Confessions of a Community College Dean
In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990s moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care.
In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990s moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care.
June 9, 2013 - 9:30pm
How to make internships an option for community college students.
June 6, 2013 - 9:22pm
Students will pay extra for a sense of fairness.
Until last year, we had a non-credit math review class that we offered students who didn’t like, or believe, their score on the math placement test. For fifty bucks, we offered them a couple of weeks of guided review and a chance to retake the test.
From an institutional perspective, this was a screaming deal. Fifty bucks could get you out of one, and possibly two, semesters of remediation that you didn’t really need. The savings on tuition alone are substantial; when you add the savings of time, it’s a no-brainer.
