Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) offer more upward mobility for their students when compared to Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), despite having fewer resources. By examining a decade’s worth of data, including what percentage of students see at least one economic quintile jump after graduation, Rutgers University’s Center for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) has reemphasized the critical role that HSIs play in creating access and opportunity for all their students, including thei

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Active Minds

MARCH 4, 2024

The Active Minds Mental Health Conference is unlike any other. I had the privilege of helping to plan the conference as part of the Student Advisory Committee in 2022 and 2023, though I still walked in like it was my first time. The culture at the conference was incredible , and I left feeling seen and heard by my peers and other industry leaders. As a result of my time at the Conference, I have had many opportunities and abilities to use my voice for change through networking with other mental

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Student Minds

MARCH 5, 2024

Ali shares his experience of opening up to people about his feelings while at university. - Ali Despite being on a counselling training course, the idea of me “opening up” didn’t really come to mind when I applied, enrolled, and attended my degree. Perhaps naively it didn’t occur to me that I would have to “open up” as part of the mandatory hours of personal therapy I have to attend as part of the course… “you’re such an emotionally mature person” “you’re so connected with your feelings” “I feel

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Symplicity

MARCH 6, 2024

All recruiters that we work with would like to be more data-driven but obtaining the data in a way that is easy to interpret is often too difficult and time-consuming. With our latest product release, Symplicity Recruit aims to give university recruiters the data they need to make decisions about their recruiting strategy without needing to manually pull or calculate data.

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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

MARCH 3, 2024

Most selective private colleges and universities in the U.S. still have disproportionately low enrollment numbers for Latino first-time, full-time undergraduate students, according to a recent report from The Education Trust. Sandra Perez The sequel to a 2020 report on Black and Latino enrollment at selective U.S. public institutions, the report turns its attention to the nation’s private schools, namely the 122 most selective private four-year colleges and universities in the nation.

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Steve Keating

MARCH 3, 2024

Many people who claim to want to be better communicators focus almost entirely on speaking more clearly. But effective speaking and effective communicating are two very different things. You cannot communicate effectively if you can’t listen effectively. Truly great communicators know that’s a fact. The benefits of being a more effective listener cannot be overstated.

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College Aid Services

MARCH 7, 2024

Institutions can now download EdExpress for Windows 2024-25, Release 1.0, which includes a new interface so that users can quickly find information and entry fields adjustments in preparation for this year’s ISIRs. The announcement below comes with detailed steps for installation, instructions for users to log into their accounts, and resources to troubleshoot onboarding issues.… More » EdExpress, Release 1.0 Brings Streamlined Interface to Window 2024-25 The post EdExpress, Release

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Black students in elementary school, particularly Black boys, are less likely to be identified for special education when their teachers are also Black, according to a new report published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Dr. Cassandra Hart The report, Teacher-Student Race Match and Identification for Discretionary Educational Services , analyzes administrative data from North Carolina elementary schools from 2008 to 2013 to determine whether having Black teachers would a

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Patter by Pat Thomson

MARCH 3, 2024

The dictionary definitions of contribution are: A gift or payment The part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance and A piece of writing submitted for publication in a journal or book When scholars talk about contribution it might be 3. A contribution might be a piece we have submitted to an edited collection, a text book, an anthology of cases or an encyclopaedia.

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Steve Keating

MARCH 7, 2024

The surest way, by far, to get everything you want out of life is to set goals. But most people say they just don’t have time to set goals. These are the same people who have time to scroll through Facebook for multiple hours a day. Or binge watch a show on Netflix for hours at a time. They have plenty of time. What they lack is priorities for their life.

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College Aid Services

MARCH 6, 2024

Federal Student Aid has updated the draft 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical and processing information for the 2024–25 award year. What changed? Volume 4 – Record Layouts and Processing Codes and the 2024–25 Final ISIR Record Layout in Excel Format. The changes made to… More » 2024-25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (March 2024 Update) The post 2024-25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (March 2024 Update) first appea

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

Between 2010 and 2020, Latinx people accounted for over 50% of the U.S. population growth. Currently, one fifth of the U.S. population is Latinx, and, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Latinx workers made up 66% of the workforce in 2021. By 2031, Latinx workers will make up 90% of the new workforce. Yet despite their representation in the U.S. workforce, Latinx workers earn the lowest weekly salary when compared with other races and ethnicities in the U.S.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 7, 2024

When higher education leaders look to see what’s working and what’s not, there’s no better source than talking with peer institutions. Yet, finding the time to connect and identify relevant contacts can be challenging amidst a workday that barely has enough time for lunch. Civitas Learning’s Texas Leadership Workshop recently brought together leaders from ten different institutions across Texas and beyond to discuss student success strategies for higher education.

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Ed.gov Homeroom

MARCH 5, 2024

ED is committed to promoting equitable access to healthy, safe, sustainable, 21st century learning environments and environmental sustainability learning. Research has demonstrated that modern, well-maintained facilities with healthy indoor environments yield better student performance and health, higher teacher retention, and reduced absenteeism. School buildings and grounds are an essential element of equitable access to learning Continue Reading The post ED Takes Climate Action on Multiple Fr

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College Aid Services

MARCH 4, 2024

Federal Student Aid has published several important changes regarding the 2024-2025 FAFSA. What changed? FSA has replaced the SAI formula that it released on February 27th with its previous iteration due to the passage of the Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024. The “2024–25 Test ISIR Data File” has been replaced by… More » Congress Resets SAI Formula, Updated Edconnect and ISIR Test Data Released The post Congress Resets SAI Formula, Updated Edco

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2024

The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) condemned the University of Florida's elimination of its diversity, equity, and inclusion staff. The elimination of jobs and programs "is evidence of the real effect legislative attacks are having on years of efforts to advance diversity and inclusion in higher education," said Paulette Granberry Russell, President & CEO of NADOHE.

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Student Loan Planner

MARCH 8, 2024

Over the past year, nearly everyone has experienced mental health challenges due to the pandemic. The isolation, grief, anxiety, depression and looming fear were ever-present. On top of that, there was uncertainty, loss of income and precarious financial situations. Even with financial help from the CARES Act — which froze student loan payments and slashed… The post Survey: 1 in 14 High-Debt Borrowers Had Suicidal Ideation Due to Student Loans (2021) appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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Counselors' Corner

MARCH 6, 2024

by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. This time of year leads to lots of second guessing, especially if you live somewhere that sees snow. Lawns are this interesting shade of yellow, there’s a film of salt on the roads, gardens look like vast voids of brown. Given the visual cues, it’s fair to wonder—is there really anything pretty out there? The same can be said for being a school counselor this time of year.

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Timely MD

MARCH 4, 2024

TimelyCare Student Success Coaching Q&A With Dr. Nicole Guerrero Trevino Vice President for Student Success LinkedIn Tell us about your career journey and dedication to student success in higher education. I am a first-generation college student, whose parents instilled from a very young age the importance of a college education. My parents were very committed to ensuring that my sister and I had the opportunity to pursue an education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Yale University has pledged $10 million toward an initiative to strengthen its relationship with historically Black colleges and universities in the realm of research, teaching, and student access. Dr. Peter Salovey The initiative is part of a redress following Yale President Dr. Peter Salovey and Senior Trustee Josh Bekenstein’s Feb. 16 acknowledgement of the university's historical role in and associations with slavery and apology for the ways its early leaders participated in slavery.

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Student Loan Planner

MARCH 8, 2024

As a highly educated and caring medical professional, you’ve sacrificed your time, energy and work-life balance at times to pursue a career that you love. As an attending, you’re compensated pretty well for all of this sacrifice and delayed gratification that you’ve worked so darn hard for. Naturally, you might be curious about what’s next,… The post Best Investment for Doctors: From Retirement Plans to Real Estate appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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Thrive Alliance Group

MARCH 7, 2024

We’ve all experienced the student who hides inside his hoodie in class and ignores the lesson. It’s easy to assume that this student is disrespecting us and to react with anger. But in reality, this common classroom behavior is not about us at all. The student is overwhelmed with a negative emotion and is trying to control his feelings by blocking out all the classroom stimulation.

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Timely MD

MARCH 7, 2024

Faculty and staff at colleges and universities have the second-highest burnout rate out of industry in the country, just behind K-12 workers, according to a recent Gallup Panel Workforce Study. What’s driving higher than ever turnover? Why are faculty and staff leaving their positions? What is the impact on students? And, what can be done to help the entire campus community be well and thrive?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2024

Building culturally validating and affirming relationships between teachers and students requires plenty of understanding, engagement, changes in behavior, and introspection, according to a webinar held Tuesday by the Equity Assistance Center-South. Victoria McCall The webinar gave a platform to Victoria McCall, director of eLearning at The Center for Black Educator Development, to provide ample advice and instruction on how educators can better forge strong and positive relationships with the p

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Student Loan Planner

MARCH 6, 2024

The new weighted average consolidation rules for student loans are completely different from those before or during the pandemic. These new rules are in effect as of July 2024. While the new consolidation rules are an improvement from the past, they are nowhere near as generous as the pandemic-era rules that applied maximum credit no… The post Guide to Student Loan Weighted Average Consolidation Rules for Student Loans Starting July 2024 appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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College Planners of America

MARCH 5, 2024

Colleges never favored using standardized test scores as the primary criterion in admissions. They did considered them useful as the only means of comparing applicants on an apples-to-apples basis. In the early aughts, however, a movement emerged to make test scores optional due to the perception that they were unfair to lower income applicants. Just as the test-optional movement was gathering steam, COVID-19 struck.

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College Aid Services

MARCH 5, 2024

Federal Student Aid has released an electronic announcement about ISIR delivery and support for institutions. Here are the main takeaways: Ensure your organization has completed necessary steps to prepare FTI-SAIG Mailbox for receiving 2024-25 ISIR Files. Updated SAIG software installation required to access ISIRs, explained in EA on 2/27/2024. FSA transmitted test file to active… More » Stay Informed: Key Updates on 2024-2025 ISIR Transmission and Delivery The post Stay Informed: Key Upda

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2024

Terms like “school-to-prison pipeline” and “The New Jim Crow” may sound distant to some, leading them to think that it has little relevance to their lives or communities. However, the reality is far from that perception. The impact of these systemic issues extend beyond the individuals directly affected, seeping into the fabric of the broader society and affecting us all.

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Student Loan Planner

MARCH 6, 2024

Asset protection for physicians is a big deal. As your career grows, so do your assets. Protecting those assets from lawsuits, divorces and accidents must be top of mind for your long-term financial security. An asset protection plan can be as simple as titling your accounts correctly or involve complex strategies, like certain types of… The post A Physician’s Guide to Mastering Asset Protection in 9 Key Moves appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

MARCH 5, 2024

Prepare Semi-homemade Meals. Semi-homemade is a combination of packaged foods and unprocessed foods. For example, you can use frozen stir-fry mix with canned chicken and instant rice. Grab a frozen chicken alfredo dinner and pair it with a salad and a cup of milk. Choose Simple Recipes. You can make delicious meals with just 5 ingredients for a quick meal.

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Symplicity

MARCH 5, 2024

The United Kingdom is increasingly recognising the importance of mental health support for university students, a demographic that faces unique challenges and stressors. The Higher Education Mental Health Implementation Taskforce, established in June 2023, is a key part of the government's commitment to improving student wellbeing and mental health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

I was at a conference, and the attendees were workshopping solutions for increasing digital learning capacity at their respective institutions. The conference attendees were a mix of students, faculty, donors, education administrators, and edtech professionals. Groups were assigned an activity to discuss possible solutions for increasing capacity for educational technology and digital learning.

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Student Loan Planner

MARCH 6, 2024

While whole life insurance is generally expensive, you’re not only paying for the permanent death benefit but also for other guarantees (e.g. premium amount, duration, cash value). Something about guarantees is easy to plan around. In terms of asset distribution, much like any cash-equivalent, whole life insurance offers the advantage of being safe and predictable.… The post The Exception to the Rule: When Whole Life Insurance Makes Sense appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

MARCH 4, 2024

For many families of high school seniors, the college acceptance process can feel tiring – and long. It’s not surprising! The process begins before senior year even starts, with college visits and lists being made. Next, it’s filing the actual application and FAFSA (which has been its own experience this year!), and then finally in the spring, letters begin to arrive.

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Student Research Foundation

MARCH 4, 2024

Students have so many different options when it comes to choosing a college. That’s why we’ve decided to highlight some of our favorites, including Lawrence Technological University. In this blog post, we’ll cover everything you need to know about Lawrence Tech—including why you should consider LTU in your college search. Where is Lawrence Technological University?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Two political leaders allege that a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form error is preventing students with contributors, including parents and spouses, who do not have a Social Security Number from completing the U.S. Department of Education’s new FAFSA form. Sen. Padilla Alex “We remain concerned about the Department’s plan to address the ongoing error that does not allow for contributors without a Social Security Number (SSN) to complete the FAFSA application, the impact of th

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