Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 6, 2023
The University of Southern California Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy trumpets its dedication to diversity on its website. The school is “committed to preparing diverse leaders” and pledges “accountability and transparency, as well as consistent engagement to ensure that we create and maintain an inclusive environment.
Active Minds
MARCH 10, 2023
The relationship between physical and mental health is one that is becoming increasingly apparent — including among top-performing athletes. Professional athletes like Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka have made clear the impact their mental well-being has on their athletic performance, and we are better understanding how we can support student athletes in protecting their mental health in the same way we work to safeguard their physical well-being every day.
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College Aid Consulting Services
MARCH 9, 2023
2024 College Financial Aid Costs; What You Need To Know. Recently, we have been receiving feedback from parents who are disappointed in colleges misrepresenting their bottom-line costs. This is also highlighted in a recent story from NPR College financial aid letters mislead and confuse, with real consequences. When searching for financial aid for college, it’s important to be aware that many college websites are posting outdated total costs (including tuition, room and board, and fees) th
Student Minds
MARCH 9, 2023
For University Mental Health Day, the Editorial Team have come together to share their experiences on how they've dealt with difficulties and advocated for themselves at university. - Student Minds Editorial Team ⭐ Watch the University Mental Health Day video from our sub-editors, Emily A and Madeleine all about facing difficulties and advocating for yourself. ⭐ (You may have to confirm you're not a robot before watching.
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
MARCH 5, 2023
Cultivating ‘a better world’ is Dr. Valerie Kinloch’s end goal as an education scholar. "The work that we do in the world is so important,” said Kinloch, describing her hopes for advancing equitable policies and practices that benefit students, faculty, staff, communities of people in schools, school districts, and universities around the world. “To advance equitable policies that are grounded in education is to understand the full humanity of people,” she said.
Counseling Today
MARCH 9, 2023
Parental alienation can be hard to notice much less treat, but the long-term effects can be devastating for the children and targeted parent. The post ‘Child abuse in disguise’: The impact of parental alienation on families appeared first on Counseling Today.
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Student Minds
MARCH 9, 2023
It's University Mental Health Day! The Editorial Team have come together to share their experiences on how they've dealt with difficulties and advocated for themselves at university. - Student Minds Editorial Team ✨ Advocating for Yourself ✨ ⭐ Emily T (Student): For most of my first year at university, I struggled with anxieties regarding my academic work whilst also feeling that I hadn’t really found “my people”.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 6, 2023
The number of applications for the Fall 2023 admissions cycle generally declined across the University of California (UC) system, particularly among nonresident applicants, The UC San Diego (UCSD) Guardian reported. The finding comes from a UC Office of the President report, which showed that there was a 2.2% decline in total applications from the previous year’s admissions cycle.
Cal Newport
MARCH 9, 2023
Back in 2016, I reported on a rumor that was circulating about employee dissatisfaction at Meta (then, Facebook). Developers, it seemed, were unhappy with the company’s trendy, but also unbearably noisy and distracting, 8-acre open office floor plan. “Developers need to concentrate,” explained an amused Joel Spolsky at a conference that year, before going on to add that Facebook was paying a 40 – 50% premium for talent because people didn’t want to work under those
Steve Keating
MARCH 9, 2023
This could be the longest post I’ve ever written if I actually listed all the problems with rewarding mediocrity. But in the interest of time I‘ll just talk about the biggest one. First of all, Authentic Leaders do not, ever, reward mediocrity. They hold their people to a high standard. Not an unreasonable standard but one which will require their people to push themselves from time to time.
Student Minds
MARCH 8, 2023
In light of University Mental Health Day, Sam shares her tips for opening up about your mental health and discusses the importance of seeking help and building a support network. - Samantha Buss University Mental Health day is an important day that brings attention to the mental health challenges that students face while pursuing their academic and personal goals.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 7, 2023
Come July 2023, six of the eight Ivy League schools will have women leaders. The Ivy League, with some of the oldest institutions of higher education in the U.S., recently announced bold choices in leadership. Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Columbia University named new presidents, each to take office in July. For Dartmouth and Columbia, these are the first women presidents in their history, while Harvard welcomes its first African American president.
The Education Hub
MARCH 9, 2023
Going to university is a fun and exciting time for most students – but it comes with unique challenges and stresses. We believe that all students’ mental health and wellbeing should be properly supported during their time at university. There is a range of mental health support available to students, from online mental health and wellbeing platform Student Space to counselling and one-to-one support.
Steve Keating
MARCH 5, 2023
Very early in my sales career I worked for a company with an interesting philosophy on motivating salespeople. I hadn’t work there very long and I was the newest member of the sales team. We were behind the planned sales goal about halfway through the year. During a sales meeting the General Sales manager announced an “incentive” plan to help motivate the sales team to higher performance.
EAB
MARCH 10, 2023
Press Release EAB’s Navigate Platform Now Supports Student Recruitment and Retention EAB expands Navigate’s CRM capabilities to engage prospective students March 10, 2023 Tempe, Arizona (March 10, 2023) — EAB announced today an extension of its flagship student success technology, Navigate , to help colleges engage and enroll prospective students. The new Recruitment Management module enhances Navigate’s customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities and allows institutions to recruit and r
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 10, 2023
Hurricanes, earthquakes, bankruptcy, and a pandemic. When it comes to catastrophic events, Puerto Rico has experienced its lion’s share in the last decade. With these events have come economic vulnerability and population decreases. Yet despite the chaos, nothing has stopped Puerto Rican postsecondary institutions from working to achieve their educational missions.
Timely MD
MARCH 9, 2023
When they go to college, students are forced to adapt to a radically new lifestyle—one with less structure and more pressure. When the difficulty of managing college life becomes overwhelming, some students may turn to alcohol and drugs to cope. In fact, 1 in 4 college students meets the standard for substance abuse according to the American College Personnel Association (ACPA).
Symplicity
MARCH 6, 2023
With internship season around the corner, leading employers are starting to gear up for the summer, when roughly 60% of students who are about to graduate from college and recent graduates, will join an internship program in the hopes of becoming young professionals with full-time positions post-graduation. While internship opportunities add valuable work experience for students, for employers, an internship program is more than a preview of future full-time employees.
EAB
MARCH 9, 2023
Blogs 4 takeaways on combatting faculty burnout from our gathering of academic leaders EAB recently launched the first two-part event series for our partners focused on combatting faculty burnout and integrating a culture of well-being in academic affairs. More than twenty academic leaders from across North America participated in session one: Faculty Burnout–A Workplace Problem, Not a Worker Problem.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 8, 2023
Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara will become vice president for academic affairs, provost, and dean of the college at Teachers College, Columbia University, effective Jul. 5. Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara O’Meara is currently professor of higher education, a distinguished scholar teacher, and special assistant to the provost for strategic initiative at University of Maryland (UMD).
Single Stop
MARCH 6, 2023
The Colorado Department of Higher Education Allocates an Additional $126k to Expand Highly Successful Single Stop Program SINGLE STOP HAS ALREADY CONNECTED 2,000 COLORADO STUDENTS TO AN AVERAGE OF 14.5K IN SUPPORTS, RESULTING IN BETTER STUDENT PERSISTENCE AND SUCCESS New York, NY— The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) will expand the number of colleges utilizing Single Stop’s benefits screening and case management program by allocating an additional $126,000 to expand the program.
Civitas Learning
MARCH 6, 2023
UT System Board of Regents approves the extension of UTSA’s services agreement with Austin-based education technology firm Civitas Learning Inc. Civitas Learning represents a critical investment in UTSA’s student-success efforts. Its platforms have helped UTSA prepare its students for the corporate environment. The post UT System Board of Regents approves added investments to support UTSA student success appeared first on Civitas Learning.
CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors
MARCH 8, 2023
One of the most important components of your student’s decision about college is finances. While the financial aid office at schools that your student has applied to will be sending information, your family also needs to consider other budget line items that impact how much. The post How to Estimate How Much College Actually Costs appeared first on CFAA.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 6, 2023
North Idaho College (NIC) has been court-ordered to reinstate NIC President Dr. Nick Swayne, who was placed on administrative leave without cause late last year, The Spokesman-Review reported. President Nick Swayne Judge Cynthia Meyer of Kootenai County District Court gave the order Mar. 3 for the public community college to take Swayne off leave for the duration of his lawsuit.
Counseling Today
MARCH 7, 2023
Mindfulness is often seen as a cure-all approach, but as with other clinical approaches, counselors should carefully consider when and how they integrate this practice into sessions. The post Is mindfulness a cure-all approach? appeared first on Counseling Today.
Civitas Learning
MARCH 9, 2023
As we learn more about how students respond to early alert systems in higher education, it’s becoming clear that being intentional about designing and implementing early alerts is very important. Recent research from New America indicates that poorly designed early alert interventions can work against your student success efforts and even deepen equity gaps for students of color and other underserved student groups.
Patter by Pat Thomson
MARCH 6, 2023
Technical terminology is often called jargon. The dictionary definition of jargon is “special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand”. Sounds OK eh. Nothing to worry about. But the word jargon is often used very negatively. It either means that someone is talking a load of nonsense, or they are deliberately using technical language in order to appear important, or they don’t know how to speak in plain English, or they are attempting to make
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
Dr. Safa Zaki will become president of Bowdoin College, effective Jul. 1. She will be the first woman to lead the school. Dr. Safa Zaki Zaki is currently dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College. A psychologist and cognitive scientist, her research centers on the human mind and how people divide the world into categories.
Ed.gov Homeroom
MARCH 8, 2023
It’s Women’s History Month, and this year’s national theme—Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories—honors women of all ages and backgrounds who shape and share the story of America, while expanding our understanding of the human condition and strengthening our connections with each other and our world. Over generations and now, every day, women are removing Continue Reading The post An Open Letter from Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten on Women’s Histor
Scholarship America
MARCH 7, 2023
If you’re a student pursuing a future career in the skilled trades, manufacturing or engineering, this is the scholarship month for you! Scholarship America partner programs from CDM Smith, Lockheed Martin and the Colgate-Palmolive Inspire Our Future fund are now open for a variety of engineering, trade, construction and other technical areas of study.
Counselors' Corner
MARCH 8, 2023
by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. I offered my condolences to the father of a student turned down by their dream school. The father seemed to be taking the news in a calm, but disappointed, manner. But his goodwill had its limits, which was clear when he talked about the letter his child had received. “The second half of this letter is absolute nonsense” he said.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 6, 2023
Dr. John W. Miller Jr. will become dean of The University of Louisville’s Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work and Family Science, effective Jul. 1, pending approval by the Board of Trustees. Dr. John W. Miller Jr. Miller is dean of curriculum and senior diversity officer at St. Norbert College. “The Kent School has a rich tradition of producing exceptional research and dedicated practice and teaching,” Miller said.
BetterMynd
MARCH 10, 2023
Mental health awareness is a crucial problem for every educator, who are often the first to notice when something is off about their students. Education professionals have become aware of the impact a student’s mental health can have when learning and succeeding, and they also understand that there are ways to help these students with mental health issues.
John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog
MARCH 10, 2023
We love the questions that you all have been sending in! Not only do they encompass different types of love, but they touch on the various experiences that students have around love, dating, and relationships, while being mindful of the different identities which students possess. This week, we invited Johns Hopkins Student Assistance Program (JHSAP) clinician, Ann Yu Natterer , to share some advice for ADHD-ers and other neurodivergent folks around love, so read more below!
College Aid Services
MARCH 9, 2023
Think back to before loan payments were paused and see if you can answer these questions… Were you charged “late fees” when you made all your loan payments on time? Did the amount on your interest accrual increase unexpectedly without any explanation? If you answered yes to one or both questions, you might be the… More » Illegal Loan Junk Fees Discovered The post Illegal Loan Junk Fees Discovered first appeared on College Aid Services.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 10, 2023
Candace Byrd-Vinson, Calhoun Community College head women's basketball coach, is the school’s first African American female basketball coach, FOX 54 reported. Candace Byrd-Vinson This comes as Calhoun returns to men's and women’s basketball after a 21-year hiatus. Byrd-Vinson – a Tanner, Alabama native – was a 4-time All-State player and 2A State Player of the Year at Tanner High School in Limestone County and played at the collegiate level at Birmingham-Southern College.
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