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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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Should I Disclose Learning Differences on the College Application

Great College Advice

Most college campuses welcome students with disabilities and have existing policies and procedures in place that make requesting accommodations an easy, worry-free process. For instance, schools may provide access to learning centers and learning specialists and offer developmental courses, tutoring services, and study skill workshops.

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The Power of Relationships in Undergraduate Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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.