Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

The communications and marketing office began working with institutional research to launch a series of two-way text messaging pilot programs this past fall. “We ended up partnering with a two-way texting vendor who caters to the higher education sector and works with several other community colleges in our state,” she says.

Marketing and Communication Services 96

Marketing and Communication Services Financial Aid Support Services Community College 96

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

“I had a student last week literally ask me why nobody cares,” Finkelstein said. Being a community college student is challenging … You’re juggling work schedules and childcare schedules and arranging your life so that you can be in school. “That was heartbreaking.

Community College 81

Community College Administration Faculty Utilities 81

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

What’s the sitch: RIT offers a variety of services across campus as part of its Academic Success Center, including academic coaching and Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) advisers, among other help. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

Student Affairs 77

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2023

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education.

Food 106

Food Administration Financial Aid Community College 106

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 18, 2023

In response to the union’s request for expanded student mental health resources, the university’s website said it “announced an approved $4.47 million plan to enhance student mental health services and continues to insist that a clause regarding student services does not belong in a faculty employment contract.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 24, 2023

For students to “connect with each other, learn about college success, learn about resources and engage with the community.” ” (TRIO SSS at USD also partners with an orientation program from the university’s Native Student Services.) Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Financial Aid Support Services Food Student Services 97

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

These are social workers in our school of social work who are part of the individual college’s leadership team, who serve as a subclinical counseling coach resource to both students and faculty. And particularly with Native American students, we placed one with our American Indian Student Services Office.

Academic Administration 76

Academic Administration Administration Utilities Faculty 76

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

” Christine Price, program coordinator for the Skills, Training and Education for Personal Success (STEPS) program at Austin Community College in Texas, said she gets phone calls from people wanting to know if STEPS is a “real college” program. Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

Federal Government 106

Federal Government Higher Education Financial Aid Community College 106

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

Veteran and Military Services 91

Veteran and Military Services Financial Aid Bursar Student Affairs 91

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 24, 2023

These are new buildings, single rooms, in a good place,” said Marina Brambilla, deputy rector for education and student services at Milan. “Students need accommodation—this is the first need, and Milan is very, very expensive. Without more accommodation we will have problems,” she said.

Recruitment 75

Recruitment Consulting Student Services Government 75

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

Creating Community. Colleges have been working for years to make transgender and nonbinary students feel comfortable living on campus. Many institutions have established a process for such students to make specific roommate requests; others offer gender-neutral halls, where students of any gender may live together.

Student Housing 70

Student Housing Student Organizations IT Student Services 70

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 3, 2023

But the university’s longtime president, Glenda Glover, alumni and other supporters of the Nashville institution have argued against a proposal that would place the institution under the oversight of the Tennessee Board of Regents, the governing board for 37 technical and community colleges in the state.

Budget and Finance Management 85

Budget and Finance Management Development and Fund Raising Student Housing Management 85

Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 21, 2022

“We are thrilled that Congress provided the $500 increase,” said David Baime, senior vice president for government relations for the American Association of Community Colleges. “It will significantly help low-income students finance community college.” Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

The adopted budget does increase funding for a range of federal higher education programs, including $137 million more for historically underresourced institutions, but it keeps funding flat for the Office of Federal Student Aid. The Biden administration has requested $450 million to expand the research capacity of these institutions. $54

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