Would you ask Pepsi to make Coke? You want your heart surgeon to do your brain surgery? Do you want the Common App…scratch that. The current buzz in California higher education is discussion around community colleges offering bachelor’s degrees. Although...
This month’s article is blog lite. We just had our December Board meeting, and we continue to move forward. My job as president is to listen a lot, speak a little, and be genuinely grateful for all these folks do …
A very good friend asked me to address the following question about attending a community college, so I thought I would share my response this month. “What will the student be giving up in bonding/relationship/experience/alumni/networking benefits if they don’t go...
“Hey, aren’t you the Transfer Guy?” , said the young woman as I was walking across the SMC campus during the last week of September. Of course, I was thinking about the upcoming college fair, budget issues, UC and CSU …
Since Mrs. Loomis’ kindergarten class at Parkway Elementary School in Fall 1963, through and including last Monday, August 26, 2013 at Santa Monica College, I have celebrated, and I do mean celebrated, 50 straight “First Days of School”. I have …
Starting with an apparent oxymoronic title seems problematic, but feels right to me. As a native Nevadan, born in Las Vegas, it was where my parents began their professional lives in earnest. My mom was a radio DJ, and my …
