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Has the Time Finally Come for Community Colleges in Massachusetts?
Five years ago, I joined MassBay Community College. Prior to that, I knew next to nothing about community colleges. With over 100 higher education institutions, including some of the nation’s most...
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Diversity as a Predictive Variable for Economic Growth
Yesterday evening I attended the Women of Color Leadership and Empowerment Forum organized by Color Magazine. I went as a guest of Jen Maseda, Senior Vice President at United Way of Tri-County who had...
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Diversity as a Predictive Variable for Economic Growth
Diversity as a Predictive Variable for Economic Growth.Filed under: Professional Reflections
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Soccer as a Metaphor for Leading a High Performing Team
A few weeks ago, I did not see writing a blog post that included the World Cup in my future. A Harvard Business Review (HBR) Blog article last week changed all that. Before delving into the article,...
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Emphasizing Culture Early and Reinforcing it in Employee Evaluations
For a few weeks now, the article “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner” and its spinoffs have been floating on the internet. And, yes, I too am adding my two cents on that. I...
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The Myth of Work/Life Balance for the Immigrant
This past week, in the domestic news, two groups dominated the headlines: women and immigrants. This morning a brief editorial appeared in the Boston Globe on the latter. Reporting on valedictorians...
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Lessons from the Brazilian Private Higher Education Market Boom
Last week, The Economist published an article highlighting the rapid spread of for-profit higher education in Brazil and contrasting the Brazilian success story to American higher education trends....
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Note to Self: Vacation is Great for the Mind and Body (Maybe Not So Much)
I know, in my list of 25 lessons learned time for renewal was prominently featured. I only started practicing it this year, for full disclosure. This past week, for the first time in seven years, I...
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Reflections on My First Year as Campus Executive Officer (Part One)
This month I celebrate the end of my first year as Executive Officer for our Framingham campus. MassBay Community College has three campuses in locations with distinct identities. Our Wellesley campus,...
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Reflections on My First Year as Campus Executive Officer (Part Deux)
This week, I continue my reflection on my first year as Campus Executive Officer for Framingham. The Real Meaning of Life-long Learning In my work in assessment, life-long learning as an outcome for...
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Climbing Mount Haleakala
I recently joined a very dear friend in celebrating a major life event in Hawai’i. In Maui, I joined a small group in doing something I never aspired to do, achieving a milestone I never thought...
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Accreditation in an Era of Change in Higher Education
This week the regional accreditation agency, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), held one of several regional meetings of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education....
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The Generosity of Genzyme/Sanofi: Benefiting from a Culture of Service to Others
Six months ago I got to meet David Meeker, the CEO of Genzyme, a Sanofi company. I got a chance to chat with him following a lecture that he delivered on biotechnology/biopharma at the Harvard School...
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Prosperity by and for All: Keeping MetroWest/495 Economically Robust and...
This week, MassBay Community College held the region’s first MetroWest Opportunity Summit, bringing together employers, the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce, community-based organizations, the regional...
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All I Want for Her is a Normal Childhood: Embracing the Special Needs of My...
This week, I attended a 504 Plan meeting for our daughter. Now that she is entering the third month of school, we got together with her classroom teacher, the school nurse and social worker to assess...
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An Inspiring Evening of Roads Traveled and Roads Yet to Travel
This week, our college hosted its second annual donor appreciation event. It was an incredible gathering with moving stories from students who shared how they would not have been able to continue going...
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Can the Adjunct Issue In Higher Ed. Get Resolved?
In the last few years the attention on adjunct faculty working at colleges and universities has increased significantly. This has been happening in the context of the public asking for greater...
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Bridging the Divide between Faculty and Administration
Last month, at the request of those on the campus that I oversee, we established a monthly evening social for the faculty and staff. The idea came up as an effort to better integrate adjunct faculty as...
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Experimenting with my Kids
This latest experiment has nothing to do with work, but it has all to do with my two children. Nearly a month ago, I became really concerned about how few books my children were reading and how much...
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Reflections on the Ivory Tower Documentary
Last week CNN aired the documentary Ivory Tower, directed by Andrew Rossi. Adding my own voice to the professional critics’, I will say that it was very well done in terms of highlighting the issue of...
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