Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Image: Campus and faculty leaders in the California Community College system are eagerly anticipating the selection of a new chancellor this week. The stakes of the announcement are high for administrators and instructors hoping for a steady, long-term hand on the wheel of a sprawling, geographically diverse system.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

Or are concerns publicized by a sensationalist press overblown, consisting of relatively isolated issues that are far less general than we think? Within the Cal State system, the share of faculty who are in tenured or tenure track positions fell from 66.6 The faculty is 7 percent Black and about 15 percent Latino.

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University Business

JANUARY 12, 2023

Key prerequisites for this leader included a track record in faculty recruitment and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. And as Clemson’s senior assistant provost for Faculty Affairs before that, she spearheaded efforts in faculty recruitment and retention. Dr. Granberg earned her Ph.D.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Develop copy for a news release or marketing email? News & World Report ’ s 2023 list. I asked it to write a news release about a digital marketing program launching at New York University. Is this diversity newsletter?: I asked ChatGPT to identify the top U.S. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The group pledged in the statement to ensure efforts at their colleges “do not promote any ideology that suppresses intellectual and academic freedom, freedom of expression, viewpoint diversity, and the pursuit of truth in teaching and learning.” Some faculty members were incensed.

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Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

For academic leaders, it is important to understand that faculty of color, and any faculty who study topics that are not considered central to a discipline, face significant hurdles. Diversity isn’t just about hiring a woman or a minority for a position that has been traditionally white and male.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Perhaps the following conversation between Anita Casavantes Bradford and Steven Mintz about how R-1s can support their faculty to find fulfillment in meaningful research and as transformative teachers and mentors can suggest some answers. ” However, our campuses and our faculty roles have changed dramatically in the last few decades.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

In his time at Coastal Carolina, enrollment grew and their first-year retention rate bumped up 6%, totaling 73%, according to AP News. Foy’s other accomplishments at Alverno College include his philanthropy, where he deepened engagement with existing connections and opened new pipelines for grant-seeking opportunities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 4, 2023

In 2011, the Education Department issued a Dear Colleague letter (DCL) allowing institutions to pay a percentage of tuition revenue to providers of a bundle of services that included marketing and recruiting. The Larger Problem The issues surrounding OPMs are part of a larger problem. Disable left side advertisement?:

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In numerous states, including Ohio, there is a growing trend of imposing restrictions on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. To address this fiscal crisis, the university resorted to program cuts and reductions in faculty, actions that have had a detrimental impact on both faculty and student morale.

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Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

JUNE 15, 2019

In a Higher Ed Connects issue centered around the theme of diversity, we introduce some provocative questions on the topic: Is diversity counter-productive? Do students self-segregate in ways that defeat diversity measures? Universities have also changed how they serve diverse student bodies.”. by Shelley Seale.

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

And so when you don’t have a credit mobility culture or culture built around accepting everything the student brings to the table, you’re actually cutting off some of that rich, rewarding experience and the type of students that you can bring into your institution to make it better, more profound, and more engaging, and more diverse.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Not all news in higher education is doom and gloom. San José State University is shining bright at the heart of innovation, with a spotlight on building public-private partnerships that boost diverse student enrollment and the Spartan brand within the local community and beyond. But can all institutions follow suit?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

Dr. Grimes, with over 17 years in higher education, brings a wealth of experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion in graduate education. The data indicates a multifaceted challenge, with the decline in minority graduate enrollment posing a threat to future workforce diversity and innovation. decrease in graduate enrollments.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

How flashpoint response impacts faculty well-being. natural disasters, life-altering political decisions), especially when they want to reassure faculty that their well-being is top of mind. Impact on faculty. How will this flashpoint impact faculty perceptions of physical or psychological safety? Expert Insight.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Count on The New York Post to come up with the tabloids’ most incendiary headlines and news article leads. ’” Of course, most colleges and universities that I’m familiar with have a cultural diversity requirement. We all recall “Headless Body in Topless Bar.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

These are real issues that certainly deserve all the attention they receive. But there are three other issues that are equally important yet aren’t front and center on the radar screen. These are issues that need to be addressed if we are to improve the quality of the education our campuses offer.

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EAB

MARCH 7, 2023

So, as you've noted, the Reis Group is a small public relations woman-owned PR firm here in Washington DC and we focus on health, healthcare, and societal issues. Well, the reality is crisis communications are issues management. All that planning should ideally happen long before there's an issue or a crisis to manage.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Stopouts: Recovering lost students though a combination of special outreach and dedicated re-onboarding support to address the issues around why they left in the first place. Inclusion This grouping refers to the diversity among today and tomorrow’s college students, especially as it contrasts with traditional enrollment.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Stopouts: Recovering lost students though a combination of special outreach and dedicated re-onboarding support to address the issues around why they left in the first place. Inclusion This grouping refers to the diversity among today and tomorrow’s college students, especially as it contrasts with traditional enrollment.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The first half of this two-part series with Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU)’s Chancellor Terence Cheng explores how CSCU partners with local businesses to ensure equity and workforce preparation for its majority-minority student population. We have many immigrants with incredible socio-economic diversity and impact.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And because this is such a critical and important issue for Black and Latino men in particular, that's really where we focused. So there's a number of issues that are very specific to certain populations of students, especially Black and Latino men on campus. All the things you want to see. JA: Absolutely. JA: Yeah, absolutely.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

If you read the national news about higher education, you might think everyone is angling for admission to the Ivy League or trying to pay off debt for degrees earned. It is also essential because a diverse community of faculty, administrators, advocates, students, think tanks, and state legislatures, and even the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

Students first occupied Fanning Hall, where Bergeron’s office is located, last month after Rodmon King, the dean of institutional equity and inclusion, resigned in protest of the college’s decision to hold a fundraiser at the Everglades Club in Florida, which has a famously discriminatory past. King resigned on Feb.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

News & World Report again ranked Florida the No. Yet DeSantis and his team have made systematic efforts to dismantle the freedoms of students and faculty to teach and learn at the cutting edge of all fields. Students are permitted to secretly record class lectures for use in disciplinary or legal actions against faculty.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 9, 2023

Blog: University of Venus As someone who worked as a writing center administrator and now coaches faculty writers, I’ve consumed more academic writing advice than the average bear. Both authors are faculty writing coaches, which gives them a broad perspective on the challenges academic writers have been facing the last several years.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image: When Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, announced plans last week to defund diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the state, he was joined on stage by political activist Chris Rufo, who has made a career out of questioning the purpose of DEI programs. “Gov. “Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. Some good news came in late summer as U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay while it considers the legal challenges to the debt forgiveness program. Supreme Court News U.S. The Eighth U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Critics consider the bill an attack on higher education related to broader culture war issues—ahead of a potential DeSantis presidential run in 2024—rather than a serious piece of legislation aimed at fixing current issues or improving higher education. Democracy returns.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 5, 2023

An off-the-cuff joke at commencement that mocked Asian languages now has the chancellor facing faculty demands that he resign. Keon has since issued an apology for his “offensive and insensitive” comment that “caused confusion, pain, and anger” and has been reprimanded by Purdue’s Board of Trustees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Universities of Wisconsin (UW) Board of Regents rejected a deal that the school system had made with state Republicans to halt UW diversity efforts in exchange for funding and employee raises. Wisconsin Republicans have demonstrated clear opposition against the Universities of Wisconsin’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

First the Republican governor announced plans to defund diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at state colleges and universities. The board is comprised of six members appointed by DeSantis, five appointed by the Republican-led Florida Board of Governors and one representative each from the student body and the faculty.)

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University Business

JANUARY 1, 2024

News & World Report’s longstanding college rankings was called into question as institutions vie to personalize their brand to match students’ needs. Republican-led states have aimed their sights at diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, thanks to a strong charge by Florida Gov. The fervor over U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

“MAGA Republicans and the far-right news media are peddling empty catchphrases like ‘cancel culture’ and ‘woke’ to fuel mass hysteria around an alleged conspiracy by institutions to degrade conservative free speech. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Other issues in the news will include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Complex issues Dr. Valerie Kinloch, president of Johnson C. Financial issues, along with enrollment, retention and graduation, will be newsworthy also. That, too, could end up in court.” With the U.S. Dr. Everrett A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you haven’t realized it yet, that congressional hearing last week that continues to make news wasn’t about solving antisemitism in America. Diversity, of course. To counter, faculty members circulated a letter of support on Sunday. What would that be?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 8, 2023

While he hasn’t declared his candidacy yet, political observers say DeSantis is clearly seeking to energize the Republican base by throwing them red meat on pressing social issues—particularly education, at both the K-12 and postsecondary levels. Higher education has been central to that agenda.

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