‘Having a child changed everything’
Malia Capers-Cristabol had taken classes at Austin Community College (ACC) — one at a time, over a number of years — but stopped out to care for her ailing father. After she had her first…
Malia Capers-Cristabol had taken classes at Austin Community College (ACC) — one at a time, over a number of years — but stopped out to care for her ailing father. After she had her first…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) has unofficially released a proposed rule that details how Title IX applies to transgender athletes’ participation in school athletics. This is the proposed rule that ED indicated was forthcoming when…
With the U.S. Department of Education (ED) set this year to embark on the Biden administration’s third round of negotiated rulemaking, it will begin by holding three days of public hearings to gather feedback on…
As a leader, it is important to identify and understand the B Team. I was introduced to the B Team as a young president, and it was an important lesson that I have embraced throughout…
What will our communities look like, feel like and be like when there is no longer a false belief in a hierarchy of human value? This is the visionary question and aspirational goal driving the…
As a higher education instructor for 10 years, I’ve seen first-hand the positive impact open educational resources (OER) can have on students. OER are educational materials that are free for educators and students to use,…
While information doubled every 12 months in 1982, it is doubling every 12 hours today. The burden of what some call “liquid learning,” the need for continual learning, is felt by professors and increasing. The…
Did you always want to be a college president? What is your leadership approach and philosophy? How has it felt to be the first Filipina American president of both Berkeley City College and San José…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is closely monitoring the implications of a recent Education Department “Dear Colleague” letter (DCL) that would alter its policies concerning third-party servicers (TPSs). If unchanged, the DCL could…
On a non-descript November afternoon 2018, our bustling Cape Cod Community College (4Cs) campus was rocked by news that wound up making national headlines and took us on a journey into the shadowy world of…