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I’m Going to College! Now What?
It’s summer! For recently graduated high school seniors it means one thing: college. The summer between high school graduation and starting college marks an important time — a time of transition. Students are excited and gearing up for what is sure to be the best four years of their lives, but hopefully, what is also…
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The Big Rift
I’ve been mulling over the uncomfortable but rather pressing conversation started during the WACAC conference: how can school-based college counselors and IECs work together more effectively? I’ve been trying to boil the problem down a bit. It seems to stem from a nasty mix of ego and ignorance, money and mistrust—a lot of negative images.…
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Finding the Fit: 24 and Overboard
Name: that part was easy. Date of birth: June, 1989, which made me a few months short of my 25th birthday the first time I applied to transfer to a 4-year university. A lot older than my perfect cousin, who at my age was a college graduate and a newlywed, and eons older than my…
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Don’t Rush to ADT the UC
The University of California (UC) recently released a report titled “Preparing California For Its Future: Enhancing Community College Student Transfer to UC,” which discusses imbalances in UC transfer admissions and examines possible social, economic, academic, and institutional causes. They point out the fact that the vast majority of transfer students are admitted from a small…
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One Year Anniversary of a Day That Changed My Life Forever
One would think, based on this title, I might supply the summary of my year as your president. And although May 21st, 2013, the day I took office, was exciting and full of promise, it was actually 17 days later, June 7th, when a man with a gun stepped on our campus and terrorized our…
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A Public Conversation about Undocumented Students
For many of us on either side of the desk, working with undocumented students presents quite the challenge. We seem to have more questions than answers. What do we do if a student tells us they are undocumented? Do we have the resources to assist them? Do we know the resources? How do we advise…
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#WACAC2014…Watch to Find Out!
Check out our intro video to this year’s WACAC conference. Grant Cushman from Chapman University and Sam Schreiber from the University of Southern California explain the social media activities that will take place during the event and how you can participate. Make sure you watch to learn more about how to participate and…
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A Discussion on the Power of Privilege
In my previous post, I spoke about the value and importance of Ethnic Studies for the development of young scholars and today’s society by extension of these scholars’ presence in society. The film I discussed was one I first viewed while in graduate school, and like many in the higher education field, I am a…
