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  • Community Colleges Offering Bachelor’s-Part 2

    Here is the ideal bachelor’s degree program offered at a community college: “The Southern Illinois University program is an accelerated bachelor’s degree program in Aviation Management, held in our classrooms at Mt. San Antonio College. Students completing the A.S. degree at Mt. SAC (with special attention to specific details about the SIU general education requirements)…

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  • Finding the Fit: 24 and Overboard

    The spring semester brought new adventures including being Editor-in-Chief of our campus magazine, The Bull.  But, in the back of my head I knew that above all else, the spring would be nothing like the fall – or would it? Especially because I took a deep breath and  opened up yet another rejection letter. There…

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  • A word in support of parents…kind of

    I am fully aware that the subject matter in this space often drifts toward the topic of my own children. I guess that’s just where I live right now. By now many of you may be thinking, “Seriously, you should be unpacking this stuff with a professional.” You might be right. Believe me when I…

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  • Finding the Fit

    The waiting game Day 114 of my time in application purgatory. There is still no response from any school to which I applied. Every day is the same; I check my application portals and get disappointed by “Application Pending” messages. Sometimes I sleep, most of the time I don’t. Morale is at an all-time low.…

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  • A Beautiful Struggle

    Recently, I had the honor of working with The Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics to bring to the University of Southern California’s campus a powerful feature documentary concerning the state of Ethnic Studies entitled, Precious Knowledge. I first encountered the film during my graduate program at Columbia University and had an extremely visceral reaction…

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  • Counsel This Kid, Someone, Please!

    For the inaugural blog post, I thought I’d share a personal story that speaks to the theme of our profession. It took me a long time – years of helping students with general tutoring, writing coaching and test prep – to finally come to the conclusion that I was ready to become an independent college…

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  • Finding the Fit: Lizzie Bennett

    Sometimes it seems like bad news, and good news, travels in waves. Extremely high emotional points can lead to periods of great sadness just a few weeks later. Life has a funny way of working itself out, and that’s something to be remembered in the coming weeks and months to come. Looking back, there hasn’t…

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  • My Name is Jeff Morrow and I Am a Kindergarten Art Critic

    My name is Jeff Morrow and I am a kindergarten art critic.  Wow.  I’ve got to admit that it feels good to get that off my chest.  Quick disclaimer: It’s possible that the next few paragraphs could make it seem like I’m not a fan of kids’ artwork.  I know that I am already on…

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