Dr. Claudia Lourido-HabibClaudia Lourido-Habib has been appointed president of Ventura College in California. She serves as the president of Porterville College in California. Lourido-Habib holds a bachelor’s degree in interior design from California State University, Fresno, in instructional technology from National University, and a Doctorate in Education from California State University, Fresno. #CLAUDIA #LOURIDOHABIB #Diverse…
Focusing in on the rankings’ methodology, which measures both international faculty and student ratio, The PIE News looked at how some of the country’s major universities included in the table fared compared to last year’s figures. While international student numbers are still increasing in the Netherlands despite plans to curb internationalisation altogether, they’re growing at…
Students are asked to rate the importance of various factors, including the institution’s stance on environmental issues, among other decision factors such as cost of living, institutional reputation, and impact upon employability. Student priorities on environmental issues From 2021 to 2023, there was a noticeable increase in the importance students placed on their institution’s environmental…
The best way I can describe my very first semester of teaching online asynchronously is “emotionally agonizing.” Having taught students in brick-and-mortar classrooms for most of my 23-year tenure in education, I had grown accustomed to witnessing the positive impact human connection can have on the life trajectory of my community college students. After transitioning…
Why do TED Talks captivate us so consistently? TED Talks captivate us because their speakers apply fundamental principles of communication that, I believe, 99% of speakers fail to follow. Because teaching is first and foremost about communication, these principles apply just as well to teaching, especially to online teaching with videos. Photos Imagery, in either…
I’m going to guess “yes.” I’m sure some will hate me for saying this, but after 30+ years in the nonprofit trenches and another 10+ as a coach and consultant, I’m still amazed at how small many of us think. In 2008 during the big recession, and 2020 during the pandemic,…
Photo by Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images Reverse And Redo: SCOTUS dunks on the Fifth Circuit’s shoddy application of the First Amendment. The Tenth Time Isn’t The Charm: Serial shit slinger gets his license reinstated. Joke Of A Judge Decides To Stay On Case Despite Being A Witness:…
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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Law360’s fourth annual Lawyer Satisfaction Survey, which Biglaw firm is the most desirable — that is, respondents say this is the firm they’d most like to work at based on reputation? Hint: This firm takes the title of most desirable for the…
(Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images) In May, Sullivan & Cromwell announced a new, tougher vetting process for hiring associates to root out candidates for “participation in pro-terrorist groups and other similar activities.” So if Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army ever thought about getting into ERISA work, S&C is one step ahead! Of course,…