Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

Across higher education, the desire for diversity among student populations is usually the responsibility of recruitment efforts but falls short in retention strategies. Colleges typically use a variety of assessments such as standardized tests, essays, and GPA to determine a student's readiness for life in academia. However, there is an oversight that continues to happen.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

AUGUST 5, 2024

Applying to college is an exciting yet challenging journey. Staying organized is key to managing deadlines, essays, recommendation letters, and other essential components of your application. That’s why today I want to share my ultimate college application timeline – and some tips – to help you stay on track! Create a Master Timeline If you’re not a junior or senior in high school, you can still be thinking about college!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

Philanthropist and former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools. Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science will benefit from the gift by the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative.

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College Aid Services

AUGUST 5, 2024

FSA released a draft of the Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) Completers List: a document that contains important GE data (i.e. Debt-to-Earnings, Earnings Premium measures, etc.) to evaluate the financial outcomes of educational programs. Schools enrolled in the NSLDS reporting system have access to the draft through their SAIG mailbox and have until… More » Institutions Receive Draft FVT/GE Completers List, 60-Day Correction Windows Begins The post Institutions

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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

AUGUST 5, 2024

Kristina L. Durocher Kristina L. Durocher has been named visual arts director at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center. She served as director of the Museum of Art at the University of New Hampshire. Durocher holds a dual Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in art history and painting from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and a Master of Arts degree in art history from UMass Amherst.

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WACADA

AUGUST 5, 2024

Registration is now open for the Wisconsin Academic Advising Association’s 2024 fall conference. Join us for affordable and relevant professional development at.

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Student Privacy Compass

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, protects personally identifiable information from education records from unauthorized disclosure.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

AUGUST 5, 2024

Senate appropriators just sent a clear message to the U.S. Department of Education (ED): do not reduce the frequency of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). The message was delivered via the bipartisan fiscal year 2025 funding bill for the agency released late last week. The Senate Appropriations Committee, which passed the bill, reemphasized a prior directive that supports evidence-driven policymaking in higher education.

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