Category: President’s Blog
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TCS NAFSA 2018 Welcoming Week Proclamation
By: Michael Horowitz Our System’s success depends on making sure that all students feel welcome. Today, students and scholars from all over the world are a vital part of our community — bringing fresh perspectives and new ideas, leading clubs and organizations, and contributing to the vibrant diversity that we all value. This week,…
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Want to Thrive in Higher Ed? Practice “Radical Cooperation”
Note: This content originally appeared on May 31, 2018 in University Business Magazine, by Dr. Michael Horowitz In a higher education landscape marked by a shrinking student population and increasing uncertainty, institutional longevity—if not short-term survival—is top of mind for most. What many at-risk institutions fail to see, however, is that a primary focus…
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Celebrating our Community of Immigrants: TCS Chief Academic Officer – Jack Paduntin
By Dr. Michael Horowitz As a System designed to serve the global community, it is our pleasure to celebrate the rich, multi-cultural tapestry of our community during Immigrant Heritage Month and throughout the year. The TCS model not only welcomes diverse perspectives from a myriad of traditions – it requires it. Radical Cooperation with…
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The Unparalleled Benefits of Study Abroad Programs for Working Adults
By Dr. Michael Horowitz Mark Twain once said, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Committed to preparing innovative, engaged, purposeful agents of change who serve our global community at TCS, we happen to agree. However, while it’s impossible to argue that students of every generation can benefit from the expanded view that…
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Winning in Higher Ed via the Road Less Traveled
Why (despite the headlines) it’s a great time to be a small college in the U.S. By Dr. Michael Horowitz Taking a 30,000-foot view of the higher ed space today paints a very graphic picture of a sector in the throes of pure distress. From the widely reported shrinking student population to evaporating university budgets,…
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The Importance of First Generation, Immigrant Students
The Importance of First Generation, Immigrant Students A Case for Radical Cooperation By Dr. Michael Horowitz As our country continues to struggle without a permanent solution for U.S. immigration policy or a clear pathway for Dreamers to U.S. citizenship, an average of 1,400 DACA recipients will lose their ability each day to work legally, from…
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A Message on DACA Developments
The Trump Administration recently announced that it will sunset the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in six months, leaving Congress to find a legislative solution for undocumented immigrants in the country. Created in 2012, DACA enables approximately 800,000 undocumented youth who entered the country as minors to receive a two-year period of deferred…
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National Nursing Week: An Open Letter to Our Healthcare Agents of Change
Dear Dr. Shelton, Dean Gaston, and the faculty, staff and students of The Dallas Nursing Institute: As we recognize and celebrate National Nursing Week, I want to express my personal sentiments about the important and powerful work that you do. Each and every one of you is making a meaningful contribution to developing nursing agents…
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Response to Executive Order on Immigration
Dear TCS Colleagues, On the heels of this weekend’s Executive Order to restrict U.S. entry to citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries, all of us at TCS would like to take a moment to underscore our unwavering mission to advance student success and community impact – regardless of country of origin or religious beliefs. TCS…
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The Pursuit of Lasting Social Change
As a higher ed system of colleges focused on empowering our partner institutions to develop agents of change and favorably impact their communities, we’re constantly exploring opportunities to impart lasting social change. While there’s certainly no shortage of opportunities to make an impact, some rise to a level of urgency that simply cannot be ignored.…