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25 septembre 2018

Online as Backup

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. Hurricanes and learning management systems.
An occupational hazard of academic administration is that you hear or read about devastation and tragedy, like Hurricane Florence, and your thoughts turn to learning management systems. More...

25 septembre 2018

The Admissions Two-Step

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. Getting in vs. being able to pay.
On the way back from the Michigan trip, The Boy and I were talking about the various schools on his list, and how he compares them to each other. It quickly became clear that the ranking process is more complicated now than it used to be. More...

25 septembre 2018

Live from Michigan

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. The college trip.
The Boy and I just returned from Ann Arbor, where we went so he could check out the University of Michigan. More...

25 septembre 2018

Stackability Beyond the Bachelor’s

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. A frustration with earnings data.
I’ve had issues with reports from Third Way in the past, so I approached the latest one, by Douglas Webber, warily. More...

25 septembre 2018

A Blended Learning Community

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. What if we applied the blended format to learning communities?
I’m guessing someone out there has tried this, but I haven’t actually seen it. More...

25 septembre 2018

9.6 Billion

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. Haves and have-nots.
Harvard, undergraduate population of approximately 6,800, just completed a five-year capital campaign that generated $9.6 billion. More...

25 septembre 2018

The Best Facts

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. Grades vs. test scores.
The best facts, as a writer, are the ones that contradict a widely-held bit of dogma. They call into question things that you didn’t know were questionable. More...

25 septembre 2018

Successful Reverse Transfer

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. Looking for solutions.
This one is a question for practitioners, so it may be a bit wonky. Consider yourself warned. More...

25 septembre 2018

100 and 200 Level Courses

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. Are 200-level courses more rigorous than 100 level?
There's a recurring debate on my campus about mandating a certain number of 200 level classes for a degree.  Advocates tend to frame the argument around academic rigor. 200 level classes are more rigorous than 100, the argument goes, so we should require some 200 levels in every program to ensure that students are appropriately challenged. More...

25 septembre 2018

Conditional Acceptance, as Seen from Here

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. I was struck, in reading the recent Hechinger Report piece on conditional acceptance, at how negatively it was portrayed. Within the frame of reference they used, it’s understandable, but I can attest that it looks very different from here. More...

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