Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

The communications and marketing office began working with institutional research to launch a series of two-way text messaging pilot programs this past fall. “We ended up partnering with a two-way texting vendor who caters to the higher education sector and works with several other community colleges in our state,” she says.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JUNE 12, 2023

The New Student Experience at a Community College The enrollment data for community colleges is positive for the first time in a long time, with an overall enrollment increase of 2.1% Despite this recent trend reversal, community colleges can’t ignore the 37% decline (nearly 2.6

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Education Department settles with five law schools over financial aid; a new report explores the role of California's Hispanic-serving community colleges; New College of Florida aims to lure students to a new Odyssey course with free books and food trucks.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 31, 2023

In his latest podcast episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton talks with two CEW professors who worked on the study, Research Professor of Education and Economics Dr. Examples include expanding recruitment efforts and creating stronger partnerships between high schools and colleges. More outreach and advising can demystify college for students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

” Christine Price, program coordinator for the Skills, Training and Education for Personal Success (STEPS) program at Austin Community College in Texas, said she gets phone calls from people wanting to know if STEPS is a “real college” program.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

” Tata said this includes community colleges and trade schools. Minnesota lawmakers in 2021 created the state’s Fostering Independence Grant to cover the full cost of attendance, which includes room and board, books and supplies, and other expenses. Things happen incrementally,” Raucher said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The Education Department is planning to deploy “secret shoppers ” to colleges around the country to suss out deceptive and predatory practices, particularly around financial aid. A legal brief will read differently than a children’s book.

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Dr. Al Solano

JULY 4, 2022

We discuss the following topics: 6:42:25: The "Why": Impetus for writing the book, On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways. 35:13:82: The challenge and opportunities of continuously improving teaching practices, and book recommendations. Scroll down to access the transcript.). What is barre?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 29, 2023

Image: Howard Community College in Maryland opened its first family-friendly study space on campus earlier this month. How it happened: Howard president Daria Willis got the idea for the space when she toured the library last year upon beginning her tenure at the college.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

What inspires these grim thoughts is Kimball and Iler’s richly researched, provocative and pivotally important history of college endowments, campus fundraising campaigns, university finances, institutional spending and student debt. The result was to anger middle-class parents while failing to increase net revenue.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Some great responses from readers came in this week! ” The idea of an “old books’ home” made me smile. ” The idea of an “old books’ home” made me smile. There’s a great book waiting to be written on this one.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

EAB’s Tara Zirkel is joined by Pueblo Community College VP of Student Success, Dr. Heather Speed, to examine changes Pueblo made to boost enrollment heading into the fall semester. Our special guest today is Heather Speed, vice president for Student Success at Pueblo Community College. Transcript. TZ: Great.

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Parchment

JANUARY 16, 2024

And we talked about there’s a lot of students that are attending a community college that want to transfer to another institution, but don’t end up doing it. Eight out of 10 students that go to a community college want to go. And so one of the things that I did is created this community called Transfer Nation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

He notes that wealthy private colleges and many public flagship universities are flourishing, but much of higher education is struggling. Expect the number of college closures to keep slowly ticking up,” says Kelchen. Bonner has his own book series with Routledge, titled Diverse Faculty in the Academy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

Bucks County Community College will receive $200,000 to create 100 scholarships for students, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The money – from longtime donors Gene and Marlene Epstein – will be for students from Lower Bucks County, a suburb of Philadelphia, to cover costs such as tuition and books, on top of other financial aid.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

billion in grants and establish policy for nearly $120 billion in Federal student aid every year. There, he led the office’s Organizational Performance team and directed policy initiatives on accreditation, minority-serving institutions, financial aid award letters, and data transparency.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 20, 2023

She has developed and shared manuals, working papers, articles, and books related to undergraduate research, performance measurement, randomized-control trials, and other evaluation methods, as well as conducted webinars and workshops on topics such as evaluation, performance measurement, and success in education beyond high school.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I wrote two books on academic freedom. They certify federal financial aid. Participated in a lot of the AAUP’s investigations. and so now I still,I’m available as a volunteer for the AAUP when, these kinds of investigations are mounted. 00:32:31] Drumm McNaughton: Mm hmm makes makes perfect sense to me.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

She is author of the books Reexamining the Federal Role in Higher Education: Politics and Policymaking in the Postsecondary Sector (Teachers College Press) and Higher Education Rulemaking: The Politics of Creating Regulatory Policy (Johns Hopkins University Press). What are some of the key takeaways for leaders in higher ed?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

She is the author of two important books on the history of immigration and childhood, The Revolution Is for the Children: The Politics of Childhood in Havana and Miami, 1959-1962 and Suffer the Little Children , a history of U.S. Our families are still struggling; we’re still unsure how we’re going to pay the rent.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Nearly 13 million college students divvied up $19.5 billion in federal COVID-19 emergency aid in 2021, and the Education Department estimated that 18 million total—80 percent of whom were Pell Grant recipients—received aid during the first two years of the Biden administration.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

Certain books withstand the test of time. Examples include Kenneth Feldman's and Theodore Newcomb's The Impact of College on Students (1969), Alexander W. Terenzini’s How College Affects Students (originally published in 1991 and revised in 2005 and updated in 2016 by Matthew J. Mayhew, Alyssa N. Bowman, Tricia A.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 12, 2023

The primary rule change is designating a CISO or a qualified individual responsible for protecting customer information or student financial aid data. Brian is also an Adjunct Professor at Naugatuck Valley Community College, where he has developed and teaches cybersecurity courses. There are nine elements. What is it?

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

School correspondence suggests she will leave behind a legacy of increasing financial- and need-based aid and expanding Trinity’s footprint throughout Hartford’s community and industry. Berger-Sweeney raised over $600,000 to create a new scholarship fund at the turn of the college’s 200th anniversary.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Pell Grants are a form of federal financial aid, issued to lower-income students, that does not have to be repaid. And recipients of Pell Grants, a type of financial aid for lower-income families, qualify for double the maximum relief, or $20,000, relative to other borrowers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

If you look up the book definition of intersectionality, you can identify the sociological framework suggested by Kimberl Crenshaw in the 1980s that explains how complex power structures of individuals and groups combine, or intersect, in patterns of discrimination and privilege across multiple factors such as gender, race, and class.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As President Donald Trump begins his second term with a declaration of a national emergency at the southern border and a steadfast pledge of mass deportations, Californias colleges and universities have been holding workshops and partnering with legal service nonprofits to help undocumented students on their campuses stay in school.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 14, 2024

This despite the commonly-held belief that college is the only way to improve social mobility. From 2011 onward, the College Meltdown was most visible with for-profit colleges and community colleges, but other non-elite schools and for-profit businesses were also affected.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Walton Family Foundation, Koch Brothers) Land Theft Through Gentrification and College Expansion Tax Avoidance by Elite Schools to Rob Public Coffers Colleges Colluding to Limit Financial Aid Role of Higher Education in Educating Reactionary Judges and Politicians State-Sponsored Think Tanks to Support Elites and Oppress Others (e.g.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 6, 2025

Books Alexander, Bryan (2020). Diploma Mills: How For-profit Colleges Stiffed Students, Taxpayers, and the American Dream. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses. Bold Type Books. Is College Worth It?: Pocket Books. Thomas Dunne Books. Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Thats why, when one of us (Sara) received a panicked message from a student in her community college classroom last term, she urged the parent to come to class even though her babysitter hadnt shown up.The student had already had to miss a day due to illness, and another due to a booted car.

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