Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

As the school year begins and progresses, we are very mindful of the need for educators to be culturally responsive and welcoming to minoritized students, those in particular who are marginalized and denied opportunities to feel a sense of belonging and membership in their classrooms and all academic settings. The barriers to academic achievement and pride are numerous and too often seen with racial discrimination – deficit thinking, low expectations, hyper-surveillance, excessive discipline, ov

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Active Minds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Understanding Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Suicide Prevention Awareness Month takes place every September and is dedicated to raising awareness about suicide so that together we can take action and save lives. Every year 726,000 people die by suicide. Youth mental health continues to be one of the most pressing challenges of our time, with the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Dr. Nicholas B. Dirks, president and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences, held a conversation earlier this week with two higher education experts about the current crises facing postsecondary institutions: rising tuition costs and student debt, decreased state and federal funding, an increased criticism of a humanities-centered education, and the value proposition of higher education.

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College Aid Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Administrators now have access to the 2025–26 FAFSA® prototype, which is a web-based design tool where users can explore certain aspects of the official application as the Department of Education improves it over time. Although the prototype will will provide a preview, it may differ significantly from the final 2025-26 application and has significant limitations… More » New 2025-26 FAFSA Prototype Offers Limited Preview of Upcoming Application The post New 2025-26 FAFSA Prototype Offers L

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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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Michael Williams Michael Williams has been named athletics director at Salem Academy and College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He served as the associate athletics director for facilities and operations at John Jay College. Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in health education from Long Island University.

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Ready Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

As the fall semester unfolds, our commitment to nurturing every student's journey, particularly those who may be disengaged or harder to reach, is unwavering. We're excited to share some top strategies aimed at bolstering student support and engagement, especially as students prepare for midterms. As dedicated campus leaders, you already possess powerful technological tools to ensure every student's success.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The beginning of the academic year is a great time to create or renew healthy habits, like getting enough sleep, moving your body, and engaging with hobbies like being outdoors or the arts. To that end, the Office of Health Promotion & Well-Being is pleased to co-host Well-Being Day in collaboration with the Student Government Association and the Graduate Representative Organization.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

New America has launched the Accelerator for Community Colleges in the Innovation Economy (Accelerator) using a $3 million grant from Ascendium Education Group. Sethuraman Panchanathan The Accelerator provides community colleges engaging with NSF Engines with a community of practice, technical assistance, best practices, research insights and recognition, capacity-building funding, and broader support structures to support institutional policy, programmatic, and practice innovations.

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HEAG

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

On July 31, Federal Student Aid (FSA) published Electronic Announcement CB-24-16 to alert financial aid professionals that the FISAP due on October 1, 2024, is now available on the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) website. If you have already completed … Read more ».

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Dr. Miguel Cardona Funding to the tune of $179 million in new grants is now available to help improve literacy and academic achievement nationwide, according to officials from the U.S. Department of Education. The new Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant is $149 million to be awarded to 23 states to advance effective, evidence-based literacy practices.

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Counselors' Corner

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. Five years ago, I had the privilege of working with two dozen very committed, student-centered college enrollment officers, to offer this advice to high school seniors, and to students about to begin their college experience. Five years later, I’m hard pressed to find words that offer better advice to this year’s seniors. This is a little longer than my usual blog, and some of these admissions officers have moved on, but I think this counsel is well worth the space tod

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