Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2024

Dr. Monique Guillory has been appointed the new provost and chief academic and enrollment officer Dillard University, effective April 1. Dillard President Dr. Rochelle L. Ford announced that Guillory will work with the interim provost, Mablene Krueger, through April to transition into the role. Guillory will serve as a senior cabinet member and in the administrative office, next in line to Ford.

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Steve Keating

JANUARY 7, 2024

One of the least productive things we can do is to do something tomorrow that we should have done today. Some people call that procrastinating. I call it a waste. Not only did we likely waste time yesterday when we should have been doing what we finally did today, but we’re very possibly not doing what we should have been doing today because of it. Procrastinating is one of life’s great stress creators.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2024

Dr. Monique Guillory has been appointed the new provost and chief academic and enrollment officer Dillard University, effective April 1. Dillard President Dr. Rochelle L. Ford announced that Guillory will work with the interim provost, Mablene Krueger, through April to transition into the role. Guillory will serve as a senior cabinet member and in the administrative office, next in line to Ford.

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COE

JANUARY 7, 2024

Empowering Excellence: A TRIO Program’s Journey to Streamlined Success with empower January 7, 2024 — by Terrance L. Hamm In this short Q&A, Kent Battiste, director of TRIO Upward Bound at Impact Educational and Housing Development in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, describes how introducing his TRIO program to empower enhanced data capabilities and streamlined processes, citing its flexible remote access and comprehensive student profiles as key features.

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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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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JANUARY 7, 2024

How to Talk with Your Child About Funding their College Education One of the most difficult parts of a college education is figuring out how to pay. The college experience is not cheap! In fact, the question about who is going to pay for college is one of the hardest questions for many families to answer. There are parents who want to shoulder the burden – to eliminate debt for their child, give them a path of success for life, and who can afford to do so.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2024

The political landscape in Florida has recently witnessed some significant developments that pose a serious challenge to efforts aimed at promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at public colleges and universities. On November 8, 2023, the Florida Board of Governors put forth regulations aimed at restricting the use of state and federal funds for DEI programs.

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