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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Examples of possible careers in the field include nursing home administrators and health quality managers, according to Ongeri. Sacred Heart University is the only university in Connecticut with a medical reserve corps (a national network of volunteers organized to improve the health and safety of their communities),” says Pendley.

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Partnership aims to bring Head Start to community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The organizations also plan to secure more funds to start pairing programs with colleges and helping get more of these rare collaborations off the ground. For example, she had to abandon one would-be partnership with another campus because administrators were intimidated by the logistics of meeting Head Start facilities standards.

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Political tensions erupt at Bakersfield College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Black students who attended the meeting of a committee made up of administrators and faculty and staff members say the professors were rude to them and questioned basic measures to support them. He added that administrators can also disavow professors’ speech without resorting to punitive measures.

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Student journalists sue district over record requests

Confessions of a Community College Dean

District officials say they comply with the law and do their best to handle the administrative burden of repeated requests. She later also requested the names of committee members responsible for reviewing the security applicants. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Temple University president resigns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

He remained unable to quash students’ and parents’ fears of violence spilling onto campus from adjacent neighborhoods, despite adding campus police and providing grants to area property owners to increase public safety by installing lights and cameras. He also launched an effort to rank off-campus housing based on safety features.

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Report: Warnings ignored before U of Ariz. professor killed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Until his arrest after the murder, Dervish harassed four HAS faculty members, a female undergraduate student and a Dean of Students (DOS) administrator,” says the report , released Wednesday. ” As far back as January 2022, HAS leadership pursued moving courses online for safety, the report says.

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Monthlong Temple strike enters possibly pressing week

Confessions of a Community College Dean

At the end of the release, TAUP also mentions TUGSA’s continued lack of a contract and ongoing public safety concerns. And so—for both the strikers, who face tuition bills, and for university administrators, who face the possible no-confidence vote and further national media criticism—the week ahead looms.