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An online surge at Virginia Tech. But what about outcomes?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Justin Ortegas, associate professor of higher education administration and policy and director of the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Florida, asked. That is, the online format may provide students with opportunities to engage. ” Duma is not wrong about students’ desires for flexibility.

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Don't buy in to the myth: college is the real world (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It is time for faculty members—and for all the administrators and campus leaders out there committed to the value of the intellectual mission of higher education—to embrace our existence in the “real world.” Similarly, the lives of faculty members, administrators and staff are far more complicated than the myth.

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Can Video Games Provide Meaningful Learning Experiences?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Engaging, immersive and highly interactive, video games are a $97 billion industry in the United States, making up over 6 percent of all spending on entertainment and media. Whether you like or loathe video games, the fact is that they have become one of the primary ways that many students engage with the past.