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.

Higher Education 106

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Campus Sonar

APRIL 17, 2024

Campus leaders need to thoroughly assess, streamline, and reprioritize these efforts to ensure all students are aware of and have access to support services and preparation resources and that the teams doing the work can collaborate efficiently and effectively.

Academic Advising 59

Academic Advising Career Services Community Outreach Alumni 59

EAB

APRIL 18, 2023

The most successful advancement offices use these savings to invest in support services. Finally, consider redirecting unfilled FTE lines, which will save on candidate search, hiring, onboarding, benefits, and turnover costs, offsetting higher salary expectations for competitive new hires.

Fundraising 52

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Great College Advice

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Beyond this, also consider things like accessibility to medical providers and your student’s ability to maintain relationships with family and friends within a specific mile radius. These programs provide services beyond the required level.

Computers and Informational Technology 130

Computers and Informational Technology Disability Services Admissions ADA 130

Creatrix Campus

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The CAA evaluates the quality of the institution's academic programs, including the rigor and relevance of its courses, the effectiveness of its teaching methods, and the support provided to students.

Higher Education 52

Higher Education Education Marketing and Communication Services Government 52

University Business

MARCH 1, 2024

This generation of students is fantastic,” she says. ” Furman revamps student life, academic affairs Type A students at any college or institution are bound to take proactive steps to discover all that their colleges have to offer them. “They are going to make a difference in the world.”

Alumni 114

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

For all their talk about caring for individual student’s well-being, most institutions failed to do much to accommodate differences in students’ interests or talents or to offer personalized or customized support services. Their student life initiatives support and reinforce their academic offerings.

Support Services 106

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 2, 2023

And yet, I worry that a relationship-rich college experience is a pipedream, what with teaching delivered, in large part, by adjuncts, post-docs, and graduate students, faculty torn between their teaching, research, and family obligations, support services severely understaffed, and mentoring largely unrecognized and unrewarded.

Athletics and Campus Recreation 75

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Campus Groups

JUNE 14, 2022

Denecia is passionate about student success and experiential learning. She has over 6 years of experience working in student development and has held several roles in this space. This includes Student Life (Mercy College) and Student Development and Campus Life (Berkeley College).

Student Affairs 52

Student Affairs Retail Higher Education Engineering 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

There should be adequate support services. At Hostos, civic engagement is woven into various aspects of our curriculum and student life,” said Wang. Many of our courses integrate service-learning projects that encourage students to work on real-world issues in their communities.

Higher Education 306

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