Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Born in Grinnell, Iowa, Edith Renfrow Smith graduated from Grinnell College in 1937 and was the only Black student on campus during the 4.5 years that she attended the small, private liberal arts college. At 110 years old, she is the college’s first Black alumna and the oldest living graduate of the institution. This week, Grinnell will dedicate and name its newest residence hall in honor of Renfrow Smith, recognizing her legacy, life, and commitment to community, education, and equity.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Resilience is a skill that everyone needs to overcome obstacles and manage life’s challenges. Yet this essential quality seems to be on the decline in young people. Building resilience in children will help them do better in school and give them a better chance to be happier and more successful throughout their lives. Let’s start by considering why resilience skills have declined, and the advantages resilient kids have as they grow and mature.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Graduate degrees can offer a chance at high-income careers, but the rising costs of attendance have increasingly led to unequal outcomes, with many, particularly minoritized populations, swimming in debt years after graduation. That’s why researchers at the Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) at Georgetown University have released a new report, " Graduate Degrees: Risky and Unequal Paths to the Top.

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Counselors' Corner

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. I’ve likely told you this story before, but, evidently, it bears repeating. A 10th-grade boy comes bounding out of the classroom when the bell rings and heads straight to the counseling office. “I know exactly what I want to do with my life. I want to go to college, and become a disc jockey.” You ready? The counselor responds thusly.

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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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The Leadership Conference Education Fund has released a policy that offers recommendations at the federal, state, and institutional levels to ensure equal opportunity in higher education. “ We Shall Not be Moved: A Policy Agenda to Achieve the National Imperative of Racial Equity and Diversity in Higher Education ” has been endorsed by a number of civil rights organizations including the NAACP, National Urban League, National Women’s Law Center, and the Center for Law and Social Policy.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

I’ll never forget the first time I heard the term “soft skills.” It was during one of my group counseling classes for my master's degree. I remember feeling a bit odd because I had never heard about “soft skills” while growing up or anywhere within my undergraduate degree. I had always focused on academic skills, technical knowledge, and “hard skills,” so the idea that skills like effective communication, learning styles and problem-solving were equally important was a revelation.

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College Aid Services

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Federal Student Aid has announced that notification packages for the Fiscal Year 2021 official cohort default rate (CDR) is now publicly available to domestic and international institutions. The memo below includes how schools can appeal their CDRs later this year and utilize the NSLDS Loan Record Detail Report as well as the LRDR Import Tool… More » Department of Education Releases FY 2021 Official Cohort Default Rates The post Department of Education Releases FY 2021 Official Cohort Defa

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CAMPUSPEAK

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Whether planning an event for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month, typically celebrated in June, or LGBTQ+… The post Top LGBTQ Speakers appeared first on CAMPUSPEAK.

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College Aid Services

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Secretary Cardona published a letter that addresses the issues that the Department faced during the 2024-25 FAFSA launch and what measure that they are taking to ensure that success of next year’s application. The letter details how their efforts have led to shrinking the FAFSA completion gap, crucial feedback from more than 200 partner organizations,… More » Statement from Secretary Cardona on the 2025-26 FAFSA Rollout The post Statement from Secretary Cardona on the 2025-26 FAFSA R

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Former President Barack Obama said it at the Democratic Convention in August. Vice President Kamala Harris has been saying it in her recent speeches. And in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington last Thursday, while extolling his initiatives to bring chip manufacturing back to the United States, President Joe Biden described building new massive factories (“fabs”) “bigger than football fields” employing thousands of workers in jobs paying “over $100,000”, and he said with passion and e

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College Aid Services

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Federal Student Aid has announced that notification packages for the Fiscal Year 2021 official cohort default rate (CDR) will be publicly available to domestic and international institutions on Wednesday, September 25th. The memo below includes how schools can appeal their CDRs later this year and utilize the NSLDS Loan Record Detail Report as well as… More » Department of Education to Release FY 2021 Official Cohort Default Rates The post Department of Education to Release FY 2021 Officia

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