Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 27, 2024
When Sister Dr. Christine De Vinne first came to Ursuline College, a private, Catholic institution in Pepper Pike, Ohio, she was a young woman studying math for her undergraduate degree. In 1996, she returned to campus as a dean, and, in 2015, she became president of her alma mater. It’s been over 50 years since De Vinne first matriculated in the class of 1973.
College Aid Services
JUNE 27, 2024
The latest version of EDExpress for Windows includes updates that improves institutions’ ability to report Federal Work-Study data through the Campus-Based Common Record schema to the COD system. The announcement below provides installation instructions, troubleshooting recommendations, and discusses the updated EDExpress for Windows 2024–2025, Release 2.0 Desk Reference.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 27, 2024
The rate of college freshmen returning for a second year is at a decade high. A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center noted that more than 76% of students who started college in the fall of 2022 returned for their second year. Done annually, the 2024 Persistence and Retention report shows the persistence rate (returning to college at any institution) rose 0.8 percentage points to 76.5% and the national retention rate (returning to the same institution) rose one full
College Aid Services
JUNE 27, 2024
Beginning July 1st, new regulations concerning financial responsibility triggers that must be reported to the Department through the COD Document Center will go into effect for institutions that receive Title IV aid. The electronic announcement outlines how as well as when an institution should report Mandatory and Discretionary Triggers; FSA will provide more guidance… More » Guidance on Mandatory and Discretionary Trigger Reporting Under Financial Responsibility The post Guidance on Mand
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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 27, 2024
Newly released research highlights policy reforms and institutional support systems that target student fathers, particularly Black and brown fathers, in higher education. Dr. Brittani Williams The nonprofit Generation Hope, which provides direct support and national advocacy for student parents in college, has released “ EmpowerED Dads: Amplifying Voices, Advancing Higher Education for Student Fathers.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 27, 2024
Dr. Rae Ette Newman Rae Ette Newman has been appointed dean of the College of Education at Eastern Oregon University. She served as interim dean. Newman holds a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, as well as a master’s and Ph.D. in special education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 27, 2024
A new Center for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging is being established to foster understanding and harness systemwide resources across 25 CUNY campuses. William C. Thompson To combat hate, the center will also oversee training and strengthen reporting and policy aims to bring consistency and accountability. “The Board of Trustees of the City University of New York believes in the dignity of all human beings regardless of ethnicity, race, color, gender, national origin, religion and disabilitie
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 27, 2024
Many of the student-athletes who participated in a recent review of athletics accountability and culture expressed appreciation for the resources made available to them at Northwestern University, according to a university report by law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Michael Schill The firm conducted an 11-month-long independent review of the university’s processes and accountability mechanisms to detect, report, and respond to potential misconduct in its athletics progra
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 27, 2024
In an effort to encourage more postsecondary students to register and vote, Education for All (EFA), a group of over 250 college presidents, mostly from community colleges, has created the Student Voting Brief , a strategy guide for institutional leadership, CEOs, and partners to help instill civic participation and successful campus voting initiatives.
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