Guest Blog by Melissa McCreery Working in the higher education arena, I come across a lot of shocking statistical information—I mean truly shocking. For example, did you know student loan debt is currently hovering near the one trillion dollar mark? One trillion dollars. For the record, that’s a 1 followed by twelve zeros. That’s not […]
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Guest Bloggers: Melissa McCreery, VP of Development at Kilns College My husband and I—along with a multitude of other people across the country—went to see Lincoln on it’s opening weekend. The movie brought in $21 million that weekend—quite a sizable income considering it was up against Twilight’s Breaking Dawn and Skyfall, the latest James Bond
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Editor’s Note: Melissa is the Vice President of Development at Kilns College. By Guest Blogger: Melissa McCreery I came across this video while researching an entirely different topic for a different assignment. The New York Times video—coupled with an email I received from a prominent higher education journal inviting me to attend a seminar on Student Loan
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Editor’s Note: Melissa is the Vice President of Development at Kilns College. By Guest Blogger: Melissa McCreery “How can a writing class possibly help me land a job as a aerospace engineer?” “Which class looks better on my resume—Biochemistry or Spanish?” “Do employers look favorably on applicants who study abroad?” Over the course of my
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Matt Smith has been doing an amazing job with the college & career group at Antioch since taking it over earlier this summer. He has been repositioning it around identity (defined by purpose) vs. demographic (defined by age group). In conjunction with this focus, the group has recently been renamed “PARADOX.” Below is Matt’s little
The college that was given to Antioch (High Desert Christian College) just signed on this amazing space in the Old Mill Marketplace yesterday. It’s absolutely HUGE inside and will look amazing when it is painted, remodeled and has the espresso machine installed. The main uses will be a bookstore for the college, the college, community
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