Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has announced its Real Solutions for Higher Education campaign, a multi-pronged, multiyear $1 million endeavor to ensure higher education serves students and communities. Randi Weingarten “Higher education is a vehicle to the middle class, a public good that should offer opportunity without strings attached — but that mission is becoming increasingly imperiled,” said AFT President Randi Weingarten.

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JULY 17, 2024

IHEP welcomed President Kenneth Adams of LaGuardia Community College to share the ways in which his institution is delivering strong post-college earnings outcomes to a diverse student body. LaGuardia’s innovative approach offers valuable lessons for community college leaders nationwide, particularly as these institutions play an increasingly vital role in education and workforce development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman has rejected claims by Students for Fair Admissions that the University of Texas at Austin continued to unlawfully consider race when admitting students after the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. Students for Fair Admissions v.

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College Aid Services

JULY 17, 2024

Our July Team Spotlight is Jimmy Criswell who joined College Aid Services as a Senior Consultant in 2023 and brings over 15 years of systems management experience to the team. His technological expertise includes, Colleague, Banner, PowerFAIDS, Campus View, CARS, AS400, TouchNet, CAMS, and SONIS. With a strong focus on customer service and leadership, Jimmy… More » Team Spotlight: Jimmy Criswell The post Team Spotlight: Jimmy Criswell first appeared on College Aid Services.

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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

JULY 17, 2024

The August 2014 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, aroused a sweeping reappraisal of race and social justice issues. Geovonday Jones recalls the ruminations suddenly became clearer and more intimate for him a few months later, when he learned about the death of a cousin nearby. Geovonday Jones The tragedies stayed with the now 39-year-old, who started a family and career in the years since.

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Ed.gov Homeroom

JULY 17, 2024

By: James Kvaal, U.S. Under Secretary of Education No president in history has done more to fix a broken student debt system than President Biden – including approving loan forgiveness for more than 4.7 million people and creating the SAVE plan, the most affordable repayment plan ever. But loan relief, alone, is not enough. We Continue Reading The post Update on Department of Education’s Postsecondary Education Regulatory Work appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

Lack of focus or inattention from students had a “severe negative impact” on their learning during the 2023–24 school, according to 26% of public school leaders surveyed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Peggy G. Carr NCES’s report provides insights into how some schools are using tutoring to address student behavior and learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

What started as an innovative program to support limited-income and first-generation students at the University of Michigan in 2008 has since grown into a 16-institution collaborative program that has helped hundreds of first-generation students across the country find success in post-secondary education. The Kessler Scholars Program, known as the Kessler Scholars Collaborative since 2020, is a cohort-based program that supports first-generation students on their journeys towards their bachelor’

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

Harry L. Allen Harry L. Allen has been appointed executive vice president for financial excellence and chief financial officer at Belmont University. He served as co-founder and chief relationship officer at the Nashville-based Studio Bank. Allen holds a bachelor’s degree in international management and an MBA from Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey College of Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

Dr. Miguel A. Cardona U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cardona has planned a July 18 tour of Voorhees University and Denmark Technical College, two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in South Carolina. It marks the fifth such visit in the “Investing in America” tour series in which President Joe Biden’s Cabinet and White House officials travel across the country to highlight the administration’s policies in lowering costs, creating jobs, rebuilding infrastructure, and

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California and other lawmakers are lauding the Biden-Harris administration’s plans take to expand educational opportunities for Latino students. U.S. Senator Alex Padilla They praised the administration's White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and the President’s Board of Advisors for HSIs.

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