Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2023

University of Illinois at Chicago’s faculty strike is over, just before its second week was to start. The university and the union, UIC United Faculty, each announced the strike’s end and a tentative agreement early Monday morning. Stronger job protections for non-tenure track faculty[.] And more…!”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. noa’s Native Hawaiian population has grown tremendously since the 1990s, and doubled between 2007 and 2020, thanks to deliberate efforts to recruit and retain these students, said Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

Previously, he was vice president for business, administrative, and student services, COO, and chief student services officer at North Central State College (NCSC); and director of academic financial planning & management at Central State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For institutions looking to measure their DEI efforts, the tool of choice has typically been campus climate assessments, surveys of groups like faculty or students that provide an aggregate picture of the impact of a college’s endeavors. The instrument also revealed that some basic DEI practices were less common.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

After he graduated from UC Santa Cruz, Curry landed a job at University of California Irvine’s Center for Educational Partnerships, doing outreach at Compton Unified School District, helping students go to college. We need to be more intentional at saying, ‘This is our major; how does this major connect to a job?’

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 16, 2023

16 May · Episode 155 Tailoring Student Services to Create Career-Ready Graduates 36 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Hear how Villanova University is creating career-ready graduates with approximately 94% of students being accepted into internships. This culture is also instilled at the faculty level.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Queensborough Community College's MRC describes itself as a one-stop student services center where male students from all disciplines can come together to interact, learn, grow, and build successful traits toward their personal and professional goals. If they wish, they can indicate what services they would consider beneficial.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 18, 2023

Image: University of Illinois at Chicago faculty members began striking Tuesday after their union said 12 hours of negotiations with administrators on Martin Luther King Jr. when they passed us a counter that indicated that they had no interest in resolving our differences,” the union, UIC United Faculty, wrote on its website.

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The Scholarly Teacher

APRIL 27, 2022

Key statement: This post offers suggestions about ways faculty can improve student learning experiences at MSIs with small changes to classroom practices. Introduction Minority-Serving (MSIs) enroll high percentages of students facing systemic barriers to higher education access. Briwa , Angelo State University.

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Campus Sonar

APRIL 17, 2024

Campus leaders need to thoroughly assess, streamline, and reprioritize these efforts to ensure all students are aware of and have access to support services and preparation resources and that the teams doing the work can collaborate efficiently and effectively. How is your campus preparing students for graduation and beyond?

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EAB

JUNE 27, 2023

As my colleague Lilia explained , nursing programs struggle to recruit and retain faculty due to the sizeable pay gap between academic and practitioner roles, high retirement rates among existing faculty, and a poor student understanding of the faculty role, which makes it unlikely that current students will pursue educator careers.

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Dr. Al Solano

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For example, the faculty member who has had low expectations of students can adopt higher expectations if the faculty learns how to successfully teach toward that expectation, then sees student progress.[2] First consider this notion. Change in attitudes follows or accompanies gradual change in behavior.

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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.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Picture this: You have a broad mix of faculty, staff, students, service providers, collaborators and visitors interacting with the school networks and data. At the same time, employee and student databases related to English and aerospace engineering specialists must be similarly protected.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

Community college leaders, faculty and staff involved in the pilot cited significant evidence of success, including greater numbers of students completing targeted gateway courses and higher grades within specific courses.

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NACADA

AUGUST 31, 2022

Sally is the Director of Student Services at the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon, and Patricia is an Academic Planning Specialist for the Faculty of Science at Ontario Tech University. We are the co-chairs of the Service Project sub-committee. We are Sally Garner and Patricia MacMillan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

It’s that kind of thinking that exemplifies a “spirit of excellence” in her work, said Dr. Titilayo Evans, director of student services in the School of Nursing at NC A&T and a longtime colleague of Morris. “You cannot separate who a person is from managing their healthcare effectively."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As vice president of student affairs, Carter reports directly to CGU President Dr. Len Jessup and the Board of Trustees. She is involved in myriad school matters including campus life, international students services, disability services, the Clery Act, and financial aid as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Use phrases to show support like “regardless of immigration status,” “students with or without work authorization,” and “undocumented students (with or without DACA).” Provide holistic student services. Target undocumented students through specific on-campus programs and services.

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University Business

DECEMBER 8, 2023

. “I would encourage you to stay encouraged, continue the good fight and do this incredible work,” said Davida Haywood, vice president of student affairs at Johnson C. Haywood was joined by Lake Tahoe Community College’s Michelle Batista, vice president of student services.

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Dr. Al Solano

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It's also known as assessing student learning. Yet, many faculty continue to use antiquated grading policies they experienced as students that they, in turn, pass on to their students. Sadly, the immediate response tends to be, "The faculty with low success rates must consistently have a weak batch of students."

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University Business

JUNE 16, 2023

“The University’s mission to improve educational outcomes and leverage the talents of historically underserved student populations mirrors my own personal and professional mission, and I am eager to join the dedicated faculty and staff of A&M-San Antonio in that important work,” Ochoa said in a formal statement.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 15, 2023

News college rankings often point out that much of the data used to compile the rankings is provided by “experts” who range from high school guidance counselors to admissions counselors and faculty members at various higher education institutions. The problem?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

The meeting came after months—and some say years—of complaints from students, faculty and staff members about overly chilly classrooms caused by aging or broken heating systems. “I had a student last week literally ask me why nobody cares,” Finkelstein said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Creating MEGA What emerged from the taskforce planning was the Male Enrollment and Graduation Alliance (MEGA), an ambitious wrap-around initiative designed to strengthen the high school-to-college pipeline and to provide a platform for current male college students of color to engage with each other, faculty, and staff.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 22, 2023

” Imposing fixed time bands is ultimately a political decision that requires input from deans, department chairs and, in most cases, the faculty senate. Problem 2: The MWF Problem Most faculty members prefer to teach two days a week, but historically those who teach on Mondays must teach three days a week.

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Creatrix Campus

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The council has also worked to attract international faculty and students to Qatar and to encourage collaboration between local and international universities. In addition, the SEC has been instrumental in promoting academic excellence, fostering research and innovation, and providing students with a range of educational opportunities.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They also provided more hands-on training for faculty and students to spur wider adoption of the Navigate student success platform and improve communication during the registration process. Our special guest today is Heather Speed, vice president for Student Success at Pueblo Community College.

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University Business

JUNE 5, 2023

While some institutions have launched innovative approaches to enrollment, aligned academic programs to skills needs and boosted faculty recruiting and retention strategies, many others are far behind. Institutions must bring the same focus and science they place on enrollment management and student success to the employee side.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JANUARY 29, 2024

Interdisciplinary Influences, exploring interdisciplinary influences on assessment with the potential for faculty collaboration and/or interdisciplinary theory-testing. Inclusive Assessment, identifying how the field does/does not address diverse needs of students, such as those with accessibility or language barriers. & Spears, B.

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Blackboard Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2022

The past few years have seen a complete shift in not only the delivery of higher education courses, but also student services. This has been notably hard for students, as well as faculty and staff members. On average, our Tier 1 solutions can handle 85% of incoming questions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

A group of students from the Community College of Baltimore County set out to answer such questions and pull back the curtain on higher education for students through their podcast. A secondary consequence of the project is the two students’ desire for change in higher education.

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Dr. Al Solano

APRIL 30, 2023

Leadership includes the academic senate president and influential faculty and classified professionals. I've seen time and time again that the standard academic or student services deans and vice presidents struggle mightily to shoulder the work. The work never ends to improve the student experience. increase revenue). -

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SRHE

MARCH 6, 2024

Staff and students are taking part in interviews and focus groups to explore the wider contextual issues associated with feelings of pressure relating to personal, professional, academic and societal influences in the post pandemic context. Experience of External Examining and Peer Reviewing.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

I’m not referring here to faculty salaries or reduced teaching loads or class size or breadth of programs or extensive support services—all of which are good things (within limits). Meanwhile, expenditures on administration, even excluding student services and student life, have increased markedly.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2023

These cuts include cutting 28 majors and 143 faculty. Convincing faculty and other stakeholders to embrace new business models, pedagogies, and technologies requires a delicate balance of respect for academic values and the persuasive articulation of a new vision for the future. Faculty members, too, experienced a shift in perspective.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 20, 2023

Enhance Teaching and Learning Practices Implement innovative and student-centered teaching methods that promote active learning, critical thinking, and collaboration. Provide faculty development programs and support services to enhance instructional effectiveness.

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