Coordinates: 37°47′38″N 122°15′32″W / 37.79389°N 122.25889°W / 37.79389; -122.25889The Peralta Community College District is the community college district serving northern Alameda County, California. The district operates four community colleges: Berkeley City College, Laney College and Merritt College in Oakland, and College of Alameda. From 1968 to 1988, non-contiguous Plumas County was part of the district, and Feather River College was operated by the district. Plumas County and Feather River College are now part of the Feather River Community College District. Although the district is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, it was placed on probation in early 2020 for severe financial problems.
Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs) serve the breadth and diversity of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) students by developing culturally engaging programs, services, and interventions. This case study focuses on how one public 2-year AANAPISI enacted programs to serve recent immigrants in an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program, including a novel embedded counseling intervention where counselors visited the same ESOL classrooms several times throughout the semester. We draw upon classroom documentation, student survey data, and interviews with students, faculty, and counselors to understand the challenges reported by students in ESOL programs and to explore how the institution marshaled resources and targeted supports to specifically serve newcomer immigrants and English learner students. ESOL students faced academic and linguistic insecurities, had gaps in college knowledge, and expressed a lack of connectedness to campus. Embedded counseling was a structure that served these students by directly responding to student needs and cultivating relationships between students and key campus staff, thereby fulfilling both the AANAPISI and community college missions of the institution.
Este trabajo examina la violencia asociada a la conflictividad socioambiental en contextos de megaminería en el continente americano. A través de un análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo de fuentes secundarias, identificamos 372 conflictos en todo el continente, lo que representa 65% de los conflictos mineros a nivel global. Además, 90% de los casos documentados ocurren en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Nuestros hallazgos revelan una asociación estadísticamente significativa, con 99% de confianza, entre la presencia de pueblos indígenas en la resistencia a proyectos megamineros y una mayor incidencia de criminalización, represión y asesinato, destacando cómo la megaminería amenaza principalmente a territorios rurales. Este estudio aporta a la comprensión de las dinámicas de poder en la conflictividad socioambiental, subrayando la urgencia de reimaginar nuestras sociedades hacia modelos que prioricen la justicia social y ambiental.
The California Community College (CCC), the largest system of higher education and provider of workforce training in the nation, serves approximately 2.1 million students across its 116 campuses. CCCs work to reduce barriers to academic success by providing mental health services (MHS). However, CCCs provide MHS on a short-term model because of limited staffing and high demand with most campuses placing a restriction of six to eight sessions per academic term. A referral list of local agencies is typically provided for students who need continued care, though students often do not know how to explore options or navigate their health insurance benefits. During the 2020-2021 academic year, an MH navigator program was piloted at four community colleges in a San Francisco Bay Area county. Participants included 10 students with academic/career interests in social work, nursing, and the social sciences. Fall Semester 2020 focused on increasing students’ knowledge on mental health topics, while Spring Semester 2021 focused on experiential learning through case management of student clients. The navigator pilot program showed promising results with navigators gaining practical experience and exposure to mental health careers while assisting their peers from campus-based to community-based care. Future efforts will focus on cultivating stronger relationships between navigators and MH liaisons. Doing so will help staff develop greater familiarity of the navigator’s role, thus ensuring an increase in usage of its services and allowing the student–client a smoother transitioning experience from campus-based to community-based care.
