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Federal Fumbles and Candidate Silence. How the Next Administration Can Support Education Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Exceeding FAFSA completion rates of the past will require robust campaigns that encourage degree-aspiring students from first-generation and low-income backgrounds to see college as a practical option, take advantage of financial aid, and complete the application with ease.

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Beyond Implicit and Explicit Bias: A Transformative Guide for Educational Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This structured approach makes complex psychological concepts accessible and immediately applicable to educational settings from K-12 through higher education. Her own experiences as an African American educator inform the text without overshadowing its universal applications. The books greatest strength lies in its practicality.

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Department of Education Resumes Federal Student Loan Collections After Four-Year Pause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She criticized the previous administration for misleading borrowers and attempting to implement "illegal loan forgiveness schemes." The Department will restart the Treasury Offset Program next week and plans to begin administrative wage garnishment later this summer. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in the announcement.

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College Campuses Must Respond to the Pressing Needs on Mental Health and Wellness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jay Ruderman Amid the ongoing mental health crisis among young adults, it is incumbent upon college administrators nationwide to conduct thorough examinations on the availability and extent of their mental health services and wellness resources for students. They should be, if they are looking to meet applicants needs.

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Academic Freedom Under Strain as One-Third of Faculty Report Growing Restrictions, National Survey Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

of faculty believe their institution's administration is under increased pressure from trustees or regents to avoid negative publicity, while 38.6% The study found that 40.7% note similar pressure from state legislatures.

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A New Way of Looking at Administrative Burdens and Race

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the reasons that many of these efforts haven’t made as much difference as they could have is the administrative burdens that they place on students—the difficulty of the steps that students and their families must go through to apply for financial aid, or even to college at all. “By

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Demotion of USC Administrator Leads to Accusations of Racism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The first Black woman in the position, she revamped the admissions process to make it more holistic, decreasing the emphasis on GPAs and GREs and adding opportunities for applicants to show their compassion, commitment to health equity, and how their life experiences had shaped them.