Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean I was well into my administrative career the first time I heard someone use the term “soft money.” I thought it connoted something vaguely sinister, like a slush fund. It refers to funding that comes with time limits, typically from external grants. A crisis hits.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

As Kimball and Iler show, the wealthiest 1 percent of the nation’s 3,285 four-year colleges and universities holds 54 percent of campus endowments. To put it bluntly: the wealthiest colleges and universities began to engage in a positional and spending arms race, with a goal of maximizing their reputation and prestige.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

Ken Burnett’s classic 1992 fundraising text, Relationship Fundraising , taught and touted the value of developing relationships with donors based on the attributes of friendship, such as care, understanding, respect and mutual trust. The trust that develops between an employee and a donor can run deep.

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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 9, 2023

NASFAA and other organizations have previously raised concerns about whether the department could meet the Oct. The letter was sent before the fiscal year 2023 federal budget was released and subsequently signed into law. The letter was sent before the fiscal year 2023 federal budget was released and subsequently signed into law.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 10, 2023

That the main contributor to college’s rising college costs isn’t the cost of instruction, which has stagnated. Accreditors could, for example, require institutions to undergo professional development training in teaching. Because of a lack of accountability. They don’t. They haven’t.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 8, 2023

Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dr. Marielena DeSanctis, president of the Community College of Denver, who shares some of the solutions she was able to identify based on her unique understanding of higher ed. She started her education career in K-12 and moved to community college leadership. Dr. DeSanctis is unique.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 24, 2023

Jonah Kokodyniak, senior vice president for program development and partner services at the Institute of International Education, said it's the kind of assault on the values of higher education that prompts an international response. institutions are exploring ways to help those displaced from their programs. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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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. Kirschner said some Jewish students found the photo concerning. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Develop a healthy skepticism about how popular culture depicts the past while learning how to assess the games’ accuracies and inaccuracies. Topics that many video games address include the development of trading networks, military and geopolitical diplomatic maneuvering and the influence of geography and technology.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

To be clear, I have nothing against business or science—we need them both, especially in this brave new world of global pandemics and dramatically diminished state funding for higher education—nor am I afraid of hard work or the need to “produce” as a research scholar. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

The functions that colleges and universities are supposed to fulfill and the responsibilities they are expected to meet are constantly expanding, and only the wealthiest institutions can meet those expectations. Public and foundation funding should better align with student needs. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 12, 2023

This, coupled with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act going into effect in early June of 2023, has (should have) put higher ed cybersecurity and third-party risk at the top of mind for college and university decision-makers. There are nine elements. Institutions must know where all data resides and that all incoming data is identified.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 3, 2023

But the university’s longtime president, Glenda Glover, alumni and other supporters of the Nashville institution have argued against a proposal that would place the institution under the oversight of the Tennessee Board of Regents, the governing board for 37 technical and community colleges in the state.

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University Business

OCTOBER 4, 2024

At Augusta, Mackinnon held an “expanded provost’s position” over three and a half years in which he helped develop and implement the public research university’s strategic plan and oversaw its success and belonging programs, enrollment and other metrics, according to a press release.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 25, 2023

25 July · Episode 165 Funding Research for Tier Two Institutions with NSF 37 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Funding research for tier two institutions enables building robust infrastructures, achieving groundbreaking discoveries and expanding STEM. As of fiscal year 2023, NSF is a $9.5 Senate on June 18, 2020.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

26 December · Episode 187 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions 55 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024. Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024. Grade given by Deb Maue: A.

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