Student Minds

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Members of the U-Belong Student Campaign team write about the link between low mood and loneliness … and how you can break the cycle. - Anonymous We hear of low social battery, low energy, and how common mental health challenges are, but sometimes it is too normalised … to the point where we ‘normalise’ it in unhealthy ways. At times, this can lead us to avoid engaging with information that help us understand how we are feeling and things we can do to feel better.

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College Aid Services

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Department also continues to process paper FAFSA applications but is experiencing some lag in processing time. The current timeline for processing 2024-25 paper FAFSA applications is within a month of submission, but the Department is adding resources to bring the processing time back to 7-10 days within the next two weeks. The Department is… More » 2024-25 Paper FAFSA Updates: Correction Processing Resumes with Estimated 7-10 Day Wait Time (Oct. 18 Update) The post 2024-25 Paper FAFSA

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Student Loan Planner

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Physician assistants (PAs) are the unsung heroes of healthcare, shouldering the same responsibilities as their physician counterparts. With this high-level role and the required higher education comes a rewarding paycheck — about $127,000 per year on average. However, that impressive salary often comes with a hefty side of student loan debt, typically around $112,000 when… The post Physician Assistant Disability Insurance: Cost and Options to Know appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This time of year means that college applications are in full swing for high school seniors! There’s paperwork to submit, essays to write, and financial aid applications to send in. The most important financial document that students will file with their families this fall is the FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. For the 2025-2026 application cycle, the FAFSA will come online in December.

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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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Student Loan Planner

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Physician assistants (PAs) are the unsung heroes of healthcare, shouldering the same responsibilities as their physician counterparts. With this high-level role and the required higher education comes a rewarding paycheck — about $127,000 per year on average. However, that impressive salary often comes with a hefty side of student loan debt, typically around $112,000 when… The post Safeguarding Your PA Paycheck: The Ins and Outs of Disability Insurance appeared first on Student Loan Planne

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Meet Mal Grant, a transfer student from Nixa, MO! Mal transferred to Missouri State University from Ozarks Tech. Mal is pursuing the Management & Leadership major at Missouri State University. When asked why Mal chose to transfer to Missouri State University, Mal said, “I transferred to Missouri State because of my financial situation and family.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Meet Zackary Collison, a transfer student from Plato, MO! Zackary transferred to Missouri State University from George Mason University. Zackary is pursuing the Criminology & Criminal Justice major at Missouri State University. When asked why Zackary chose to transfer to Missouri State University, Zackary said, “I initially chose to transfer to Missouri State University because my family was moving from Virginia to Missouri.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Note: a version of this blog post originally appeared as an email sent to all Hopkins students on October 21, 2024. It has been slightly modified for this format. Dear Student: As part of a university wide survey initiative, JHU Student Health & Well-being is inviting all degree-seeking students to participate in the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) sponsored and distributed by the American College Health Association (ACHA).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Two national organizations that support historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) have launched nonpartisan campaigns to get HBCU students out to the polls in a few weeks. The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) have been working around the clock to mobilize voters in the upcoming presidential election.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Dr. Ruth Simmons—the prominent education leader who was the first African American to lead an Ivy League institution—was among 18 other individuals who was honored on Monday with a National Humanities Medal at the White House. Simmons, who whose career in the academy has included teaching and administrative positions at Prairie View A&M University, Spelman College, Princeton University and Smith College, is the author of the bestselling memoir Up Home: One Girl’s Journey.

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