Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

Ed Smith-Lewis In this exclusive interview with Diverse, Ed Smith-Lewis, Senior Vice President for Strategic Partnerships and the Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) at the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), discusses the history of the Institute, the upcoming UNITE convening, and initiatives designed to strengthen historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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Counselors' Corner

APRIL 9, 2025

by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. Its been a while, but there was one summer when colleges decided to raise their tuitions pretty significantly, without much fanfare. This was a summer of computer upgrades, coffee bars, rock walls, and lazy rivers, when colleges decided they needed to improve their social atmospheres and their academic backbones all at onceand the results werent pretty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

The recent Moodys downgrade of the 2025 U.S. higher education outlook is not merely a financial tremor; it serves as a chilling echo of the cyclone that swept Dorothy into the tumultuous Land of Oza "tempest of uncertainty" driven by rapid policy shifts and financial pressures, threatening the very foundations of higher education. Moody's current assessment acts as more than a weathervane.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 9, 2025

In todays global education landscape, independent and private K12 schools are welcoming more international students than ever before. These students bring cultural diversity, academic excellence, and a broader worldview to the classroombut they also bring unique challenges when it comes to financial aid processing. One of the most complex elements private K-12 schools face is verifying and evaluating international family income, which often differs significantly from domestic documentation stand

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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 9, 2025

A new report from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) reveals that while faculty salaries increased for the second straight year, compensation has yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. According to preliminary findings from AAUP's annual Faculty Compensation Survey, average salaries for full-time faculty members across all ranks rose by 3.8% in fall 2024, matching the increase seen in the previous year.

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HEAG

APRIL 9, 2025

Recent reports have surfaced regarding efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. While such a move would require congressional approval, discussions have already begun about shifting its responsibilitiesincluding the management of federal student loansto other agencies. For financial aid professionals, understanding the potential implications of such a transition is crucial.

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Knack

APRIL 9, 2025

During a recent conversation with Dr. Bridget Yaden from Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), the Knack team explored what it truly means to design student support that reflects the evolving needs of todays learners. As Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, Yaden co-leads PLUs retention and progression task forcea group that examines how students are doing and how the university can better support their success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

Dr. Fred A. Bonner II Kendrick Lamars Superbowl LIX performance Not Like Us took me back to an experience I had when I was a doctoral student. Professor X, I know I have to have a control group before initiating this research investigation, I cant just study Black males without using white males as my norming population, right? Professor X stepped back and looked at me with a simultaneous frown and smilea feat that might seem impossible, but in that moment, she mastered this peculiar art of faci

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