Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As just one example, the city of Shanghai announced last year that graduates of the world’s top-ranked colleges would be fast-tracked for eligibility for a Shanghai residency permit, or hukou , which offers direct benefits in purchasing an apartment and enrolling one’s children in prestigious local public schools.

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Creatrix Campus

JANUARY 29, 2024

Tagging and Metadata: Instructors add tags and metadata to the material to enhance discoverability. Hierarchical Organization: The LMS employs a hierarchical structure, organizing content into folders, modules, or units that mirror the course curriculum. This structure facilitates intuitive navigation.

Management 59

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 15, 2023

“As a person who’s lived in them, they’re nowhere near falling apart,” Vernon said, describing Valparaiso’s residence halls as “actually very comfortable, based on other dorms I’ve seen throughout my college years.” Vernon disagreed that there is an urgent need for dorm renovations.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Apart from that important exception, the silence of other university presidents is deafening. Editorial Tags: Athletics Image Source: Hirurg/iStock/Getty Images Plus Multiple Authors: John R. Why is colleges’ endorsement of campus sports betting activities a big deal? Thelin Eric Thomas Weber Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 6, 2023

William Butler Yeats (“Things fall apart”)? I sometimes ask myself who was the last poet who ordinary American adults might quote? Was it Dylan Thomas (“Do not go gently into that goodnight”)? Robert Frost (“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood”?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

In The Hobbit itself, apart from the reference to Gondolin (”the Goblin Wars”), Moria, the Necromancer (whom we learn is Sauron) and a few other things, the world doesn’t require any knowledge of the earlier mythmaking. Section: Books and Publishing Editorial Tags: Books Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 24, 2023

funds, 40 percent of which is intentionally set apart for southern regions, to triple the number of beds available for out-of-town students, bringing the total nationwide from 40,000 to 105,000 by 2026. ” Global Editorial Tags: Italy Times Higher Ed Is this diversity newsletter?: ’s post-pandemic recovery fund.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 4, 2023

Another incident that sparked student protests and public criticism involved six campus police officers physically removing an African American student, Gianna Wheeler, from her apartment after she was reportedly having a mental breakdown.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 28, 2023

“If everybody has their own variant of a credential, then the whole thing almost immediately falls apart,” Chilton said. These large employers are also encouraging educational providers to comply with open standards for digital credentials. “It’s just going to take a few years.”

Marketing and Communication Services 126

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

Some trans and nonbinary students prefer staying together to living alone even on a gender-neutral hall or in an off-campus apartment because of the social element, said Renn. But such spaces remain rare, generally found only at private, progressive liberal arts colleges.

Student Housing 76

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 28, 2023

The institution’s tag line is insipid. I was so tired I tried to open the front door of my apartment with my office key. They never clean my office. I can’t find a parking place. I can’t bring myself to attend one more meeting about banning scooters.

Libraries 75

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 4, 2023

” “Although traditional Jews and Christians are miles apart on theology, there is something they both share in terms of worldview—one could say, biblical worldview—that provides a promising basis for mutual enrichment,” he wrote to Inside Higher Ed. Is this diversity newsletter?

Alumni 116

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I’ll be developing and calling out tags I use for these themes so that you can go to an archive page on each one. This one will be listed under the “ changing enrollment ”, “ future of academic work ” and “third-wave EdTech” tags. Which makes the technology section stand apart. It’s so very…MIT.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

” Jennifer Manley, dean of student engagement and retention at South Puget Sound Community College, said grant money provided through the pilot program has helped the college rent three apartment units for students. “I think it is very important that this program be funded on a long-term basis,” she said.

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University Business

JANUARY 1, 2024

President Steve Pettit and Board Chairman John Lewis both resigned earlier this year one week apart from one another due to what Pettit described as “dysfunctional leadership.” Leadership shakeup at Bob Jones University Bob Jones University (S.C.) Wellesley College (Mass.), Haverford College (Pa.),

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 4, 2023

Apart from being anti-intellectual, attacks on DEI in higher education run counter to centuries-old traditions of autonomy and academic freedom within colleges and universities. Second, much of the anti-DEI legislation and rhetoric constitute an infringement on local control. Steve Robinson is president of Lansing Community College.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2023

” Roberts and others repeatedly mentioned the plan’s estimated price tag—$400 billion—and said it seemed like sidestepping Congress’ appropriating authority. “It’s not the same mismatch here … The HEROES Act is a perfect fit with the problem the secretary confronted.” ” U.S.

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