Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Many of the graduate students I advise are juggling classes, practicums, research, involvement in student organizations and more. Sharon Fleshman offers advice for committing to regular career wellness practices. They realize that wellness is important, yet it can be a challenge to plan for it.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

[link] Communicating college value better Bridgewater College is doubling down on its commitment to the student experience. It recently completed its “next-generation library,” a $13 million redesign and expansion of a learning commons focused on academic support and student organizations.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 18, 2024

The Supreme Court will not review a case brought by a student organization at a public university in Texas that sought to hold a drag show on campus despite the president’s objections, the The New York Times reported on Friday.

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EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In the last few months, I’ve seen reports of a fire-bombing just outside the walls of a college campus just because that establishment hosted a drag event. I’ve read about LGBTQ+ college student organizations either being dismantled or denied formation. What can college leaders do to help? Navigating the Recovery.

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

Rather than viewing the challenges faced by student-parents as obstacles, universities and colleges should recognize them as opportunities. They are managing and making decisions for their families, which often translates into effective leadership within student organizations, clubs, and community initiatives.

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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.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Denver University Hillel, a Jewish student organization, said in an Instagram post that mezuzahs, Jewish ritual objects traditionally placed on doorposts, were “taken down and defiled” from the doorposts of three students living in campus housing, and one student had “pork products glued to their door.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 31, 2023

Noah Nordstrom, a student organizer, said he has “faith that our community, at the end of the day, is a loving community, and that we aren’t going to have violence and that we aren’t going to have so much animosity.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

Josh Shulruff, staff adviser for the university’s Hillel student organization, said he was one. “Greater involvement from JMU’s Jewish community would have ensured that security considerations were discussed from the beginning of the planning process,” the letter says. ” She said by Oct.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

About 1,000 students participated in total, and the 129 responses to the survey were used to create a virtual word art mural, which was sent out to everyone on the event mailing list, says Odell.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

How it works: Barnard’s PCAs are sophomores, juniors and seniors who offer a variety of career services for other students—from one-on-one advising on résumés and cover letters to leading workshops hosted by student organizations and assisting in resource creation for the larger advising and programs team.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

Students who move on campus because of the fund are more involved in campus activities, utilize more campus facilities like the library and more often take on leadership roles in student organizations. “The spirit of the scholarship is to enrich the student experience,” Alba says.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Demystifying mental health and counseling services The mental health struggle for college students—and faculty—is real, which is why no syllabus should be without self-care items. This includes contacts to any campus counseling center. We try to time these meetings around midterms, when stress is proliferating.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

Creating Community. Colleges have been working for years to make transgender and nonbinary students feel comfortable living on campus. Many institutions have established a process for such students to make specific roommate requests; others offer gender-neutral halls, where students of any gender may live together.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

“These are students who were invited into Atlanta, some who are from Atlanta or the surrounding areas, who are here protesting and saying they don’t want a militarized police facility in their backyard,” he said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 29, 2023

At Northwestern University, students can often be competitive or high achievers, creating a tense campus culture or one that does not stop to take breaks, says Tracey Gibson-Jackson, director of student organizations and activities.

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EAB

MAY 5, 2023

Join my colleague Lindsay Schappell and I for our discussion, Student Success Starts with Mental Health. February 21, 2023 Our partners implemented strategic advising campaigns at 40 schools in 27 states. Here’s what we learned.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 31, 2023

“In a democracy, restricting students from appearing in exams is an unlawful [and] a condemnable act,” tweeted the students’ union, which is among the country’s largest student organizations, with 521,000 followers on Twitter.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Colleges Draw Criticism for Slow Response to Hamas Attacks Johanna Alonso Wed, 10/11/2023 - 03:00 AM After student organizations released statements backing attacks against Israeli citizens, critics called on university leaders to forcefully condemn them. Not all did. Byline(s) Johanna Alonso

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 15, 2023

While Johnson was not available for comment for this story, her March 6 email to the campus community stated that the results of the referendum “will not impact any of the policies or practices of the College or of student organizations at Wellesley.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Uncharted Territory Although most campus TikTok bans are essentially the same, some universities are trying to figure out the best ways to implement them while minimizing the negative effects on students and faculty.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 2, 2023

For example, after learning that students were concerned about affordability, Illinois Tech partnered with the local community college system, the City Colleges of Chicago, to create an innovative program. They can also join student organizations and participate in activities at Illinois Tech.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

Steinbaugh said FIRE and local counsel are representing a University of South Florida professor, a student and a student organization there called the First Amendment Forum. FIRE is opposing the law in one of two ongoing cases that have been consolidated.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Chapman faced pressure to divest from Students for Justice in Palestine, which established a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus in the spring. Though board members met with student organizers several times to discuss the proposal, they ultimately rejected divestment.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

In order to counter these experiences, Black students often form social groups and organizations that bolster their sense of community. At HBCUs, Black students do not deal with the same sort of racist stereotypes and race-based social isolation on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2023

Frost said while his campaign did conduct organizing on college campuses, there was also a lot of activity outside of that, such as culture- and art-based events. His campaign efforts tended toward community colleges because those students typically live in the community year-round.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In particular, the department is proposing to eliminate the section that barred higher education institutions from denying faith-based student organizations any rights, benefits and privileges afforded to nonreligious student groups because of their “beliefs, practices, policies, speech, membership standards or leadership standards.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Yale’s is one of academe’s longest-running graduate student organizing campaigns, dating back to the 1990s. Some 3,214 workers total were eligible to vote. The National Labor Relations Board certified the election, which was years in the making.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

” Republicans, in their questioning of witnesses, did not talk about the state laws but said they were concerned about the barriers to recognition for conservative and religious student organizations; the perceived lack of viewpoint diversity among faculty, students and administration; the increase in diversity, equity and inclusion administrators; (..)

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 29, 2023

Image: House Republicans say that a Biden administration plan to rescind part of a Trump-era rule that required public colleges and universities to give faith-based student organizations the same resources as secular groups is “wholly unwarranted.”

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