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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.
February 3, 2009 - 5:44am
In a passing conversation a while back with a colleague who routinely works with local employers, I heard that the single occupation for which we got the most requests from private employers is...
help desk? no...
construction? no...
sales? no...
Secretaries. Administrative assistants. Office managers.
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February 1, 2009 - 9:26pm
More so than at any time in my memory, this downturn has brought plenty of discussion of furloughs as a way to cut costs. While they aren't the worst of all things, I'm not a fan.
January 29, 2009 - 9:27pm
A few days ago we got word of the latest round of state funding cuts. I've literally lost track of the number of cuts we've taken this year, but the cumulative impact is drastic. Worse, we got the first inkling of the likely cut for next fiscal year, which starts July 1, and it will make this year's cuts look minor.
January 28, 2009 - 9:17pm
A few days ago, we did a post-dinner Home Depot run. It wasn't terribly successful, and it was cold, and late, and we were all a little cranky.
In the car on the way back, we were uncharacteristically silent for some time. Then,
The Boy (in perfect 'Yoda' voice): Farted, I did.
And that was that. TW and I laughed the rest of the way home. Comic relief goes a long way.
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Each week, he has ten spelling words for which he has to write sentences. Last week, one of the words was antonym. He wrote:
January 26, 2009 - 9:44pm
A new correspondent writes:
January 25, 2009 - 6:56pm
A new correspondent writes:
After six years of teaching and academic administration at two proprietary schools (neither one being your Proprietary U unless you've disguised it incredibly well), I am applying for a position at a local community college. As someone who has made the transition, what concerns do you think I should be prepared to address on the off chance I get an interview?
January 22, 2009 - 11:45pm
A regular correspondent makes an interesting point about "retention" in a different sense of the word:
Every time you write about remedial classes, retention, or the K-12 preparation your comments seem to get thread-jacked with folks who basically say that the K-12 system sucks...Maybe it would be worth trying to host a slightly different conversation on your public forum... The nugget of my question, "What do you do to ensure that students retain their knowledge and skills from a class?"
January 22, 2009 - 12:47am
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January 21, 2009 - 1:12am
A hat-tip to Sherman Dorn for pointing out this story in IHE that I had missed.
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