Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Image: Jackie Recktenwald sees her role in student success as one of collaboration and education. As the University of Pennsylvania’s inaugural director of well-being initiatives, she believes creating student success demands equipping students with all the right tools. Student success, to Recktenwald, is all-encompassing.

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Student Life Network

JANUARY 9, 2023

Student resolutions are often easy to make but can be hard to follow through with during the year. Choose a resolution that will better your life as a student. If you’re not sure what that means, then browse this list of common student resolutions along with tips that will encourage you to commit to them. Don’t fret!

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 8, 2023

Image: Up until February, a student walking into one of Northwestern University’s four dining halls would likely see a small sign beside each dish denoting its ingredients and calorie counts: 270 for a serving of baked ziti or 100 for low-fat vanilla yogurt. It might be a minor—even imperceptible—adjustment to some students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

40-50 points: You’re an administrator and only sleep about three hours a night. How did those students fit 150 people in that two-bedroom apartment for a beer pong party? Did that student wink at me? Can they ban me from campus? Will the students flip out if I talk about Karen Finley in art appreciation?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Image: With a heart for minority and underrepresented students, Brian Reed, associate vice provost for Student Success and Campus Life at the University Montana, uses a data-focused approach to gauge student success and career readiness. Q: What does student success mean to you? And how do we do better?

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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.

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EAB

MAY 5, 2023

Blogs How schools are expanding student mental health support without hiring more counselors Colleges and universities face a slew of “ pandemic ripple effects ” that pose long-term threats to student success. The result should be an improvement in overall wellness across the student body.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

After my clinical monologue, the young professional asked, “How do you balance work and life? As an art faculty member, I’ve taught evening classes, watched a kiln burn for 24 hours straight with colleagues, responded to emails from struggling students at midnight and graded through the night to make deadlines.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Three Key Takeaways for Higher Education Leadership Presidential Onboarding : New presidents should focus on learning about their new campus and stakeholders in the process of presidential onboarding. This is essential for understanding the dynamics and trust relationships within the campus. So be thankful for what you have.

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AIFS Abroad

MAY 4, 2022

Many college students choose to spend their school breaks resting or visiting family and friends. Here are 5 reasons to study abroad during winter break: #1: Get a taste of life abroad. 3: You won’t miss any time on campus. But did you know that you can study abroad during winter break? 5: Stay productive over the break.

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Dr. Al Solano

AUGUST 17, 2023

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn about leadership to support the student success & equity work. Hard Work Doing right by students is hard work. Institutional barriers to student success and equity are so entrenched that one person alone cannot break through them. Scroll down to access the transcript.) Be there for your people.

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Missouri State

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

National Hazing Prevention Week (NHPW) is designed to bring awareness to issues of hazing and empower campus communities to take action by educating students about what hazing is and the work we can all do to prevent hazing from happening. The express or implied consent of the student will not be a defense to a violation of hazing.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 25, 2016

Most students at Hope College grew up going to church with their families. Pillar Church is a beautiful community of college students and families. But many of us college students have begun to ask why church is so important in the first place. Maybe we don’t want to leave campus. Maybe we just want to sleep in.

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Hope College Network

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This semester is taking its toll on people, and the question at the forefront of my mind right now is: how does a student, especially a busy senior with so much on their plate, stay healthy physically and mentally? This means giving yourself “me time” so that you have time to regroup from your busy day-to-day life.

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CU Work-Life Balance

JULY 10, 2020

Real Help Hotline : This hotline is a completely free and confidential resource for CU employees and students. Johnson Depression Center on the Anschutz Medical Campus. The following employee resources and publicly available tools give you a spectrum of options to address everything from minor stress to acute anxiety or depression.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Postsecondary educators have been increasingly focused on supporting positive student mental health over the past decades. Additionally, much of the difference in academic performance among students with marginalized sociodemographic identities was statistically explained by disparities in mental health. times that of their peers.

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Hope College Network

DECEMBER 2, 2015

This weird El Niño winter is dropping rain showers instead of pretty snow on campus. It seems like October was yesterday yet now it is suddenly December and any student you ask is feeling it. appeared first on Life at Hope College. Thanksgiving just happened. A week and a half remain in the semester. Thanks for reading!

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

” But in moving fast, some argue that he “ broke ” those young people whose social media exposure has led to depression, anxiety, cyberbullying, poor body image and loss of privacy or sleep during a vulnerable life stage. Donahoe opted to co-create a course policy on generative AI writing tools with her students.

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Hope College Network

MARCH 8, 2017

This past weekend “ Fly-In Weekend ” happened and I was one of your hosts, so if you are prospective student, this is something that you may want to think about. where the visiting students gathered with their hosts in front of the fireplace in Phelps Dining Hall. The post Fly-In Weekend appeared first on Life at Hope College.

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Students who visit home often return on Tuesday, but until then the campus is completely barren and dead. Most club activities are called off, the Phelps Dining hours are cut short, and most students are huddled in their dorm finishing up Fall Break homework (supposedly). People sleep in, hardcore. Work never gets done.

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Hope College Network

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Over the past week and a half or so, studying has become far more a part of my life than it had been for the previous two months of the semester. I think the most important part of all this is that I only go home to eat meals and to sleep at night. Let’s not get into it. I have had so much schoolwork due over the past two weeks!

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 28, 2016

This following post is an interview with one of the tallest students on campus. In his free time, he likes to talk to his family, play FIFA 16 , hang out with his girlfriend, go to athletic events and sleep. Also, since I was used to live on campus since my high school, the transition to Hope College was not that bad.

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Hope College Network

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Every time you see a dog or cat around campus you can’t stop staring. Seeing a dog or cat around campus is hypnotizing, I immediately can’t think of anything else but wanting to pet them. So while walking around campus, keep an eye out for any opportunity to give a good boy a scratch behind the ears. But you just can’t help it!

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 16, 2017

My housemates and I have been struggling with this a lot this week; so much so that we have designated a chair in our living room as “the breakdown chair” (If you couldn’t guess, it’s the chair where people go to cry if they’re having a life-crisis.) Now I’m trying to avoid boredom on a daily basis.

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Hope College Network

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

I say that as if it’s not a huge feat because I have these looming 60,000-70,000 word manuscripts on my computer; they haunt me in my sleep, begging to be edited and perfected. The month isn’t an easy one, especially as a college student. Little do they know that I have no idea where to even start with them.

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Hope College Network

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Recently on the Hope College Facebook page for admitted students, I received a message from a future student asking about my typical day. I told her that I would write a blog post about it, since other future students are probably wondering the same thing. And that’s how this post came to be! Thrilling, I know.

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AIFS Abroad

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Business is one of the most popular fields that college students pursue when they study abroad. Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia The Australian city of Sydney offers college students a blend of academic excellence and unforgettable adventures when they study abroad.

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Hope College Network

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Pine Ridge, South Dakota One of the unique academic experiences that Hope College offers students is to study over the summer months through May, June and July terms. For many Hope students, this is a chance to travel or spend some more time in lovely Holland and build a deeper community with the members of one class.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 8, 2019

Staying overnight with students was a nice way for our daughter to visit without shadowing parents. We still lose A LOT of sleep over this one. Of course, this problem occurs for students at all universities and is not specific to Hope. As parents, the safety of Hope’s location was encouraging. It is disturbing.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 17, 2016

I find this topic relevant to most college students, which is why I’ve decided to be vulnerable and share it. Couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep. Major Shame is the guilt and shame put upon a peer or student pursuing a seemingly “unemployable” degree. When I get in a routine like this, my mind wanders.

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

JULY 15, 2020

This article addresses the ways in which recently migrated online instructors can spot and help struggling students through the lens of the recent pandemic. If these newly minted online instructors can obtain proper professional development and training in online pedagogy , they can contribute potentially to student academic success.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

There’s a pressing need to reassess underutilized assets and repurpose them in innovative ways that add value to the student experience and open up new revenue streams. Crafting a New Business Model for Financial Stability Understanding and serving the needs of students is paramount in redefining the value proposition of a university.

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EAB

JULY 18, 2023

Podcast The Eight Dimensions of Student Wellness Episode 158. EAB’s Lindsay Schappell, Matt Mustard, and Ed Venit explore the eight dimensions of wellness as they related to keeping students engaged, healthy, and on path academically. We've compiled custom resources to help your institution holistically address mental health on campus.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 2, 2023

These raucous, madcap, zany comedies -- the comic, flippant antitheses of Love Story ’s over-the-top solemnity and earnestness-- reinforced a host of stereotypes about college life: The uppity frat boys, the overbearing deans, the uptight professors clueless about the real world. Secret Syllabus authors Jay Phelan, a biology Ph.D.,

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

“We listened to our students as we made this decision,” the emailed statement from Parwinder Grewal, the first president of Vermont State University, said. “What we heard was that they need and want access to library resources where they are, whether on or off campus.” We are $25 million in deficit.

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

There are many stories to be told about students of color in college, and as I wrote in a column for Inside Higher Ed, finances are often the main issue for these students. When I started at Stanford in 1983, there were no special programs for first-generation students , and I didn’t know much about how to pay my bills.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Cheng also shares how his system is revolutionizing its online learning model to better serve local businesses and CSCU’s students across numerous campuses. Cheng communicates to his presidents that the system-wide implementation of the online program does not have to be the same at every campus. Every campus is different.

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