Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

More than one quarter of all middle-skills credentials and associate degrees offered nationwide are misaligned with the needs of their local labor markets, according to the latest report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW), " The Great Misalignment." Dr. Zach Mabel, research professor of education and economics at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

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Ed.gov Homeroom

MAY 30, 2024

In a letter sent to all staff today, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona outlined comprehensive steps the Department is taking to improve Federal Student Aid (FSA) for students, families, borrowers, and schools. These efforts will ensure FSA works better and addresses ongoing management and operational challenges. Specifically, the Department is taking the following steps: Continue Reading The post Secretary Cardona Outlines Steps to Modernizing the Office of Federal Student Aid appeared

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

More than 80% of college faculty and staff members have noticed increasing demand among online learners for mental health services this past school year, according to a new survey from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and teletherapy company Uwill. Michael London The survey – conducted by OLC in March 2024 – garnered responses from 338 college faculty and staff members from a mix of public and private institutions nationally, asking about their beliefs and observations of the mental health o

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Steve Keating

MAY 30, 2024

I should probably add “some” to the title of this post. As is, “Big Deal in Some Businesses.” Or I could have made the title “Why Ethics are Such a Big Deal to a Sustainable Business.” But I’d like to think that ethics matter to every business, and every business person, even though I know that’s not true. Even a small group of unethical people can harm a once highly ethical organization.

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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

MAY 30, 2024

Dr. Corrie Fountain Corrie Fountain has been appointed interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Clayton State University. Fountain holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Delaware State University, a master’s in special education/behavior disorders from West Virginia University, and a Ph.D. in educational policy studies from Georgia State.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

There is a distinct lack of evidence when it comes to the impacts and reach of digital mental health intervention programs (DMHIs), according to a new report from Temple University’s Hope Center, Boston University, and the Healthy Minds Network. Dr. Sarah Lipson Commissioned by the Ruderman Family Foundation, the report sought to critically review the nine most common DMHIs at colleges and universities, separating them into three categories based on the kinds of services each program offers to s

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

Donald Trump Former President Donald Trump has been convicted of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the so-called hush money trial in New York. A 12-member jury found that Trump — the presumptive Republican nominee for President — falsified business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels by his then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen ahead of the 2016 election.

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