Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Philander Smith College (PSC) will become a graduate degree-granting school after its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was approved by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in November 2022. Dr. Roderick L. Smothers "On the heels of the 145th anniversary of Philander Smith College, we are elated about this milestone announcement," said Dr.

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Active Minds

JANUARY 5, 2023

Let the new year begin – hello 2023! When people think of the new year, what first comes to mind, alongside fireworks and parties, is often a fresh start. Many of us are anticipating the excitement of the months ahead, crafting a list of 2023 resolutions in our notes app – including an unprecedented amount of mental health-centered goals.

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Steve Keating

JANUARY 5, 2023

I wish every person in a position of leadership understood how important recognition is to their people. They don’t just want recognition, they need it. For many people recognition is the fuel for their engine of productivity. Most people are people pleasers and one of the people they most want to please is their boss. They want a few things in return for pleasing their boss and one of those things is “credit” or recognition for a job well done.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JANUARY 3, 2023

The start of the new year is always filled with our resolutions and plans for another successful year. While you’re thinking about financial goals for the next year, don’t forget to consider your child’s financial future and goals. Too often, parents don’t plan for their. The post 3 Easy New Year’s Resolutions to Save for Your Child’s College Education appeared first on CFAA.

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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

JANUARY 5, 2023

As an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California, the Reverend Dr. Joseph Cheah said that he would spend hours at the bookstore, reading about Asian American studies. Dr. Joseph Cheah “The whole notion of Asian American things like that, I've been interested in that for a long time,” Cheah said. “I would just stand there for hours, reading one book after another in Asian American studies.

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Active Minds

DECEMBER 31, 2022

And with that, the 2022 season comes to an end ! The end of the year marks new beginnings for many people. It often represents a fresh start and indicates a pivotal time to make a change. New Year’s resolutions also often present an opportunity for these changes to occur, and can interact with our mental health in several ways. First, there are resolutions that can align with our mental health.

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Black Students Mental Health Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

Many students feel inadequate and unworthy of what they hope to accomplish during their education – unfortunately, these feelings can impact academic achievement and overall well-being. Thankfully, evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques can help boost your self-esteem. To understand how CBT works read my blog about the Different types of Therapy for Mental Health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

The legacy of mistreatment that American Indians and Alaska Natives have endured is evident in the educational statistics. Only 16.1% of AIAN people over 25 have a bachelor’s degree or higher, less than half the rate of Americans overall, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In an attempt to address this disparity, the Lilly Endowment, has announced a five-year, $38,775,000 grant to the American Indian College Fund, the nation’s largest charity for Native higher education.

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College Aid Services

JANUARY 4, 2023

Posted: January 04, 2023 Author: Federal Student Aid Subject: 2023–24 FAFSA® Winter Renewal Campaign Starting Jan. 10, 2023, we will begin sending emails and SMS messages to 2022–23 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) filers (and parents of dependent 2022–23 FAFSA filers) who have not yet submitted a 2023–24 FAFSA form. The goal […].

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Symplicity

JANUARY 4, 2023

Each and every day, our client managers across the globe help make our clients' day-to-day just a little bit easier so that they can better support their students. With a client support team that comes from across the student success spectrum, clients continuously speak to the dedication of our client support team, and we at Symplicity want to give them the attention they deserve.

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Counseling Today

JANUARY 3, 2023

As we begin the new year, it is important to reflect on why you answered the call to be a leader and advocate within the counseling profession and reexamine how you are expanding your knowledge and skill set to best answer that call. The post Renew your ‘why’ appeared first on Counseling Today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Dr. Theresa A. Powell, Temple University’s Vice President for Student Affairs, has died unexpectedly on Jan. 2. Her death occurred while visiting family in her native state of Texas. Dr. Theresa A. Powell Renowned nationally in the student affairs profession, Powell was one of the leaders of Temple’s Division of Student Affairs, where she worked to reimagine student affairs and created programs to produce a more vibrant and active Temple campus.

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Student Loan Planner

JANUARY 3, 2023

Student loans may be inevitable if you’re in college or planning to attend soon. As education costs continue to climb, more students turn to student loans to help cover the cost of attending a college or university. The latest data shows that there is $1.745 trillion outstanding student loan debt in the U.S. Over 42 […]. The post How To Fill Out The FAFSA appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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Symplicity

JANUARY 5, 2023

Each and every day, our client managers across the globe help make our clients' day-to-day just a little bit easier so that they can better support their students. With a client support team that comes from across the student success spectrum, clients continuously speak to the dedication of our client support team, and we at Symplicity want to give them the attention they deserve.

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Counseling Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

Caregiving is challenging at any age, but older adults who find themselves in this role face unique stressors that can affect their own well-being. The post The mental health needs of older caregivers appeared first on Counseling Today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

Dr. LaVar Charleston had a crush on Dr. Sherri Charleston from the moment he met her in ninth grade. Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. “She was Claire Huxtable—beauty, brains, and personality,” said LaVar Charleston. While the two were friendly, they had opposite interests at the time.

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EAB

JANUARY 5, 2023

Blogs. Where higher ed leaders agree (and disagree) on the biggest barriers to DEIJ progress. 215+ leaders say setting an actionable vision is the critical first step to DEIJ strategy, but they differ on how to get there. In recent years, institutions have confronted historical legacies of oppression , invested in faculty diversity , and developed retention programs for Black and Latino men , among many other initiatives.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JANUARY 1, 2023

CFAA has been talking to high school then-juniors/now-seniors about college application deadlines since the beginning of the year. We have stressed many times the importance of meeting all college admissions, financial aid, and scholarship deadlines in order to get the best shot at attending a. The post Help – I Ran Out of Time for College Applications!

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Cal Newport

JANUARY 4, 2023

When the Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro was a boy growing up in Guadalajara, his mother bought him a Victorian-style writing desk. “I kept my comic books in the drawers, my books and horror action figures on the shelves, and my writing and drawing stuff on the desk,” Del Toro recalled in a 2016 profile. “I guess that was the first, smallest version of my collection.” As the director began to find success as an adult with his beautifully imagined, macabr

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Dr. Keona Lewis will become assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame, effective Feb. 1. In this role, she will report to the vice president and associate provost for faculty affairs. Dr. Keona Lewis Lewis will also serve as an assistant professor of the practice in Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns.

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Purdue University Global

JANUARY 6, 2023

“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity, and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”. ~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce. The Academic Success Center staff wishes you holiday cheer and a happy new year! We hope the New Year brings you good health, much happiness, and boundless opportunities. .

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Counselors' Corner

JANUARY 4, 2023

by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. New Year’s Day is kind of quiet around my house. Not quiet, as in “everyone breathe quietly, Daddy’s head hurts when he even blinks”. It’s more like the quiet that comes once the rush of something big is over. Like the quiet of eating pumpkin pie for breakfast by yourself the day after Thanksgiving, or finishing off the last bacon-wrapped date after the admitted student event.

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Student Loan Planner

JANUARY 6, 2023

Disability insurance is often recommended to the healthcare community. However, it can be expensive, especially for residents and young attendings who start with lower salaries compared to their future earnings — causing many to question if they should get doctor disability insurance. For most physicians, it makes overall financial sense to purchase disability insurance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Some universities are scrutinizing or blocking usage of the social media platform TikTok on school devices and networks amid cybersecurity concerns surrounding the video-sharing app and its parent company, ByteDance. Dr. Richard Forno TikTok and Chinese company ByteDance has been gaining attention for connections with Chinese state media and potential influence from the Chinese government.

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Student Research Foundation

JANUARY 5, 2023

Briana Stone Believes Communication and Cooperation Are the Two Critical Success Skills to Teach in High School What are the most critical skills students need to succeed after high school? Briana Stone, who teaches high school English in Texas, has thought about that question, and pinpointed these two abilities. Communication and Cooperation She believes those are the skills students will need the most, no matter whether they attend a four-year college, a two-year college, a trade school, or en

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 5, 2023

College is expensive. Fortunately, most students pay less than a college’s published price by taking advantage of the financial aid that’s available to them. Rather than looking at published prices when researching colleges, students should focus on net price — the real cost of attending. A Net Price Calculator (NPC) is a computer program that helps families estimate the affordability of a college.

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Student Loan Planner

JANUARY 6, 2023

Key Takeaways: Gastroenterologists can protect their high income with disability insurance. Own-occupation disability coverage provides the best coverage for gastroenterologists. This profession might be considered lower risk by insurers, meaning lower premiums. Committing to a career as a gastroenterologist requires many years of education. Aside from completing medical school, you’ve likely spent up to six […].

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

With President Biden’s signature on Dec. 29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. The new total is a record high for the program, first created in 1972. Coupled with the $400 increase in the 2022 fiscal year, this is the largest two-year increase ever in the history of the grant.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

JANUARY 5, 2023

MISSOURI STATE NEWS: The MoState Access Award. “The MoState Access Award is designed to ensure that cost does not prevent Missouri students from completing a degree.” Students who are new to Missouri State University as of the Fall 2023 semester or later are eligible to apply for the MoState Access Award, which will allow eligible students to pay no tuition and fees after federal, state, and institutional grants and scholarships are first applied.

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Knack

JANUARY 4, 2023

College students don’t have to choose between earning a degree and gaining job experience. There are many on-campus employment opportunities that allow students to earn money and build valuable skills that employers seek.

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Student Loan Planner

JANUARY 5, 2023

Good help is hard to find these days. At least, it can feel that way when it comes to figuring out how to tackle your student loans. With an abundance of alphabet soup designations, how do you know who to trust? Naturally, many people turn to their financial advisors for assistance. Is your financial advisor […]. The post Can a Financial Advisor Help with Student Loans?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

Illinois State University will be launching an online seminar series to help teach faculty how to create inclusive and equitable classes. Dr. Deneca Winfrey Avant The seminar series – through the school’s Center for Integrated Professional Development – will include five seminars over 2023, starting with three in the spring: “Equitable and Inclusive Course Materials;” “Equitable and Inclusive Student Interaction and Participation;” and “Equitable and Inclusive Assessment, Learning Activities, an

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EAB

JANUARY 3, 2023

Podcast. How to Advance Your Higher Ed Career. Episode 132. January 3, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes. EAB’s Jeff Schiffman is joined by enrollment consultant Errol Wint and Lindsey Hoyt from Reed College to talk about their respective career journeys in higher edu

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Knack

JANUARY 3, 2023

Many conversations inside professional circles of education grapple with how to measure student success. One area of exploration that often gets forgotten about is the impact on those striving to support students along their collegiate path.

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Student Loan Planner

JANUARY 5, 2023

Key Takeaways: A dentist mortgage loan can give you the ability to purchase or refinance a primary residence with as little as 0% down. Dentist mortgages have higher loan limits than a conventional loan, with some programs maxing out at $2 million or more. Dentists are eligible for most physician mortgage programs, but each lender […]. The post Dentist Mortgage Loans Compare appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Florida state colleges and universities must report spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and projects and initiatives related to critical race theory (CRT), per orders from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ’s administration, the National Review reported. Gov. Ron DeSantis In a Dec. 28 memo , Chris Spencer, director of the office of policy and budget in the DeSantis administration, asked the Department of Education and the state university system to disclose staff, programs, and campus ac

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