Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 6, 2023

KWU’s student success coaching program gives students a personal connection to library resources and its personnel, which in turn boosts retention, says student success center director JD Koons. Each coach is affiliated with one of KWU’s majors. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

At Queens College, part of the City University of New York, a faculty member has teamed up with two students—one of them neurodivergent herself—to create a virtual resource hub for supporting neurodivergent students. When faculty and staff are supported, they can do a better job of supporting students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 6, 2023

Charles, an expert in constitutional law, election law, and race who joined the Harvard Law faculty in July 2021, currently serves as the inaugural Charles J. Last fall, the Ogletree family donated papers from Ogletree’s career to the Harvard Law School Library, which will make them available on a rolling basis over the next 3 years.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 13, 2023

In addition to Decatur at the Museum of Natural History, Daniel Weiss at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Tony Marx at the New York Public Library; Karen Lawrence at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in California; and Dan Porterfield at the Aspen Institute all served as liberal arts college presidents.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

This spring, I get to teach my PhD class in higher education finance again—the eighth time that I have taught it in my eleven-year faculty career. I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. Friedman, J. link ) Ward, J. Clayton, A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2023

Faculty are also restricted in the number of materials that they can bring into prisons, as well as what type. There’s no reason why newspaper articles about a drug bust should be kept from somebody who was writing a paper about it.” It becomes a normal thing, just like a law library,” he said. “I

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Nicholas -- better known as The Night Before Christmas -- an enchanted storybook tells viewers the story of JMU's finals week, from students chugging coffee in the library to a sleek wheeled robot delivering food. #2 In JMU's loose parody of A Visit from St. 2 -- Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: Against the backdrop of headlines blaring news about declining community college enrollments, one bright spot has emerged: community college students, faculty and administrators are broadly aligned in their enthusiasm for the digital transformation that has occurred at their institutions since the start of the pandemic.

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Dr. Al Solano

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The focus of the episode is her article, Recap: What Instructors Need to Know When Working with Neurodivergent Students (Scroll down to access the transcript.) Faculty should assume that the students who do have formal accommodations have jumped through so many hoops to get them, and these accommodations are not giving them a leg up.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: Last week, Vermont State University announced plans for an “all-digital” academic library when the new institution, formed from the consolidation of three colleges, officially launches on July 1. “What we heard was that they need and want access to library resources where they are, whether on or off campus.”

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 16, 2024

Nationwide, liberal arts colleges average 11 students per faculty member. You might share articles on topics of shared interest. Faculty incentives are different in liberal arts college than in major research universities. Thus the faculty who teach at liberal arts colleges also value teaching–and they hone their craft.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

Eliminating those factors allows for more socializing with peers, leadership experiences, faculty mentorship and academic excellence. Students who move on campus because of the fund are more involved in campus activities, utilize more campus facilities like the library and more often take on leadership roles in student organizations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The faculty and staff overseeing EPW know each student personally. “I Developing individual supports for each student.” “It is estimated that over 7 million people speak Spanish in Texas,” says Rueda-Acedo, who from 2005–13 was the sole faculty member. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

They outlined their concerns about the& lack of transparency and communication with the program's students and adjunct faculty -- who were only told about the admissions pause after the email went out to students. This approach will also tap into the expertise of the talented faculty in our other programs."

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Faculty and other guests will host weekly Homestead seminar sessions for discussions relevant to the Homestead. Cabin Bob also boasts a Homestead library, with books related to Homesteaders’ lives and interests as well as a study space, adding another academic dimension to the living-learning community.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MAY 12, 2022

Upon returning to whole group instruction, the faculty can share each group's Jamboard and encourage students to make observations, connections, or expand upon their peers' work. In this article, we examined strategies that foster collaboration and community in virtual environments. Strategy 4: Jigsaw. References: Buck, S. Farrell, O.

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Top 10 benefits of cloud-based Library Management Software. The increasing advancement of cutting-edge technologies such as cloud, mobile, digital, and analytics have transformed the way libraries offer many services. It’s the time of Library Management Software. What is cloud-based Library Management Software?

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 16, 2024

[Editor's note: This article first appeared at the Kelchen on Education blog.] This spring, I get to teach my PhD class in higher education finance again—the eighth time that I have taught it in my eleven-year faculty career. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48(3), Article 4. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 51(2), Article 2.

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Great College Advice

JULY 26, 2023

So, in this article, I’m going to cover the do’s and don’ts of writing a great response to the “Why our college?” So if you find yourself at a loss to come up with solid, rational reasons, perhaps have a look at this article about how to choose a college based on such criteria. Students seem to fall into the same “traps” every time.

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Top 10 benefits of cloud-based Library Management Software. The increasing advancement of cutting-edge technologies such as cloud, mobile, digital, and analytics have transformed the way libraries offer many services. It’s the time of Library Management Software. What is cloud-based Library Management Software?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Perhaps the following conversation between Anita Casavantes Bradford and Steven Mintz about how R-1s can support their faculty to find fulfillment in meaningful research and as transformative teachers and mentors can suggest some answers. ” However, our campuses and our faculty roles have changed dramatically in the last few decades.

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Higher Ed Connects: Technology

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In 1999, THE Journal published an article about virtual reality (VR) in education. Now, 20 years after that breathless article, VR technology is finally catching up with its promise. What can administrators do to encourage the use of VR on campus, and what policies should they be thinking of to keep their students and faculty safe?

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Higher Ed Connects: Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This article will delve into the true experience of VR and its transformation to higher education institutions today through the following components: What to consider before applying VR. While 18% of U.S. The expected increase is derived from the demand to use it in institutions amid improving VR technology and its falling costs. .

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Higher Ed Connects: News

AUGUST 28, 2019

This article originally appeared on Inside Higher Ed on August 5, 2019. students who are no longer are attracted to faculty careers are still interested in working in higher education. You can find other positions in research centers that have affiliated faculty and visiting scholars.

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Academic Librarian

MARCH 28, 2018

Certainly professors are higher in the academic hierarchy than librarians (I’m skipping the faculty librarian debate). I love teaching, even the academic grunt work of teaching writing, and most of my years as a librarian I’ve also taught either in a writing program or in a library school. Here I fair moderately at best.

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Higher Ed Connects: Ethics

DECEMBER 15, 2019

This article looks at the following facets of this topic: The honor code tradition. But unlike those of past centuries, he says today’s codes are more of a partnership between students, faculty and staff; one that he believes “is more likely to be what honor codes of the future look like.”. Is an honor code still relevant?

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Campus Groups

MAY 31, 2022

In this article, we explore 16 of our favorite college orientation ideas, activities, and icebreakers to help incoming students get to know each other! Create clues for must-visit places on campus such as the library, student center, gym, health center, bookstore, advising center, and other important buildings to know. Request a demo.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

But now, instead of meeting at the library like most students did before the pandemic, students can collaborate on group chats and email each other the material. articles, Wikipedia, YouTube) for a paper, project, homework or other assignments. The lines have also been blurred between collaboration and cheating.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 29, 2023

What it includes: The Family Study Room, located in the college’s library, has computers, whiteboards, comfy seats, a TV, a DVD player, an interactive touch-screen table, age-appropriate books, games, magazines and more. I remember taking my daughter to the library with no support.”

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

His work has been published in numerous journal articles, book chapters, and research reports, and featured in a range of media outlets, including Politico, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and The Daily Yonder. They said that they’re not going to have any physical libraries. Faculty don’t like it.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: The reaction was swift when an anonymous student wrote “Black people suck” on a library whiteboard at American University in February. Bennett said that the university’s investigation of the library whiteboard incident has been resolved and the person behind it identified. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Tutoring, library resources, academic advising and career services are smushed together, and counseling, disability services, medical centers and student care teams are sharing space more than ever before. ” Seeking student success program stories from campus leaders, faculty members and staff. Share here.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 14, 2023

Meanwhile, the number of female faculty, senior faculty, and administrators constantly fails to reflect the steady rise of female students over the past 25 years. To reach 50/50 representation in faculty, ensure that the language in job descriptions reflects words and meanings that appeal to both men and women.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Arkansas’s Henderson State cut its faculty and staff from 330 to 230. New Jersey City University will close 48 undergraduate programs, 24 minors, 28 graduate programs, 10 certificate programs and one doctoral program and eliminate up to 30 tenured and 19 nontenured faculty positions. Not that I could see.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 28, 2023

The higher education sector seems fraught for every employee these days—faculty, staff and administrators alike. A faculty member bought themselves a car with grant funds. The library is shut down for four years due to asbestos abatement. Blog: Just Explain It to Me! Leaving your institution can be a challenging prospect.

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EAB

MAY 1, 2023

Case in point Share the data, good and bad, in an open forum like a faculty meeting or training. Other steps include a resource library with a documented data request workflow, and/or removing sensitive information or PII from reports or dashboards unless it is required.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Nearly 75% of faculty in higher education are precarious workers, more like restaurant and hospitality workers, gig performers, contract healthcare workers, and delivery drivers than the tenured professor. They are likely to have to apply for a new campus parking permit or library card every semester.

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