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Dr. George Timmons Appointed President of Holyoke Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

George Timmons will become president of Holyoke Community College, pending approval of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, MassLive reported. Dr. George Timmons Timmons is currently provost and senior vice president of academic and student affairs at Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC).

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Study Shows Limit to Benefits of Online Classes for Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is particularly true of community college students, who are more likely than others to have jobs and family commitments that make coming to a campus tough. In a recent report by Bay View Analytics , 94% of community college students gave their online courses a passing grade, and 58% expressed a desire for more.

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Transfer Students Need Support from Both Two and Four Year Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two new reports and an online dashboard from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, are part of an ambitious effort to tell the story of transfer students. One report was designed for community college leaders to read — the other was for four-year institutional leaders.

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Dr. Amy Bosley Appointed President of Northwest Vista College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bosley will take the helm as the school leads into a new five-year strategic plan and the Excelencia in Education framework. “We Her experience of advancing innovative practices in student access and completion will further the goals of Northwest Vista College and the Alamo Colleges.”

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New Report A Mixed Bag on Student Engagement with Online Learning

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These findings were not surprising to Dr. Susan Bickerstaff, a senior research associate at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. Trying to figure out how to have the feeling of connection between student and faculty member and between students, I think it’s just really hard,” she said.

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Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 2: The Updated Board Duties

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this second post of our five-part series on Embracing a New Higher Education Governance Model , we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today.

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Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The hostile takeover of public higher education in Florida continues, as seen in the latest higher education bill introduced in the state’s House of Representatives. Florida looked to a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Garcetti v.