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What is The Future of RAs? The Lingering Effects of COVID-19

Roompact

This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RA role?” Guest Post by Sam Ferrigino, Professional Staff Member, UMBC In years past, the RA role has been an indispensable touchpoint for residential college students as they navigate the policies and procedures of living on a college campus.

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Mis-advice to young academics on journal submissions (letter)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: I read with great consternation Wayne Journell’s out-of-date and unrealistically idealist “advice on academic journal submissions,” Feb. 3, 2023. I assume that he means “advice to authors.” His intended audience is not clear, whether authors or editors, or graduate students, recent Ph.D.s, or more experienced academics.

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10 Valentine’s Day Traditions Around the World

AIFS Abroad

Valentine’s Day is celebrated around the world to express our love and affection for the special people in our lives. Although the holiday originated in Europe, its sentiment has spread to other countries, many with their own unique customs and traditions. Let’s take a look at some interesting Valentine’s Day traditions from around the world: Czech Republic While some younger folks are starting to exchange gifts on February 14, traditionally the Czech Republic celebrates its “Day of Love”

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Have Academic Library Staffing Numbers Really Declined That Much Over the Past Decade?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Learning Innovation The first draft of this blog post was written before I published a post on 1/22 titled How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? That initial post generated some strong reactions on Twitter, both positive and negative - and many emails. My understanding of the critiques of that original post (critiques that I welcome) were that: A.

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Budget plan details teacher apprenticeship reducing college requirements - Anne Geggis, Florida Politics

Ray Schroeder

Those with an associate degree would spend two years under a teacher's mentorship before being fully certified. Specifics for reducing the amount of college needed to become a public schoolteacher was part of the Gov. Ron DeSantis budget released Wednesday. The Governor announced the Teacher Apprenticeship Program in August as one way to open new avenues for filling classroom vacancies.

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Is DeSantis Right or Wrong?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Leadership in Higher Education In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies in the Florida legislature have launched a major effort to create a more conservative state higher education system. That effort will almost certainly evolve over time, but the basic elements are clear. A major reduction, perhaps a complete ban, on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts run by human resources and student affairs staff; creation of centers offering undergraduate education in the western intelle

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FLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEM PRESIDENTS REJECT ‘WOKE’ DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION (DEI), CRITICAL RACE THEORY IDEOLOGIES AND EMBRACE ACADEMIC FREEDOM- Florida Department of Education

Ray Schroeder

Today, the Florida College System (FCS) presidents publicly supported Governor Ron DeSantis’ vision of higher education, one free from indoctrination, an environment open to the pursuit of truth and the cultivation of intellectual autonomy for all students. The FCS presidents released a joint statement at Florida’s State Board of Education meeting that rejects the progressivist higher education indoctrination agenda, and commits to removing all woke positions and ideologies by February 1, 2023.

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