Burgandi Rakoska #ORLH19

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@DeanJimBerg But the powerful tweet goes on and you...may contribute 280 characters. - Also Walt Whitman

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[Community College Journal of Research and Practice @CCJRP_Research]

“Life prepared me well for succeeding”: The Enactment of Community Cultural Wealth, Experiential Capital, and Transfer Student Capital by First-Generation Engineering Transfer Students https://t.co/JYabWv9OGF

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HOW?! #ORLH19

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[The New York Times @nytimes]

In Opinion

Richard Kahlenberg writes, "Year after year, policymakers have chosen to severely underfund America’s 2-year community colleges with the full knowledge that doing so means a majority of their students will fail to earn a certificate or degree" https://t.co/bMAQZaPr1w

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[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

I was able to get a quality, public education for just $50 a semester. That kind of opportunity is virtually impossible to find today. As states have invested less in community colleges and public four-year colleges, schools have raised tuition and fees to make up the gap.

[Burgandi Rakoska #ORLH19 @HpseRakoska]

"The trickier question, which is probably more salient at community colleges than elsewhere, is what to do when attrition reduces a group’s ranks towards the end." (Missing the '?' to make it a question but...still valid). #ORLH19
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Very cool! #ORLH19 @DeanJimBerg

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5.) But the most frustrating thing is that, in my limited research), this was the only article I could find on this topic. Which means CC (or any college) campuses could find this article and naively use it thinking that they're helping disabled students (they're not). #ORLH19

[Burgandi Rakoska #ORLH19 @HpseRakoska]

1/5.) The whole premise of the article is to talk about how students' identifications of their disabilities don't match the "professional diagnosis". Define 'professional'! Did you consult a doctor? A disability studies major? A DM book? https://t.co/GNkrmWOTl3? Explain! #ORLH19

[Burgandi Rakoska #ORLH19 @HpseRakoska]

For my twitter points this week I'm going to rip apart this article from 1997 that did absolutely nothing to me and was assuredly written by people who did their best. Here we go! #ORLH19

https://t.co/NlRrMbHGNZ

[Burgandi Rakoska #ORLH19 @HpseRakoska]

4.) What's REALLY frustrating is that the actual disability doesn't matter; it's the SYMPTOMS that matter when providing accommodations. "I have Spina Bifida." "......And?" "I need a key to the elevator." "Ah!" No one cares how I define the disability. It's the SYMPTOMS! #ORLH19

[Burgandi Rakoska #ORLH19 @HpseRakoska]

For my twitter points this week I'm going to rip apart this article from 1997 that did absolutely nothing to me and was assuredly written by people who did their best. Here we go! #ORLH19

https://t.co/NlRrMbHGNZ

[Burgandi Rakoska #ORLH19 @HpseRakoska]

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[Community College Review - Sage Journal @CCollegeReview]

The latest issue of Community College Review is live. Don't miss the latest work on faculty experiences and work expectations, influence of engagement on student learning, impact of noncredit enrollment on cost, improving placement accuracy & book review.
https://t.co/79tat0cAy7

[Burgandi Rakoska #ORLH19 @HpseRakoska]

This is still one of my favorite books on disability rights in higher education. I had to read it for a literature review for Purposes/Policies but genuinely loved it and have been able to pull it into other classes, including #ORLH19 #academicableism

https://t.co/bsh5Ye8EYx

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Online Learning Article #2 Brief Summary: Q: What are ways to decrease attrition rates in online learning classes? A: *Reveals long list* #ORLH19
https://t.co/syVs3wwpWu

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Online Learning Article #1 Brief Summary: Q: Does online learning hurt community college students? A: Nope. #ORLH19
https://t.co/ovID6cKnIP

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10.) Overall, there are many great IDEAS coming from highly ranked HPSE researchers on how to help hypothetical CC students but until BMCC (and all CCs) finds a way to bridge the metaphorical ideas with the real students' lives/beliefs/goals, they'll be just that: ideas. #ORLH19

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10 Takeaways From Our BMCC Field Trip #ORLH19 :

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9.) All of the programs that we've been studying to help boost student retention/graduation seem great in theory but how many students actually know about these programs? (She asks having talked to her roommate who's a student and didn't know about these programs.) #ORLH19