Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Image: Soaring inflation put a squeeze on college endowments in the 2021–22 fiscal year, driving returns down, according to the annual report from the National Association of College and University Business Officers The report , released today, is a marked change from the booming returns of fiscal year 2021 , when endowments soared.

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SRHE

APRIL 10, 2024

The COVID pandemic created a further influx of concentrated efforts in finding supportive solutions for the student mental health crisis ( Chen and Lucock, 2022 ; Copeland et al , 2021 ). Centralisation and reduction of academic administrative staff moves much of the work onto the academics.

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University Business

AUGUST 14, 2023

In the 2021-22 academic year, nine out of 10 of Tacoma’s high school students graduated in four years, which is 8% higher than the Washington state average, according to data from the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. It also intends to raise state funding for education by $3.8

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University Business

JULY 25, 2024

She also developed a partnership with North Carolina Wesleyan University that allowed the community college’s students to earn associate and bachelor’s degrees on Pitt’s campus within three years. The college’s $500 million capital campaign has “far surpassed the halfway mark since its launch in fall 2021.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 18, 2023

The analysis, shared in a blog post last week, draws on new fall 2021 enrollment data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, made public in late December. The data show community colleges enrolled 850,000 fewer students nationally in fall 2021 compared to fall 2019, including significant drops among students of color.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Renegade members say they’ve been falsely accused of racism and their jobs are at risk after some of them raised questions about a racial climate survey at an October diversity committee meeting. The students raised their concerns about the group to the Kern Community College District Board of Trustees in a meeting last month.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 30, 2023

It isn’t clear from college officials who filed the complaint, though a Stanford spokeswoman, in response to questions from Inside Higher Ed , said a “concern” was raised by an unnamed student organization. 25, the FIRE official said that such administrative action “chills expressive activity.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The agreements raised questions, as the Times put it, “about whether promoting gambling on campus—especially to people who are at an age when they are vulnerable to developing gambling disorders—fits the mission of higher education.” Their contracts have raised a number of ethical and policy flags.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the fiscal year 2022, the university received $115 million in donations , which set a school record for the most gifts raised during a single fiscal year. In the fiscal year 2022, UA raised nearly $226 million in charitable gifts and pledges, setting a fundraising record for the university.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

Joyce Payne is founder of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the national advocacy organization designed to support students who attend the 47 publicly supported HBCUs. In 2021, TMCF launched the CSJ to advance social justice for Black Americans. Dr. Harry L. Our work is very community and practitioner-oriented,” Knaus says.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

Earlier this year, the college announced a funding gap of $2 million that it needed to close quickly in order to remain open. But employees say the partnership with Primacorp blew the institution way off course, with administrators pursuing initiatives that have failed to yield new enrollments.

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Goucher DEI

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These mini grants funded a reading group that explored the relationship between culture and the environment, a Linguistic Justice faculty workshop, and a “Gopher Trailblazers in STEMM Alumni Speaker Series.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 3, 2023

At stake is local control of an institution in a state that has admitted to years of inequitable funding for its only public historically Black college. “In the fall of 2021, management decided to conduct an extensive recruiting campaign to bring in more students, which by itself is not an issue. million, from $5.2

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Edu Alliance Journal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

2021 article titled “Shocking Statistics About College Graduation Rates”. Personal development courses (35%). in 2021, Starbucks modified the tuition reimbursement benefit by paying all tuition and fees up front, as opposed to reimbursing employees for their out-of-pocket costs later. 730,556 students starting in 2011).

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

They often lack access to offices, professional development, research funds, and opportunities to collaborate with peers or vote in faculty meetings. Helena Worthen is the co-author, with Joe Berry of Power Despite Precarity: Strategies for the Contingent Faculty Majority in Higher Education (Pluto, 2021).

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University Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Recessions typically raise enrollment but the aftereffects of the pandemic are injecting yet more uncertainty into how hard the expected economic slowdown will hit higher education. What will remain typical if a recession hits is that states will surely cut higher ed funding, adds Thomas L. ” Preparing for recession. .

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

Earlier this month, officials at Lewis-Clark State College, a public institution in Idaho, removed half a dozen artworks from an exhibition due to concerns that display of the works, which related to abortion and reproductive health, violated the state’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act. Which is exactly what I did last year.

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University Business

JUNE 20, 2023

However, only 21% of this group aged 25 or older has earned a bachelor’s degree since 2021, compared to 35.7% However, advancements made by the Biden administration and other higher education leaders point to the country’s revitalization in rural student recruitment. of the country. of non-rural U.S.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2024

A significant bill under consideration aims to make short-term training programs (8 to 15 weeks) eligible for full Pell Grant funding at accredited institutions. He returned to New York City government as Assistant City Administrator and Director of University Relations.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 6, 2023

Faculty Senate chair Peter Summers said by email that while some High Point University faculty members raised concerns after the hire, “that was as far as it went, given our lack of authority.” 6 is so far beyond the realm of reality that it should have raised serious concerns for the HPU authorities who hired Martin.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 30, 2024

Additionally, there is a significant emphasis on the ongoing training and development of leaders in communication skills. Whitman’s administration. for 15 years, earning a master’s in communication from American University, and returned to New Jersey in 2021. It was early in the Trump administration.

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