Appointment Of New President Up For Vote Wednesday
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Contra Costa Community College District s governing board is to vote Wednesday on whether a Minnesota administrator will be the new president of Contra Costa College in San Pablo.
Tia Robinson-Cooper, provost and vice president of academic affairs at Inver Hills Community College in Minnesota, would take over from interim college president Damon A. Bell, who also had applied for the position.
The district announced her appointment on Saturday.
Robinson-Cooper holds a bachelor s degree in speech pathology and a doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University, according to the announcement from Contra Costa Community College District.
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The U.S. Public Interest Research Group surveyed more than 5,000 students at over 80 colleges and universities nationwide last fall.
An affordable textbook campaign surveyed more than 5,000 students and showed the cost of textbooks is skyrocketing due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Many students have struggled with the cost of textbooks for years. For economically vulnerable students, the COVID-19 pandemic has made matters much worse.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) surveyed more than 5,000 students at 82 colleges and universities across the nation. They talked about their findings during a webinar Friday.
“Lack of competition in the textbook marketplace and the lack of choice students have in their purchasing decisions has driven the cost of textbooks sky high,” said Affordable Textbooks Campaign Director Cailyn Nagle. “Although that steep climb has leveled off over the past few years, students continue to struggle to afford their materials.
Malik Pittman was the ideal loving uncle.
At 19 and freshly out of high school, the math and computer whiz tutored his niece over Facetime, according to his sister Cydni Howard, 33.
Pittman and his niece shared a love for anime and could spend hours talking about it. My brother was my daughter s best friend, Howard said.
Howard spoke with her brother every day. She often teased him about being his mom because she d helped him finish school.
On Dec. 31, a day after he d gone missing, Howard learned the worst. Her brother was found shot to death in a city she d never heard of Salinas.
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