Great College Advice

JULY 25, 2023

Set the tone by demonstrating that you are serious. Don’t be afraid Just because someone has the letter “ Ph.D.” Start with an email Explain briefly who you are, when you will be on campus, and why you want to meet with the professor. Address the professor formally, and respectfully (i.e., not, “Hey, professor!”).

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

You should strive to let students know what to expect, when they can expect it, and how they can prepare for it, while maintaining a positive tone and low-jargon approach. The more concrete and specific your message can be, the better.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Students also pushed back on what they perceived as a tone-deaf joint statement made by Morehouse president David Thomas, the campus police chief, and the Student Government Association president, grieving the death of Tyre Nichols, an unarmed Black man killed by police in Memphis, Tenn., and calling for peaceful protest.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Q: The eminent British science fiction and fantasy author Michael Moorcock has long been a fierce critic of Tolkien—among other things, for a narrative tone he compares to Winnie the Pooh.

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AUGUST 8, 2023

It really helps set the tone for students to apply to the Ross School of Business and ultimately enroll. So we have an application in March, because we do require a letter of recommendation, so this truly allows applicants to seek that letter of recommendation from either a teacher or a counselor, so if they choose to do so.

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Parchment

JANUARY 16, 2024

But I’ll tell you what doesn’t make you feel welcome is when you get a letter addressed to your parents, the parents of Heather Adams, and you haven’t lived with your parents in like 30 years. Now, I also did want to get through it and get on to my next thing because I knew I’d found my professional purpose.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Kea and I won't have to be subjected to the tone and behavior that we experienced earlier?” One of the things I had requested in my complaint letter was that they ask Trustee Montgomery for his resignation. Montgomery's first meeting, so I thought that I could approach him and just say this is not how we behave here. I said, 'Mr.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

Same skin tone. I got a 19 ACT score, so I was getting letters from community colleges, local area schools, but all of my peers were getting letters from the Yales of the world, the University of Madison Wisconsin's of the world. They don't want to have that be all that they are.

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University Business

JANUARY 2, 2024

“The critical work of defending a culture of free inquiry in our diverse community cannot proceed if we let its shape be dictated by outside forces,” read the letter. This is Claudine Gay's resignation letter. Harvard’s highest governing body, the Harvard Corporation, expressed confidence in her soon afterward.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2024

who is often quoted by many, stated in his Letter from the Birmingham Jail , “For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" In addition, as an African American female, it was critical for me to share the internal battle of navigating SB17 while dispelling micro-aggressive/passive-aggressive leadership, policing tone/voice, and code-switching.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Last week, Oklahoma’s new Republican superintendent of public instruction issued a letter requiring the state’s public colleges to account for “every dollar spent” on DEI in a potential effort to curb that spending. Texas lawmakers have proposed legislation to ban DEI work in public higher ed outright.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

“The University of Houston System is in receipt of the letter from the Governor’s Chief of Staff reminding us about discrimination laws,” read the system’s statement to Inside Higher Ed. ” The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression struck a similar tone.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2023

None have spoken out against what experts see as serious violations of academic freedom, and 28 community college leaders signed a letter supporting several of the reforms. Tania Tetlow, president of Fordham University Tetlow thought that a measured tone was the key to getting a message across. Rosenberg agreed.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 19, 2023

The chancellors of all six of the state’s public university systems wrote a letter to state lawmakers proposing a deal : they vowed to freeze tuition at current rates if the state injects nearly $1 billion into higher education over the next two years.

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