Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2023

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education.

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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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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Peer relationships, participation in campus activities, and accessibility to support services are all factors that can affect social integration. Institutional support: Students need a variety of resources to succeed in college, such as academic advising , tutoring, and mental health services.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 22, 2023

Problem 7: Course Scheduling, Student Services and Fostering a Sense of Community If a campus is to be more than a place where students and faculty parachute in and exit as soon as their classes are over, then a college or university needs to consider how course scheduling lines up with other activities, such as student support services, guest lectures, (..)

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

I’m not referring here to faculty salaries or reduced teaching loads or class size or breadth of programs or extensive support services—all of which are good things (within limits). Meanwhile, expenditures on administration, even excluding student services and student life, have increased markedly.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. Hines & E.C. Fletcher (Eds.)

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2023

In stark contrast to prevailing trends in higher education, colleges and universities have or are boosting their enrollment, retention, and graduation rates by improving their students’ sense of belonging, student support services, student-faculty relationships, and career readiness programs.

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