Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? ” However, our campuses and our faculty roles have changed dramatically in the last few decades.

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University Business

MARCH 13, 2023

Higher education enrollment at Northeastern schools has collectively fallen into a downward spiral since at least 2017, a phenomenon that has plagued every region since the pandemic, according to National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data. Vermont’s public four-year institutions in fall 2022; however, hit a whopping 12.2%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In Stephanie Land’s brave and important new book CLASS ( a follow-up to her memoir MAID , the basis for an award-winning Netflix series) she explains that even though she knew a college degree was the best chance she and her 6-year-old daughter had of escaping poverty, being deprived of food made it nearly impossible.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 29, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation In an email response to my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? ” David Lewis took me to task for not doing the necessary research to answer the questions posed. Academic libraries are going to change and if you work in them, you will need to grow and change as well.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2023

In the prisons where I work, they’re limited to no more than 10 books total,” she said. They’re always having to make these heartbreaking choices about which books they’re going to get [and which] they’re going to give away.” Faculty are also restricted in the number of materials that they can bring into prisons, as well as what type.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. We attempted to do something for Black faculty and administrators and so Black Issues was started. Although the Omicron variant upended plans much of the winter, by spring, things had settled down.

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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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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2023

In stark contrast to prevailing trends in higher education, colleges and universities have or are boosting their enrollment, retention, and graduation rates by improving their students’ sense of belonging, student support services, student-faculty relationships, and career readiness programs. They believe that college is worth the cost.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

WIMSE participants can also join the WIMSE Society, which offers the Research Experience Program and other service and research opportunities. Denison University—The Homestead Researchers looking for a hands-on approach to ecological sustainability find themselves at home on Denison’s Homestead.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

Grewal, however, faced student, faculty and community backlash for his plans to reformat their library systems into an “all-digital” model that would have eliminated several full-time positions and a huge selection of its books.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

Research shows that students who must incur debt to attend college have lower GPAs, more health issues both before and after graduation, are less likely to buy a house, will get married and have children later in life, are less likely to start a business, and are less entrepreneurial. This addresses only 30% of the problem.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

I Googled the name of my accounting ethics textbook to see what came up and there was Chegg offering answers even to separate questions in my book. 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.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

NEI is intended to be a new class of institution that is different from traditional R1 or R2 research universities. The top tier, the University of California System, would comprise universities that offered advanced degrees and conduct significant research. Ideas for an Affordable New Educational Institution. It gets worse.

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Great College Advice

JUNE 26, 2023

In fact, the graduation rate for STEM majors in liberal arts colleges tends to be quite high–because faculty work hard to ensure that students interested in the sciences actually make it through these difficult majors. Nevermind that the drop-out rate from STEM majors is very high, especially at large universities.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. Notable among these are faculty departures and a discernible decline in academic standards.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Drumm McNaughton discusses the misconceptions and essential roles these institutions have in their communities with Executive Director Dr. Andrew Koricich of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges, a research collaborative and resource hub that has completed the insurmountable task of defining what rural-serving institutions are.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 25, 2023

Staff and faculty discuss these interviews and what interviewers are looking for, and they perform practice interviews. and post-doctoral research contracts at the University of Nottingham. We know from research that a single intervention doesn’t do a great deal of good to raise grades. This is a free online program.

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