Student Minds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

As the new academic year fast approaches, we reached out to our Instagram community to share their top tips for starting the new year as a Fresher. - Student Minds Blog Editorial Team Heading off to university is an exciting, life-changing experience. It’s a time of independence, self-discovery, and of course, higher education. But with all the excitement comes a lot of preparation, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

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Single Stop

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Single Stop Announces Leadership Transition: Steven Williams Named Chief Executive Officer New York, NY- Single Stop, the leading technology platform dedicated to connecting individuals and families with public benefits and wraparound support, today announced a leadership transition. Steven Williams, Chief Operating Officer (COO), will succeed Martin Hanna as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as Hanna transitions to a Senior Vice President role for Single Stop’s parent company, The Fedcap Group.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Over 6 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. Before the pandemic, these borrowers faced forced seizures of their wages and antipoverty benefits, including through wage garnishment, Social Security benefits offset, and seizure of their federal tax refunds–including the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit. Additionally, default damaged their credit scores, rendered them ineligible for student aid to return to school and finish their degrees, and ultimately limi

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Student Loan Planner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve made a long-anticipated announcement that it will be cutting interest rates by 0.5%. The decision was made after several economic indicators suggested that inflation was tapering off and the job market was contracting — signs that higher interest rates have done what policymakers intended for them to do and rates… The post What The Federal Reserve’s Interest Rate Cut Means for Student Loan Borrowers appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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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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Knack

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

On Tuesday, September 17th, I had the honor of moderating a webinar with Traci Ray, Vice President for Advocacy and Special Programs at the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF). The discussion featured representatives from Jacksonville University and Herzing University, including Dee Thornton, Director of Academic Technology at Jacksonville University; Bethany Huwe, Associate Vice President of Academic and Library Resources from Herzing University; and LeShawn Roberts, Regiona

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