Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

A college education gave Aracely Bahenat access to a career in health care that enabled her to provide a better life for her three sons and escape violent domestic abuse. Aracely’s return to school 20 years after her first try wasn’t only about earning a degree. It was about overcoming adversity, gaining control of her life and finding a path to a better future.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

APRIL 18, 2024

Overview The Department of Education is temporarily pausing processing of PSLF applications & forms PSLF borrowers should download their information from their MOHELA account before April 30th Why is the Department pausing PSLF processing? Is my account still with MOHELA during the pause? Is MOHELA still going to service my loans after the transition to the new BPOs?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

Ohio Wesleyan University and Columbus State Community College are collaborating to address societal challenges and help Columbus State students more quickly, easily, and affordably earn bachelor’s degrees at Ohio Wesleyan. The schools unveiled a trio of collaborations April 18 at Columbus State’s Delaware Campus, highlighted by the Tuition Match Program.

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College Aid Services

APRIL 18, 2024

FSA has notified institutions that it will suspend batch processing for the Common Origination Disbursement System (COD) as it makes important updates in preparation for the 2024-25 academic year. The outage is scheduled to occur between 11 p.m. ET on April 20, 2024 and 11 a.m. ET on April 21, 2024. In addition, users will… More » COD Implementation for 2024–25, Outage Scheduled for April 20th The post COD Implementation for 2024–25, Outage Scheduled for April 20th first appeared on Colleg

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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

APRIL 18, 2024

Eight scientists at The Ohio State University have been elected to the 2023 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows. Dr. Mohler Peter “Ohio State’s newly elected Fellows represent a breadth of expertise in subjects ranging from cardiac disorders and marine life to STEM education and exoplanets,” said Dr. Peter Mohler, executive vice president for research, innovation, and knowledge at Ohio State.

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College Aid Services

APRIL 18, 2024

The Department of Education discovered yesterday that IDSA25OP and IGSA25OP, two ISIR message classes, were accidentally replicated and sent to the SAIG mailboxes numerous times. In response, ISIR transmissions along with the duplicate files were temporarily suspended to prevent institutions from receiving inaccurate data while officials researched the cause of the issues.

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Student Loan Planner

APRIL 18, 2024

Many employers offer basic disability insurance coverage. But due to its limitations, such as having a strict definition of disability and capped benefits, employer-sponsored disability coverage usually isn’t enough to cover the needs of high-income earners. That’s where supplemental disability insurance comes in. Do you need supplemental disability insurance?

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College Aid Services

APRIL 18, 2024

Federal Student Aid has announced the publication of Volume 3 of the 2024-2025 Federal Student Aid Handbook which discusses the academic calendar, payment period, and disbursement requirements for awarding aid under the Title IV student financial aid programs, determining a student’s cost of attendance, and packaging Title IV aid. Additionally, the following edits have been… More » Now Available: Volume 3 of the 2024-25 Federal Student Aid Handbook The post Now Available: Volume 3 of the 2

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Timely MD

APRIL 18, 2024

Creating a supportive environment where every student can succeed is essential, but it also requires supporting educators. According to a 2023 RAND Report , 23% of teachers said they were likely to leave their jobs by the end of the 2022-23 school year. Teacher Turnover K-12 workers have the highest burnout rate of any industry in the United States.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

Matters of freedom of expression and higher education’s federal responsibilities were at the forefront of the University of California’s Sixth Annual #SpeechMatters Conference. Catherine Lhamon The virtual half-day conference , held April 18, brought together panelists from across higher ed – including federal officials, faculty, staff, university deans, and students – to speak about the state of free speech on American college campuses, particularly amid ongoing tensions regarding the Israel-P

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