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November 21, 2013
Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday The Pulse will not be published on November 28. Publication will resume on December 5. |
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Manchester Community College Foundation Appoints New Members to Board - (November 18, 2013)... The Manchester Community College Foundation recently appointed two new members to its board of directors... |
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MCC Students Complete Suicide Prevention Gatekeepers Training - (November 19, 2013) - MCC students received certificates of completion after Haley Shoop, Program Coordinator for ERASE, Inc. (East of the River Action for Substance Abuse Elimination) trained them in QPR. Students who received the training are part of the F.I.R.S.T (Foundation in Retention, Success and Transition) program at MCC... |
Journal Inquirer - MCC Event Features Classical Guitar, Poetry (November 18, 2013) - The Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series presents classical guitar music and two poets on Thursday, Nov. 21, from 7-9 p.m., in Manchester Community College's downtown performance space... |
Reminder News - 'Raising the Dough for Great Harvest' Scheduled for Nov. 23 at MCC (November 15, 2013) - While firefighters were still working to put out the Oct. 12 fire on Main Street that destroyed the building housing Great Harvest Bread Company, Joanne Britton had already made the decision that she would do something to help... |
Hartford Courant - Chinese Baby Carriers At MCC (November 12, 2013) - "Be-Dai, the Art of Mother Love," an exhibit of handwoven baby carriers from Southwest China, will be at the Dehn Gallery at MCC on Main, 903 Main St. in Manchester, until Thursday, Dec. 12... |
Journal Inquirer - MCC Foundation (November 14, 2013) - MCC foundation The Manchester Community College Foundation has appointed two new members to its board of directors... |
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Inside Higher Ed - Battle Over Budget Cuts (November 20, 2013) - The University of the District of Columbia's Board of Trustees eliminated nearly 20 academic programs Tuesday in an effort to refocus the university's mission after financial and management struggles... |
New England Board of Higher Ed - NEBHE Announces More Specialized Programs with Tuition Break (November 19, 2013) - New England's public colleges and universities continue to expand their program offerings under the New England Regional Student Program (RSP), which means more access for the region's residents to out-of-the-ordinary programs at reduced tuition... |
Inside Higher Ed - Adding Competency to Community (November 19, 2013) - Competency-based education is spreading among community colleges, thanks to an assist from Western Governors University... |
New England Journal of Higher Ed - The New Slow (November 18, 2013) - New England will continue to experience a slow jobs recovery through 2017, according to economists speaking last week at the New England Economic Partnership (NEEP) Fall 2013 Economic Outlook Conference in Boston... |
Inside Higher Ed - Adjunct Connections (November 18, 2013) - Linking their struggle for better working conditions to student debt struggles was among the organizing strategies adjuncts discussed during a weekend conference here on non-tenure-track faculty organizing... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - Some Community Colleges Pioneer Competency-Based Credentials (November 18, 2013) - Community colleges are natural laboratories for experimenting with self-paced programs whose students progress by mastering "competencies" employers value, speakers at a nationally broadcast meeting said on Monday... |
Inside Higher Ed - Performance Funding Underperforms (November 18, 2013) - Around the country, legislators have rushed (and continue to rush) to adopt systems that allocate funds to colleges based partly or heavily on performance indicators rather than enrollment, as has historically been the case... |
Community College Times - New Courses Stress Competency To Meet Workforce Needs (November 18, 2013) - Competency-based education (CBE) can be valuable in ensuring community colleges provide the right kind of training to get people into the job market quickly with the skills employers need... |
Inside Higher Ed - Third Try Isn't the Charm (November 15, 2013) - Community college students face long odds of eventually earning a bachelor's degree. And those odds get worse if they leave college more than once along the way... |
Inside Higher Ed - Net Zero (November 15, 2013) - Most of the existing research on the employment of adjunct faculty and student success shows a negative relationship, not because adjuncts are bad teachers but because their working conditions prevent them from being as effective as they could be... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - Push to Track Veterans' College Success Gets a $3.2-Million Boost From Google (November 14, 2013) - Bringing its data-driven approach to the GI Bill, Google announced on Wednesday that it would provide $3.2-million to support national research to assess student veterans' academic performance and determine what kinds of campus-based programs were most effective in helping them... |
Reminder News - South Windsor Police Department Confers Promotions and Awards (November 14, 2013) - On Nov. 6, the South Windsor Police Department hosted a promotion and awards ceremony for the four officers recently promoted...Deputy Chief Timothy M. Edwards ...holds a bachelor's degree from Central Connecticut State University and an associate's degree from Manchester Community College. Lt. Scott P. Custe ...holds a bachelor's degree from Charter Oak State College, and an associate's degree from Manchester Community College... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - Obama Puts $100-Million Behind Quest to Improve Tech Training (November 20, 2013) - President Obama announced a $100-million grant competition on Tuesday to encourage educators and executives to come together to let students earn college and industry credentials while still in high school... |
CT Mirror - $836M Needed to Catch Up on State College Renovations (November 19, 2013) - The four Connecticut State Universities and the state's 12 community colleges need an infusion of $836 million to complete necessary renovations and eliminate a growing backlog of construction projects... |
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Inside Higher Ed - The Thirty Hour Solution (November 19, 2013) - Someday, someone is going to steal this idea and make history with it. Alas, I'm not in a position to do that myself. So I'll put it out there and hope someone with means sees it. Most jobs now are either severely part-time or entirely full-time. Generally, the part-time jobs pay far less, proportionately, than full-time jobs do... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - How the Job Search Differs at Community Colleges (November 18, 2013) - When I speak with doctoral students about faculty careers at two-year colleges, I'm routinely asked some version of, "How does looking for a job there compare with applying to a four-year college?... |
Inside Higher Ed - Rigor, Control, and Self-Control (November 18, 2013) - Which is more rigorous: a program with all required and prescribed classes, or a program with a host of electives? The correct answer is that the question doesn't make sense. It's like asking whether red cars are faster than blue cars. Academic rigor and freedom of choice are unrelated... |
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