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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Keith Curry Eddie Ruvalcaba Photography It’s no secret that Compton College has had its fair share of challenges. In 2005 — long before Curry took the helm — the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges revoked the school’s accreditation because of financial instability. This is it.”

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. The faculty and staff overseeing EPW know each student personally. “I

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From president "designee" to president in three years

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The move was part of an executive transition plan that also involved promoting Lau to executive vice president of the two-year college and informally making her “president designee.” ” While it’s common for colleges and universities to have detailed executive transition plans, Parkland’s process is unusual.

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Ohio State Emeritus Professor Wins Nobel in Physics

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Pierre Agostini, who has been a member of OSU’s physics faculty since 2005; Ferenc Krausz, who is affiliated with two German institutions; and Anne L’Huillier, of Lund University in Sweden, received the honor for developing new strategies to understand the rapid movements of electrons.

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When a college president is also a tech entrepreneur

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Some faculty members fear Rize’s creep into the college’s general education courses and worry that it poses a threat to their jobs; Docking denies any possibility of a conflict of interest. Some faculty members said the experiment generated excitement and boosted revenue, though both have fallen off in recent years.

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Can Art History Be Taught Without Someone Becoming Angry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As a current practicing artist and critic and a former art faculty member, art museum director and curator, I feel as if I’ve seen and heard it all when it comes to responses to art. Blog: Just Explain It to Me! In art history classes, more than one exasperated student has screamed at me, “It’s just a chair. Absolutely.

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Do You Remember Who Spoke at Your Commencement?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

When I read about Silber’s presidency, I find he famously fought against staff unions (and faculty who supported staff, like Howard Zinn), the LGBTQ community, and just about anything out of the conservative norm. Silber didn’t seem amused; that doesn’t surprise me retrospectively.

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