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Black Americans May Be Thriving, but Racial Struggles Persist

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In “Black Thriving in America: 2023,” data is presented detailing the experiences of Black Americans when shopping, dining out, in healthcare settings, at work, with schools, with police and more. The findings are presented in a dashboard, which will serve as a benchmark. The Payne Center for Social Justice, which is part of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, has committed to conducting the survey with the same questions and publishing the data annually for the next 100 years.

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Overcoming Human Nature

Steve Keating

This is a post that might create a bit of controversy because I’m not a huge believer in the idea of a “fixed” unchangeable human nature. I think too often people use “human nature” as an excuse. They use it to let themselves off the hook. Kind of like when they use the old “the devil made me do it” excuse. They devil may have encouraged you but he can’t make you do anything.

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Report: More DEI Efforts Needed at Predominantly White Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There needs to be more, not fewer opportunities to assist students of color on campuses, according to a new report from The Education Trust. Jessie Hernández-Reyes The report, Creating Positive College Campus Racial Climates for Students of Color , highlights the perspectives of students of color with regard to their experiences on campus and campus racial climates, and also provide suggestions on measuring and improving these climates.

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Behind the Book: Q&A with Ford Brooks and Bill McHenry on substance use and addiction 

Counseling Today

The third edition of A Contemporary Approach to Substance Use Disorders and Addiction Counseling includes new sections on harm reduction strategies, medication-assisted therapy and the use of telebehavioral health therapy in treatment. The post Behind the Book: Q&A with Ford Brooks and Bill McHenry on substance use and addiction appeared first on Counseling Today.

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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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Grounding Our Inquiry and Change Work in Equitable Post-Graduation Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community colleges and baccalaureate institutions have experienced a topsy-turvy ride over the last decade, which included the Great Recession and its enrollment impacts, significant social unrest generated from both sides of the political aisle, and the global COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Against this backdrop, colleges and universities are engaged in significant work to improve outcomes for their students – and to make them more equitable for under-represented students of color.

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Transfer Student Spotlight: Maddy Fisher

Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

Meet Maddy Fisher, a transfer student from Olathe, KS! Maddy transferred to Missouri State University from the University of Northern Iowa. Maddy is pursuing the Individualized Major at Missouri State University, as well as the Dance major. When asked why Maddy chose to transfer to Missouri State University, Maddy said, “I felt isolated and stuck at my previous school.

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7 Tips for Providing High Impact Financial Aid and Financial Wellness Outreach Programing

HEAG

One of the key roles financial aid professionals play is to ensure students and their parents understand their options for federal, state and institutional aid. To that end, finding ways to scale these efforts to reach the broadest possible base … Read more ».

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Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning

EAB

Blogs Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning 8 tactics to benefit your alumni—and recruit more adult leaners Professional, continuing, and online leaders too often overlook one of the most fruitful recruitment pools: alumni, many of whom are excellent candidates as adult learners. According to research by Sunil Gupta, Donal Lehmann, and Jennifer Ames , your current customers (in this case, students) are your best prospects as they have a great impact on organizational

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Saving For College with UTMA/UGMA’s

College Planners of America

The Uniform Transfers To Minors Act (UTMA) and the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) are two laws that, combined, give us the term “UTMA/UGMA”, perhaps the most indecorous acronym in college financial planning. Yet UTMA/UGMA’s are a useful tool for those seeking to reduce their tax liability while accumulating assets for a college education. First came UGMA, which was introduced in 1956 and revised in 1966 as a means of transferring assets from parents to their children.

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Solving Higher Ed’s Toughest Student Success Challenges with Will Ballard

Civitas Learning

The changing shape of the economy presents unprecedented challenges for institutions as they move into the future. For the first time, higher education will need to weather downturns in both tuition and enrollment. This means it’s more important than ever before that institutions ensure each student graduates in scalable and financially sustainable ways.