Oscar Rodriguez

Admissions person and motorcycle enthusiast. Opinions are definitely mine and mine alone.

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

@ChiPubSchools @thisisUIC Young Men of Color Summit. Thank you for stopping by to talk to these young men @PedroCPSCEO

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

This crowd couldn’t possibly look more bored

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

Facts.

[Jon Boeckenstedt @JonBoeckenstedt]

Cornell University professor Robert Sternberg listed the reasons people like standardized testing, and why it's so hard to get rid of them, in this 2011 piece in IHE.

It's still dead-on.

#EMTalk

https://t.co/mLioJ0rrTT

[Tony Sarda @TonySarda]

83% of college presidents are white.
70% of college presidents are men.

We’re asking the wrong people.

https://t.co/TpOO5uedia

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

@JonBoeckenstedt @EdWriters There are a number of BIPOC people who are focused on the work and not their profile. I truly believe it's one of the reasons that you tend to see the same people nationally/regionally. It might be enlightening to ask them why some pulled out of professional orgs and circles.

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

Crowded blue line UIC-Halsted stop even thirty minutes after the conclusion of a successful #UICOH. Great job everyone!

[UIC Library @uiclibrary]

For @ChiCollections #BacktoSchoolChicago challenge we're sharing this photo from 1946 of University of Illinois at Chicago undergraduate students commuting from the Navy Pier Campus on a street car. Photo by Thomas Fehr. https://t.co/NJeI0YJyKr #UIC

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

I adore these #UICstories

[Dr. Kate Albrecht @KANetworkGeek]

What have your students taught YOU so far this semester #AcademicTwitter? Mine have taught me about hustle. Single parents, 2+ jobs, paying for siblings to go to school, 18 credits and killing that 4.0, coming back at 40. @uicdpa @UICCUPPA @thisisUIC students amaze

[ProPublica Illinois @ProPublicaIL]

New: Illinois politicians considered denying admission to students whose families exploited the guardianship law to qualify for aid they wouldn’t otherwise receive, saying it was an “injustice.”https://t.co/NaxtE5FTGn

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

T minus 10 mins until the official opening of the UIC Academic and Residential Complex. #LiveUIC #UIC

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

So privileged to witness Illinois history, the signing of bills including the Illinois Rise. #welcomeIL

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

Celebrating all of the hard work advocating for the Illinois Rise bill. #TogetherWeRise

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

Congratulations to our @UICHonors graduates. I am not sure you can find a more dynamic and diverse honors class at any university in the country.

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

Packed house at our admitted student day, IGNITE 2019. Almost 2000 #UICbound prospective students in attendance.

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

...and she's wonderful to boot!

[UIC News @UICnews]

#UIC historian, writer, activist is the recipient of a #2018ASA prize that recognizes scholars who have applied or used their scholarship for the betterment of society. https://t.co/e6PRHVv7Kh

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

I can give or take rankings but if we're going to be ranked this is a decent one to be ranked highly.

[University of Illinois Chicago @thisisUIC]

#UIC is ranked No. 7 on the “Best Values” list in this year’s Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education rankings! https://t.co/pAtKh0uMav

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

So proud to be here at the graduation ceremony of the first class of African American students that I helped recruit to @thisisUIC. Thanks @AAAN_UIC for letting me be a small part of celebrating our African American graduates.

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

It's graduation season... I'm sitting in an establishment off campus and an African American woman comes in with her @thisisUIC cap and gown. Applause erupts from a table of diverse professionals who did not know her. More of that please. #celebrate #uicgrads #proudadministrator

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

Talking aid and affordability with a packed house of #UICBound students and families.

[Oscar Rodriguez @Higher_Ed_Oscar]

You can feel the energy from @UICLAS #UICBound students and families!