Kane’s Hierarchy of Career Education
(The Career Education Pyramid} Human needs arrange themselves in hierarchies of pre-potency. That is to say, the appearance of one need usually rests on the prior satisfaction of another, more pre-potent need. ~ Abraham Maslow Kane’s Hierarchy of Career Education I’ve included the quote above from Abraham Maslow because it’s quite obvious that I’ve taken…
Renew your commitment to self-care
Forgiveness isn’t just the absence of anger. I think it’s also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself. ~ Tara Westover Renew your commitment to self-care I was fortunate last week to be asked to present on an Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA) professional webinar on self –care. My…
Why Don’t We Train Community College Professors to Teach?
Why don’t we train our community college professors to teach?
Changing the Definition of Success
Changing the Definition of Success I’m closing in on retirement and so I’ve been sitting back a bit and looking at my career and my life overall and thinking about the idea of success. Personally, I feel like I’ve had a pretty successful career. By the most important metric to an educator, which is have…
Some Semester End Thoughts on Professionalism
Recently I wrote a note to my division about the importance of professionalism and some ways they could do a more professional job. Perhaps these things will be of benefit to you or people you work with in your job. Some Semester End Thoughts on Professionalism This has been a really complicated semester in a…
So, you don’t have any children?
Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honor for me. ~ A P J Abdul Kalam So tonight a cross-list between two of my blogs, The Ministry of Happiness and Higher Ed…
The Power of Purposeful Meetings: A Guide to Running Effective Sessions
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. ~ Robert Frost The Power of Purposeful Meetings: A Guide to Running Effective Sessions If you’ve worked in higher education for any amount of time, and particularly if you’ve been a manager for any amount of time, you go…
Don’t make your career goal a job title
The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career! ~ Earl Nightingale Recently I was told about a conversation two colleagues…
The Higher Ed Mental Health Crisis
There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone’s business. ~ Vikram Patel Let’s set the background, first in America, according to a piece in Time Magazine: Suicide rates have risen by about 30% since 2000. Almost a third of…
We have all the answers to student success
Focus on progress not perfection. ~ Bill Phillip Every year we talk about improving student success on our campuses. We have the research office bring up our trend data, disaggregate it into ever smaller bundles of students and make bold assertions about how we’ll make it all better. Then we call up the folks from…
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