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24th Annual Global Issues Conference: Understanding Social Media And Global Change (October 9, 2013) - In the 21st century, the lens through which we engage each other and the world around us is no longer primarily unmediated. News production and consumption, political campaigning, cartography, disease tracking, advertising and the family cat have all moved into distributed social spaces more frequently located in the cloud than on the ground... |
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Dine and Learn: Continuting Ed to Host Meal (October 4, 2013) - Manchester Community College's Continuing Education Division is offering another in an occasional series of class/meal combinations on Tuesday, October 29, when students will learn about the place and culture behind the food they are served... |
Senator Guglielmo Visits Manchester Community College (October 4, 2013) - State Senator Tony Guglielmo (R-Stafford) recently paid a visit to Manchester Community College at the request of a non-traditional student. The student profiled the senator for a Political Science Class assignment... |
Reminder News - MCC Celebrates Life Of Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White (October 2, 2013) - The Manchester Community College Organization of Active Adults presented a look into the life of Margaret Bourke-White, a famous photojournalist from 1930-1950. The celebration was held at the MCC campus on Sept. 20... |
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Inside Higher Ed - New Faces of Civic Learning (October 9, 2013) - One can't very well expect two dozen students who live an hour or more away from a campus to drive in for a community service project on a Saturday morning. An event like that might work for a fraternity or residence hall, but not for a 12,000-student commuter campus... |
Inside Higher Ed - Troubling Stats on Adult Literacy (October 8, 2013) - Eight years ago, a national survey on adult literacy offered data on the extent to which Americans -- even those with college credentials -- were declining in their proficiency to do the basic kinds of reading people use in everyday life... |
Inside Higher Ed - No Aid, No Problem (October 8, 2013) - UniversityNow's Patten University may be the first institution to successfully renew its regional accreditation while also voluntarily dropping out of federal financial aid programs... |
Inside Higher Ed - Grappling With Global Learning (October 7, 2013) - Virtually every college says it puts a priority on "global" or "international" learning and, in recent years, many have added language to that effect to their mission statements... |
Inside Higher Ed - Puzzling Peer Reviews (October 4, 2013) - Just because scholars who seek to publish in open-access journals are open to new forms of peer review, that doesn't mean they all see eye-to-eye -- or know what to expect... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - MOOCs Could Help 2-Year Colleges and Their Students, Says Bill Gates (October 3, 2013) - Community colleges have generally cast a wary eye toward massive open online courses, or MOOCs. But a relatively new model, which "flips" homework and classwork by incorporating outsourced lectures, could help struggling students and make colleges more efficient... |
Community College Times - Teaming Up To Address The Leadership Crisis (October 3, 2013) - With nearly 75 percent of community college presidents expected to retire by decade's end, the issue of leadership development is of prime concern for many organizations that represent the work of two-year colleges... |
Journal Inquirer - Baez Promoted (October 2, 2013) - Donna Baez of Manchester has been promoted to branch manager at American Eagle Federal Credit Union... She attended Manchester Community College and holds an associate's degree from the New England College of Business and Finance... |
Record Journal - New Senior Center Director Already at Home in Meriden (October 2,2013) - On just his second day as Meriden's senior center director, Rick Liegl seemed well-adjusted to his new surroundings...He went to Manchester Community College and received his therapeutic recreation certificate... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - An Advocate for Access Reflects on Decades of Political Battles (September 30, 2013) - Sitting in his ninth-floor office, not far from where President Obama has just delivered a speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Arnold L. Mitchem reflects on his 30 years as an icon of the college-access movement... |
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Inside Higher Ed - Follow the Bouncing Schedule (October 8, 2013) - Sometimes I think that everyone who makes policy for a living should have to work for at least a few months in a minimum wage job at some point in their lives... |
Community College Times - Fueling The Next Generation Of America's Skilled Workers (October 8, 2013) - Many businesses that rely on skilled workers report difficulty finding qualified individuals to fill open jobs. In fact, skilled trades have been the hardest segment of the workforce for employers to staff for the last three years, according to ManpowerGroup... |
Inside Higher Ed - What the Committee Is Really Looking For (October 7, 2013) - Last week, Rebecca Schuman did a wonderful meditation on a job ad from Sewanee that touched off quite a discussion, including here. This week, Cheryl Ball offered a more global how-to on reading faculty job postings... |
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