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	<description>The blog of Dr. Allen Edwards</description>
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		<title>New Funding Formula Questions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the legislature deliberates the future of higher education,  I hope that they will consider leveling the playing field as regards funding before they insist we meet new performance standards.  We are not even with other community colleges as we line up to start the race.  We are starting from 10 yards behind the others.
Unlike [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.pstcc.edu/president/blog/2010/01/20/new-funding-formula-questions/</link>
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		<title>Haiti Relief, the Special Session, and MLK Jr Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With enrollments over 10,000 students at this time, it looks like another record breaking semester for Pellissippi State.  My thanks to all of the staff, faculty, and student workers who have advised, oriented, informed, and directed students throughout the enrollment process.   Although all of our enrollment processes have been tested by the increase in students, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.pstcc.edu/president/blog/2010/01/19/haiti-relief-the-special-session-and-mlk-jr-day/</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;http://www.pstcc.edu/09holiday/
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		<link>http://blogs.pstcc.edu/president/blog/2009/12/17/merry-christmas-and-happy-holidays/</link>
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		<title>Reorganizing Higher Education&#8211;Will we or won&#8217;t we?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Will Governor Bredesen roll out a plan to reorganize higher education this year?  Will UT and TBR be combined and THEC dropped from the list of state organizations?  Probably not.  At least that is what I am hearing from those who work in and around Nashville.   Apparently the political realities of reorganizing higher education are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.pstcc.edu/president/blog/2009/11/13/reorganizing-higher-education-will-we-or-wont-we/</link>
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		<title>Two Campaigns&#8211;One Pellissippi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I was hand-delivered the information about the College&#8217;s Internal Campaign&#8211;a fund drive to support scholarships, emergency loan funds, and other activities of the Pellissippi State Foundation.  I have seen first-hand, and you have to,  how important our Foundation Scholarships are to our students.   There&#8217;s a great video about the importance of scholarships at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.pstcc.edu/president/blog/2009/11/02/two-campaigns-one-pellissippi/</link>
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		<title>Wow&#8230;just wow.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They like us…
This semester has been a whirlwind of activity and it’s hard to believe that we are staring mid-term in the face already.  With over 10, 250 students enrolled, our place in the community is secure.  We know for sure that when the going gets tough, people turn to Pellissippi State for help.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.pstcc.edu/president/blog/2009/10/13/wow-just-wow/</link>
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		<title>Managing Growth and Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Managing growth and change…building an infrastructure for the future.
Pellissippi State, like so many other higher education institutions in the State of Tennessee, faces many difficult decisions over the next few years as enrollments increase and state resources decrease.  Even as enrollment increases, the College may have to operate with the same, or fewer, resources than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.pstcc.edu/president/blog/2009/10/08/managing-growth-and-change/</link>
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		<title>Puff the Magic Dragon has died</title>
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Of all the celebrity deaths these past few months, the death of Mary Travers hit me the hardest.  She was not politically powerful or a musical genius in any way.  She was just a performer who was so direct and honest in her delivery of her music that it overwhelmed you with its beauty.
As a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.pstcc.edu/president/blog/2009/09/18/puff-the-magic-dragon-has-die/</link>
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		<title>Packing up the bathing suits&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Message from the President’s Office
Although it has been the busiest summer we have ever experienced, tomorrow marks the official kick-off to our new school year.  The bathing suits are packed away and football practice has started in earnest at the big university across town.  This means that it is also time for our annual Conference [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.pstcc.edu/president/blog/2009/08/18/packing-up-the-bathing-suits/</link>
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		<title>Preparing for Change</title>
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Mark Milliron was on campus Tuesday, June 30, to help us take stock of where we are and to help us plan a path forward from this point.  The timing of his visit was perfect in that our state funding was cut about $4 million the following day.  What better time to look for new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.pstcc.edu/president/blog/2009/07/06/165/</link>
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