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To fight student disengagement, real-world projects can help

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Students cited one clear way professors could make them more interested in the material: by relating it more closely to their future careers. And even if faculty have the contacts, industry professionals rarely have enough time to work with faculty and students, she said.

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Video networking at Grinnell enhances student connections

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Connecting students and alumni can be challenging, especially for a school with a widely dispersed population, but Grinnell College is closing the gap between its graduates and current students by hosting short virtual networking events. Click here to submit. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

After the nearby College of New Rochelle closed in 2019 amid financial woes, Manhattanville hired its dean of nursing and launched its own School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Bogus college website draws warning from North Carolina AG

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The actual King’s College in Charlotte closed in 2018, but there is also a King's College in Pennsylvania and The Kings College in New York City. On LinkedIn, the King’s College profile page has 4,776 followers and has posted an article—of dubious origins—that directly references the actual college closing down.

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Employee Services debuts digital orientation courses for new employees

CU Work-Life Balance

The courses include a navigation menu, glossary of terms and scripted notes as well as closed captioning and screen-reader compatibility for employees with hearing and visual impairments. If you have questions, contact the benefits team at benefits@cu.edu.

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Report: Warnings ignored before U of Ariz. professor killed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” But the Pima County Attorney’s Office decided not to proceed with the charges, UAPD closed the case and “by summer 2022, UAPD had not submitted a criminal report against Dervish to the Pima County Attorney’s Office on behalf of the HAS faculty victims or the female student victim facing ongoing harassment.

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A legal blow to Internet Archive, controlled digital lending

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” In 2020, Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House and Wiley sued the San Francisco–based Internet Archive over its National Emergency Library, which was created when physical libraries closed during COVID-19 lockdowns. “We need people who can write good books and not just hobbyists who write on their weekends.

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