Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In 1986, when Damon L. Williams, Jr., was seven years old, he and his family received an invitation to attend his friend’s birthday party at a local golfing country club. He had been very excited to attend, until the week of the event. “We got uninvited, because Blacks weren’t allowed in the country club,” says Williams. Damon L. Williams, Jr. Williams says he wasn’t hurt when he read the country club’s by-laws and regulations—rather, he was confused.

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Counselors' Corner

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. You've worked so hard to schedule, prepare, and nudge your high school senior to apply to college on time. You shared that small thrill when they hit Submit with time to spare, and you thought you were all set. Until they got the e-mail. "Our records indicate your application is incomplete. Unless we receive a copy of your high school transcript in the next five days, we will be unable to process your application.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

While higher education is a path to opportunity — many underrepresented, minoritized students face systemic barriers that make their graduate-level academic experience feel like an uphill challenge. Some barriers can be financial; others can be self-imposed, such as imposter syndrome and the struggle of questioning, “will I be able to measure up?” Dr.

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College Aid Services

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The electronic announcement below provides Title IV institutions with important information on how to submit any changes or corrections to the Fiscal Operations Report for 2023–24 and the Application to Participate for 2025–26 (FISAP). Any school within federally designated disaster zones should contact FSA to request an extension to update their applications; otherwise it will… More » Extensions Available for Disaster-Impacted Schools as Dec. 13 FISAP Correction Deadline Nears The post Ex

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Despite the work of teachers laying the foundation for careers beyond secondary school, The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) says there are not enough well-prepared educators in the pipeline to teach. SREB represents and works with 16 states to improve public education at every level. In their latest report, " Teacher Career Pathways and Advancement Options " they emphasize the urgency to make the teaching profession more attractive through accessible and high-quality teacher pathways

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HEAG

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As we approach the 2025-2026 academic year, financial aid offices across the country are facing a new challenge: the delayed release of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) until December 1, 2024. For many colleges and universities, this … Read more ».

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The election of Donald J. Trump as the 47th president of the United States on Tuesday, has signaled alarm across the k-12 and higher education landscape, leaving some educators worried that the former president will make good on his promise to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and continue his crackdown of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at colleges and universities across the nation.

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