Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2024

achievement and opportunity gaps, underachievement, excessive and unjust suspensions and expulsions, overrepresentation in special education , and underrepresentation in gifted and talented education, Advanced Placement ), it behooves educators to not just increase minoritized students’ engagement , but to also increase their family’s engagement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Our fifth move is decolonizing experiential learning or field placement. Our experiential learning or field placement assessments should also be decolonized (see above for examples) to avoid drive-by teaching. Test biases must be discussed and avoided, as finally acknowledged by the American Psychological Association in 2021.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

In addition to the expansion of Pell to incarcerated students, this partnership comes on the heels of Michigan’s Clean Slate Laws —enacted in April 2021. Program administrators have also sought to build out wraparound support for students going home, including resources for workforce placement.

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Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

are pursuing an Associate’s Degree and the percentage of job openings that require a four-year degree declined from 51% in 2017 to 44% in 2021, the significance of community colleges in shaping the next generation of workers can’t be overstated. Given that over 40% of undergraduate students in the U.S. citizens, and 5% are veterans.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. The cohort of students who were taking algebra during their first year of high school in 2020-2021 will begin entering college in Fall 2024. Replace math placement tests with a “multiple measures assessment.”

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. The cohort of students who were taking algebra during their first year of high school in 2020-2021 will begin entering college in Fall 2024. Replace math placement tests with a “multiple measures assessment.”

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EAB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In 2023, students continue to show a similar level of interest in requesting virtual campus tours (24%) as they did in 2021 (25%) — when virtual tours were the only option available. Because Gen P sees career preparation as the primary value driver, institutions should emphasize job placement, internships, and career services.

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NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 10, 2023

In a previous post , we provided an overview of the project, which is grounded in the work that the Task Force on Standardized Admission Testing for International and US Students completed in 2021. The 2021 task force also noted that simply going test-optional or test-free will not in and of itself universally improve equity.

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College Planners of America

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Profile is an online fee-based product of the College Board, the same nonprofit organization that administers the PSAT and SAT tests and Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exams. In 2023, the relevant tax year is 2021. It’s also required by a number of private scholarship foundations. They may save the form and return to it later.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Nearly 20% of students said they consulted emails from colleges and universities during their search, up from 13% in our 2021 survey. Due to the time and expertise required to manage paid search campaigns, many schools enlist the help of external specialists to manage the parameters below. Struggling to recruit adult learners?

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

Be sure to highlight features that most interest families, including information on job placement, internships, and career services. Insight #2: Mental health concerns are shaping Gen P’s college search. As we’ve all likely seen or at least heard, the pandemic took a big toll on teen mental health nationally.

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EAB

MAY 30, 2023

By leveraging self-guidance technology, offering 1:1 advising after hours, and streamlining placement testing processes, advising appointments increased 7 percent in one year (2017). Student responses revealed numerous communication breakdowns, including long turnaround times, unclear messaging, and inflexible practices. McKinsey and Co.

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College Planners of America

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The Profile is an online product of the College Board, the same nonprofit that administers the PSAT, SAT, Advanced Placement (AP) exams, and the College Level Examination Program (CLEP). An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2021 called the CSS Profile the “most onerous form in college admissions.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Another area where policy is being highly contested is education, particularly in Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis has cracked down on Critical Race Theory, DEI positions at universities, and the College Board’s proposed curriculum for an Advanced Placement African American Studies class.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

According to the free speech organization PEN America, since January 2021, 229 bills have been proposed that would affect issues of race in American schools, such as restrictions on teaching critical race theory, the concept that racism is not only based on individual biases but embedded in the country’s legal structures.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

According to 2021 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only about 27% of IVF cycles in that year resulted in pregnancy, and not all those pregnancies lasted to term. Only time will tell how that impact will trickle down to medical student residency placements.

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Timely MD

MAY 2, 2023

The research analyzed data from visits with health care providers before the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2019 – February 2020) without telehealth as an option and during the pandemic (April 2020 – February 2021) when telehealth was an option for those seeking care.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Since January 2021, there have been 99 proposed anti-DEI bills in 33 states, 12 of which have passed in nine states. We have witnessed alarming attacks and the prohibiting of the College Board Advanced Placement African American Studies course in selected states. Dr. Charlie Nelms The resulting evidence speaks volume.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

According to free expression organization PEN America, 392 state-level educational intimidation bills were introduced between January 2021 and June 2023 with 39 passing into law. Ron DeSantis’s administration blocking initial plans to pilot College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies in Florida high schools.

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