Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2024

Another school year is underway, which means millions of students are again struggling to learn without their basic needs met, and thousands of colleges are trying to teach with grossly inadequate resources. Far from “very demure, very mindful,” this situation should engage us. It should make us think. It should make us vote. Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab The fact is that the egregious underfunding of American public higher education and its minority-serving institutions is primarily a political problem

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Active Minds

AUGUST 28, 2024

Are you a college student who sometimes feels overwhelmed by the pressures of academic life? Are you struggling to manage stress and find the support you need on campus? Look no further! Active Minds and First Aid Beauty have partnered to engage college students like you to share your voices and impact your communities today, and for years to come. If you’re feeling the stress of school and personal life, we want to help.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2024

Scholars, practitioners, policymakers, funders, students, and concerned citizens from around the world will convene in October for the 2024 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education. Community Conversations is a forum open to the local community of concerned citizens that is designed to cultivate broad-based discourse on topics associated with Black males in education during the annual International Colloquium on Black Males in Education.

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College Aid Services

AUGUST 28, 2024

Federal Student Aid has uncovered a technological problem where schools are receiving a Pell Grant rejection code from COD despite the student being eligible according to FPS, the individual ISIR, and the FPP. This problem currently impacts Pell Grant recipients only and the Department is requesting that institutions delay the transmission of 2024-25 records for… More » Schools Urged to Delay Recent Pell Grant Transmissions Amid Processing Errors The post Schools Urged to Delay Recent Pell

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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

AUGUST 28, 2024

Dr. LaVar J. Charleston has been named vice chancellor for inclusive excellence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. LaVar J. Charleston “As a two-time alum, I am profoundly grateful for the opportunity to advance the work of inclusive excellence at UW–Madison, and I look forward to further collaborations with our campus and state,” said Charleston, who holds a master’s and Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy analysis from UW–Madison’s School of Education.

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Counselors' Corner

AUGUST 28, 2024

by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. It never fails. You run wonderful, detailed workshops, lunch talks, and seminars on the benefits of college throughout junior year, but it’s only now that a couple (dozen) seniors realize that maybe, just maybe, they should start thinking about life after high school. Now, when you are up to your ears in schedule changes, new students, 504s and other duties as assigned.

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College Aid Services

AUGUST 28, 2024

Our August Team Spotlight features Anna Kelly, whose distinguished financial aid career spans over four decades before she joined College Aid Services as a Senior Consultant in 2024. Anna’s journey began in 1983 as an administrative assistant, and since then, she has held leadership roles, including Director of Financial Aid at institutions like Boston University.… More » Team Spotlight: Anna Kelly The post Team Spotlight: Anna Kelly first appeared on College Aid Services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education has released its framework for the 2025–26 FAFSA Testing Period, which starts Oct. 1. Jeremy Singer “We’re using the beta testing period to uncover and fix issues with the FAFSA form before the form is available to millions of students and their families,” said FAFSA Executive Advisor Jeremy Singer. The testing period leads up to the Dec. 1 open window for the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), available to all students and contributors.

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College Aid Services

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Department recently announced that it would select a group of students and institutions of higher education (IHEs) to test the 2025-26 FAFSA before its public release later this year. In addition, two to six community-based organization (CBOs) will also have the opportunity to beta test the new application. Interested CBOs must complete an online… More » 2025-26 FAFSA Beta 1 Testing Opens to Community-Based Organizations The post 2025-26 FAFSA Beta 1 Testing Opens to Community-Based Or

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2024

Erika Thompson Erika Thompson has been appointed associate director of the Center for African and African American Studies at Rice University in Texas. She served as the community liaison for the African American History Research Center at the Gregory School within the Houston Public Library system. Thompson holds a master’s in Africana studies from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and a master’s in American Studies from the University of Maryland.

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