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Reducing Barriers Like Standardized Test Requirements Expands Access

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic, most higher education institutions opted to eliminate the requirement that applicants submit standardized test scores such as the ACT and SAT. The reasoning for going “test optional” was twofold: it was not possible to administer the tests safely, and there was a shared understanding that the most deleterious effects of the pandemic were exacerbating inequities in ways that disadvantaged students from under-resourced communities.

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Raising the Bar on College Excellence and Equity: Update on the Postsecondary Success Recognition Program

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By: James Kvaal, U.S. Under Secretary of Education Too often, the conversation on higher education focuses on a handful of colleges and universities that were founded centuries ago, have huge endowments and sparkling facilities, and admit very few students. While our country is lucky to have these institutions, we also need colleges and universities that Continue Reading The post Raising the Bar on College Excellence and Equity: Update on the Postsecondary Success Recognition Program appeared fi

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International Colloquium on Black Males in Education to Take Place Later this Month

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The 2024 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education will occur October 23 - 25, 2024 at the Drury Plaza Hotel Pittsburgh Downtown. The annual, international gathering serves as a space to exchange ideas and perspectives concerning the global dynamics of Black males in the educational pipeline. First held in 2012, it is a community-building experience that brings together world-class scholars, high-impact practitioners, policy makers, funders, students, and concerned citizens across the

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2025–26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (October 2024 Update)

College Aid Services

Federal Student Aid has added Volume 7 – Comment Codes to the 2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The following volumes remain unchanged: Introduction Volume 4A – Record Layouts Volume 4B – Processing Codes Volume 5 – Edits and Rejects Volume 9 – Testing and Web Demo The following volumes have yet to be published: Volume 1… More » 2025–26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (October 2024 Update) The post 2025–26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (October 2024 Update) first appeared on Co

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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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Florida Colleges and Universities Close this Week to Prepare for Hurricane Milton

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College and universities across Florida were shutting down their campuses this week, as Hurricane Milton barreled toward the coast of Florida. Florida Memorial University—the small Historically Black university in Miami—cancelled all its classes on Tuesday afternoon. The university is scheduled to reopen its doors on Friday morning. The University of Florida in Gainesville announced that it would close its offices and cancel classes, including online classes, beginning at 12:01 a.m.

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College Counseling and Mental Health

Counselors' Corner

by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. The key to all counseling—personal, academic, career, mental health, college—lies in one goal: To give the client something new to think about. Consider that for just a moment. A client comes into our office with a given set of rules and ideas about how the world works. Since they haven’t come in for a social call, it’s clear they want those rules and ideas to do something else than what they’re now doing.

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Meatloaf in a Mug

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

Serving Size: 1 meatloaf | Serves: 1 Ingredients: 1/4 pound lean ground beef 2 tablespoons oats 1 tablespoon ketchup 2 teaspoons skim milk 1 teaspoon dry onion mix Directions: Spray microwave-safe mug with cooking spray. Combine all ingredients and stir to mix. Pat beef mixture into mug. Make a small hole in the center, all the way to the bottom. Wash hands.

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A Decade Later: The Flint Water Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Dr. Benjamin Pauli moved to Flint, Michigan, in June 2015, the town was already one year into a water crisis without knowing it. He was to begin his role as an associate professor of social science at Kettering University in the heart of the city and just feet from the glittering Flint River. “We heard when we moved into the neighborhood there’d been issues with the water, but we were given the impression it was under control.