New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.ABSTRACT California's Assembly Bill 91 (AB‐91), passed in 2023 and effective Fall 2024, authorizes nine community colleges in the San Diego and Imperial Counties region to waive nonresident tuition for low‐income Mexican national students residing within forty‐five miles of the U.S.‐Mexico border.
Jada S. Sims, Antonio Estrella Vega
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Inadequate last-mile pharmaceutical waste management is a neglected threat to environmental and public health: a call to action. [PDF]
BMJ Glob HealthRavinetto R +11 more
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Guided Toward Equity: Communities of Practice and Organizational Change in Community Colleges
New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although community colleges advance equity by providing opportunities for marginalized students to pursue higher education, barriers to earning credentials remain, particularly for students of color. Higher education stakeholders are investing in “equity work” as organizations take responsibility for ensuring equitable outcomes.
Karin Yndestad +2 more
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Reaching the last mile with ivermectin mass drug administration against onchocerciasis: The case of Kwanware-Ottou persistent transmission focus in the Wenchi health district of Ghana. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop DisNditanchou R +14 more
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Supporting Student Veterans in Community Colleges
New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores student veteran services in community colleges, focusing on policies, programs, and best practices that support academic, social‐psychological, and career success. Grounded in an asset‐based approach, the authors identify distinctive characteristics of community college student veterans and highlight culturally affirming ...
Carrie Carter, Jae Hoon Lim
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Restricted insecticide application: a last mile control option for elimination of acute sleeping sickness and progressive control of African animal trypanosomiasis in South-Eastern Uganda. [PDF]
BMC Vet ResMuhanguzi D +12 more
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Counselor Education and Supervision, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite growing enrollment of international students in counseling programs, existing research has predominantly emphasized their challenges and adjustment difficulties, with limited attention to their cultural strengths. This critical narrative inquiry study examined how nine international counseling students of color (ICSC) in master's ...
Yu Pan +3 more
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The Last Mile in Beta-Cell Replacement Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes: Time to Grow Up. [PDF]
Transpl IntPiemonti L.
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT ESG practices offer various benefits for family firms; however, there has been limited focus on how these practices can specifically advantage the owning family. To address this gap, we conduct a multiple‐case study of six Italian family firms.
Rafaela Gjergji +4 more
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Reaching the "Last Mile": describing community clinics implemented to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Peel region, Canada. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthSo J +10 more
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