Mon.Jan 27, 2025

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Fidelity Matters: Assessing Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression in P-12 and Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In our quest for anti-racist academic organizations from preschool to higher education, we have urged educators to develop competencies - dispositions, knowledge, and skills - to put philosophy into practice. Doing so requires reflection assessment to determine commitment and the degree to which change is taking place or has occurred. It is frustrating, to say the least, when we read reports pontificating anti-racism/anti-oppression but fail to witness this in practice.

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Rejection Is Redirection: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Teens Refocus

CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

For many high school students, applying to colleges is an exciting and stressful experience. After months of preparation, submitting applications, and eagerly awaiting results, the last thing any teen expects is rejection. Rejection – in any form- can feel like a crushing blow. As a parent, seeing your teen disappointed and unsure about their future is difficult.

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Study Reveals Key Factors Driving Student College Choice in 2025

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A comprehensive new study by education research firm EAB has identified the most influential factors shaping how students choose colleges, with academic program variety, campus safety, and student organizations emerging as the top three drivers of student attraction. The research, analyzing data from U.S. four-year colleges, found that schools offering a wider range of majors see significantly higher student interest, with each additional program contributing to increased application and enrollm

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Borrowers Can Now See Their Progress Toward Being Student Debt-Free in Income-Driven Repayment Plans

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education announced that federal student loan borrowers can now, for the first time, see how many months of progress they have toward having any remaining balance on their loans cancelled through the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans. Borrowers can see this information by logging in to their Federal Student Aid account at studentaid.gov.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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The House Antisemitism Staff Report is a Scare Tactic not a Solution for Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives issued a Staff Report on Antisemitism with what they called alarming findings.The report targets its criticism at both Amanda Fuchs Miller prominent American universities and what it says was the failure of our federal government departments and agencies.There is no question that colleges and universities did not all do the right thing after the October 7 th terrorism attack on Israel to protect their campuses from antisemitism and to keep all their