached an agreement with Trump to restore federal funding, school officials say they are anticipating layoffs + other cost-cutting measures to prepare for a $30 million loss to mitigate the impact of the “Big Beautiful Bill.”

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/m...

Signing up for all student discounts and free memberships while I can! These next 3 years will be the last time I ever get to be a student 😳

BREAKING: Shooting at University of New Mexico leaves 1 dead, 1 injured, the suspect on the run

Attorney General Bonta: ICE and CBP Must End Unlawful Practices in Los Angeles Immediately "We won’t be silent. We won’t back down. We will continue to hold the federal government accountable when it violates the Constitution and federal law.”

The actions of ICE and CBP during the raids in Los Angeles are not about safety or justice—they’re about meeting enforcement quotas and striking fear in communities.

We’ve filed a brief supporting a challenge to ICE and CBP’s unlawful practices.

We won’t back down and we won’t be silent.

Nightmare fuel for the next 2-3 business months.

A federal judge on Friday granted Harvard a preliminary injunction, temporarily halting the Trump administration’s withdrawal of its ability to enroll international students while it determines Trump’s entry ban on holders of Harvard-sponsored visas. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

To EVERYONE in the greater Los Angeles area:

Put this number in your phone:
1-888-624-4752

If you see ICE in your community, call this number— LA Rapid Response Network Hotline.

CHIRLA has been around since 1986. It's one of LA's most prominent immigrant rights organization. Hawley is putting at target on it.

Trump's education secretary avoids answering if she knows Ruby Bridges Education Secretary Linda McMahon avoided a direct question asking if she has learned about Ruby Bridges.

The Secretary of Education doesn’t appear to know of Ruby Bridges, a key figure in the history of American school desegregation efforts

Financial Aid Officers Report “Breakdowns” in Federal System Financial aid officers report widespread problems with the federal student aid system after Education Department layoffs, including processing delays they say could affect the current cycle.

Another ‘Breakdown’ in @fafsagov.bsky.social?

Financial aid officers report widespread problems with the federal student aid system after @usedgov.bsky.social layoffs, including processing delays they say could affect the current cycle. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4jaKE7z

People who are immigrants deserve to be treated with compassion and humanity.

Congratulations to the USC Class of 2025 ✌🏽 #fighton

CHRISTEN PRESSSSSSSSS

Thee Sacred Souls taking a stance on stage right now at #coachella 🎤❤️ Let’s hope they don’t cut them off livestream or scrub the recording after the fact.

The colonnaded Widener Library looks out over Tercentenary Theatre at the heart of Harvard’s campus.

Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, the university president announced www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Today's the day! Can't make it to LA for our inspiring conversation with @sunychancellor.bsky.social John B. King at the 46th Pullias Lecture? You're invited to join our livestream at 11:15am PT: takeonedigital.com/USCEvents

@uscrossier.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social, #highered

Sen. Booker just broke the record for the longest floor speech in Senate history—a record set by Strom Thurmond trying to block the Civil Rights Act. The irony ain’t lost on us. From fighting against justice to fighting for it. This is what courage & being on the right side of history looks like!