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Today’s College Students Aren’t Who You Think They Are. Institutions Must Rethink How They Serve Them.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Faculty and staff must work to center their schedules around the learner, not vice versa. Practices like starting programs quarterly or even monthly and reducing the number of days students must come to campus for hands-on or clinical instruction can better accommodate students’ schedules.

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2024-25 FAFSA Partner Portal Webinar Scheduled for June 28th

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In addition to manually entering FPP data, this session will include step by step instructions on performing professional judgements or dependency overrides when federal tax… More » 2024-25 FAFSA Partner Portal Webinar Scheduled for June 28th The post 2024-25 FAFSA Partner Portal Webinar Scheduled for June 28th first appeared on College Aid Services. (..)

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The Pickens Playbook Part 3: 2nd Year at Tennessee State University and MCAT Preparation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He committed himself to teaching himself the lessons and sought external resources for further instruction. He understood that there would be other classes in the future where independent learning and supplementing class instruction would be necessary for mastery.

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UMich Graduate Employee Union Goes on Strike After Months of Negotiations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our focus remains on continuing instruction for our students and achieving an agreement with GEO through the negotiation process. The next bargaining session is scheduled for Friday, and the university remains ready to meet at any time."

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Panel Spotlights Registered Apprenticeships at MSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Registered A pprenticeships—programs that combine school instruction with paid on-the-job training, allowing students to “earn while they learn” — are critical on-ramps to good jobs. Schedules are designed to fit working students’ needs, with options for evening, hybrid, and online, synchronous and a synchronous.

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University of Miami Computer Science Student Fuels “Accelerate Tech” Pilot Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These students often have busy schedules during the week with classes and other activities and their campuses may be located a significant distance away from a given school that needs their services. The primary challenge with the coupling of computationally talented college students with K-12 schools is a logistical one.

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Expanding Federal Work Study to Create a More Diverse Teacher Pipeline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

High-impact tutoring models also utilize high-quality instructional materials and include mechanisms for collecting data on student progress. They can be expensive and difficult to schedule, and they require a lot of human capital. But using work-study funds to pay college tutors will help.

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