Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

The power of collaboration and the importance of building paths for others to follow were topics , front and center , during the 2024 White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence. Dr. Arati Prabhakar National Association of Counties During the May 1 event – hosted and livestreamed by the STEMM Opportunity Alliance (SOA) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) – leaders and pioneers across multiple industries gathered to speak about the ways in which they and their

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MAY 1, 2024

As a first-generation student, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona didn’t always know where to turn for help in college. “It wasn’t always easy to know where to go if I needed advice on what classes to take, what to declare for my major, how to get financial aid,” Cardona shared in a keynote at last week’s Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Organizers with the Freedom to Learn (F2L) network and the Right to Learn (R2L) coalition are planning a rally May 3 in Washington, D.C. The annual Freedom to Learn DC Rally convenes at the Library of Congress, and participants will march to the U. S. Supreme Court to hear from a slate of speakers — students, educators, parents, artists, and leaders civil and human rights organizations like National Urban League President Marc Morial and Kimberlé Crenshaw, cofounder and executive director of Af

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College Aid Services

MAY 1, 2024

Users without a Social Security Number (SSN) will have access to the 2024-25 FAFSA thanks to a series of changes that the Department has recently implemented to address the ongoing issues for this population. While individuals without an SSN can temporarily access the application, they must still manually enter tax information and students must verify… More » Contributors Without SSNs Gain FAFSA Access, Webinar Training Scheduled for May 3 The post Contributors Without SSNs Gain FAFSA Acce

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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 1, 2024

Dr. Tau Kadhi Tau Kadhi has been appointed to the Office of Graduate Studies at Alabama A&M University. He served as vice provost for institutional planning and quality at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He holds a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics, a master’s in mathematics curriculum and instruction, and a master’s in applied mathematics, all from Prairie View A&M University, as well as an M.B.A. from Texas Southern University and a Ph.D. in mathematics curriculum and

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Counselors' Corner

MAY 1, 2024

by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. Welcome to college! The opportunities you have here to learn about yourself and the world—from exploring the world of entomology to trying your first naan—are vast, and your goal is to finish your college experience without saying “Gee, I should have tried…” too often. That means staying open to the possible, all while using sound judgment, so that you will also get to the end of your college experience and say “Gee, I’m glad I didn’t try…” (translation: cans filled wi

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

MAY 1, 2024

Missouri State News FAFSA Priority Deadline is May 1 Missouri State University is extending the financial aid priority deadline from April 1 to May 1. This gives students more time to complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form, which determines their eligibility for financial aid and university-funded scholarships. Due to delays and technical errors in the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form, many students and families have had challenges submitting this

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Knowledge Avatars College

MAY 1, 2024

Revolutionizing Knowledge Transfer through Trainable Bots Emiliano for E… Wed, 05/01/2024 - 14:51 In the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), advancements are happening at a pace that's almost too rapid to keep track of. One area that's receiving less attention - yet deserves our utmost focus - is the training of bots. The reality is, the majority of bots today are not designed to be trainable.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

On Jan. 15, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, the Centennial Conference announced its creation of a three-year strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan, uniting the conference’s 11 private, Division III institutions in a shared mission to make their athletics programs a place where all students, particularly those in marginalized populations, feel they belong.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MAY 1, 2024

Content note: This essay was originally delivered as the keynote speech at the 2024 Out of the Darkness Walk, an annual event designed to engage young adults in the fight to prevent suicide. It discusses suicidal feelings. Hi everyone and thank you so much for allowing me to speak here today. As mentioned, my name is Rachel, I’m from Toronto, Canada, I’m a master’s student in the Department of Mental Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health where I am doing research as part of the s

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration approved more than $6.1 billion in automatic student loan relief to borrowers who enrolled at any Art Institute campus between Jan. 1, 2004, and Oct. 16, 2017. “For more than a decade, hundreds of thousands of hopeful students borrowed billions to attend The Art Institutes and got little but lies in return,” said U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

How the nation’s first College of Ethnic studies came about, bringing together Latino, African American, and Asian American disciplines may offer some clues as to how to solve the nation’s current campus turmoil. After deadline passed to end the Columbia University encampment by 2 p.m. Monday deadline, by early Tuesday morning, student protestors blockaded and occupied Hamilton Hall in a symbolic move.

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