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Political tensions erupt at Bakersfield College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The students raised their concerns about the group to the Kern Community College District Board of Trustees in a meeting last month. The group has been criticized by colleagues for holding inflammatory events and making offensive comments on social media. They were invited by Parks, who was presenting the idea.

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The New Generation Gap

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Several weeks ago, Taylor Lorenz, a Washington Post technology columnist blasted those academics, including Jean Twenge and Jonathan Haidt, who attribute increasing rates of teenage depression to the time teenage girls spend on social media.