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My day job is Director of Admissions for a community college in Michigan. In that role, I’ve been a member of the Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (MACRAO) for several years, and am serving as the group’s president for 2021, our 100th anniversary year. Last week, I wrote the following item for […]
I’m taking a course in organizational behavior this semester, and today’s assignment was to take a position on the question of whether or not leadership training is a waste of money. Most of my classmates have taken the counterpoint position so far; only one person had agreed with the premise by the time I posted […]
The pandemic has brought plenty of changes to our everyday routines. The same is true in higher education. Beginning as soon as we closed our campus buildings in March, we had to figure out how we could continue to provide instruction and support services to students – and we had a week to figure it […]
The return on investment of higher education is under increased scrutiny today. This has led to a narrowed emphasis by colleges and universities on providing marketable skills that lead directly to jobs. Andrew Delbanco, in his 2012 book, College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be, suggests a broader set of qualities for colleges, however, beyond […]
This is part two of a series on higher education. Read the first post here. I believe in education. Just wanted to get that out of the way first. Because some of the thoughts that I have about education after high school may seem like I’m opposed to it. That’s not true. But I do […]
