Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2025

In a lifeguard training course I took as a teenager, the instructor imparted critical lessons about the importance of strategic, coordinated communication throughout the process of a rescue. Inform fellow lifeguards that someone is in need of assistance and that you are leaving your post. From the first contact until the swimmer is towed to safety, communicate consistently, clearly, and calmly, keeping the person informed and providing moral support.

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Timely MD

JULY 24, 2025

Stress among college students isn’t just common – it’s overwhelming. In 2024, the American College Health Association reported that 1 in 5 college students experienced serious psychological distress. TimelyCare research shows that 71% of students experienced mental health challenges – including stress – and more than half (54%) said their stress only intensified as the semester progressed.

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SRI Education

JULY 22, 2025

What Should Schools Prioritize to Support Youth Mental Health? Priority #2: Provide Training and Wellness Centers SRI researchers met with a group of students, parents, and school staff from a large, diverse county in California in fall 2022 to talk about their experiences, preferences, and challenges related to mental health services in schools. Through these conversations, coupled with survey responses from more than 1,000 school staff, these school community members shared several important w

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Civitas Learning

JULY 22, 2025

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Youtube Music | Transcript At Austin Community College (ACC), student support isn’t just a department—it’s a campus-wide effort. In this episode of Next Practices , we meet three leaders who’ve helped transform advising from a series of disconnected conversations into a cross-campus partnership. Dr. Giao Phan (Dean of the Public and Social Services Division), Kathy James (Executive Dean of Advising), and Dr.

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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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College Aid Services

JULY 23, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education sent a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to grantees and future grantees on leveraging federal grant funds to improve education outcomes through Artificial Intelligence (AI). This guidance outlines how AI may be used across key educational functions, articulates principles for the responsible use of AI, and affirms that such uses are… More » ED Issues Guidance on AI Use in Schools The post ED Issues Guidance on AI Use in Schools first appeared on College Aid Serv

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2025

The sudden loss of Malcolm-Jamal Warner is a heartbreaking moment for those of us who grew up watching him illuminate our television screens, but it also invites us to pause and reflect on the depth of his influence. Warner’s passing is more than the loss of a gifted actor, it is the passing of a cultural educator whose contributions left a lasting mark on Black education and the self-perception of Black youth across the United States.

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SRI Education

JULY 22, 2025

What Should Schools Prioritize to Support Youth Mental Health? Priority #1: Provide More Specialized Mental Health Professionals and Paraprofessionals on Campus In this blog series, we examine the different priorities that school leaders might address—despite limited resources and reduced federal investments—to respond to the ongoing youth mental health crisis ( American Academy of Pediatrics, 2021 ).

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Knack

JULY 23, 2025

At the University of New Hampshire (UNH), student success isn’t left to chance. It’s coordinated, data-informed, and scaled to meet the needs of the entire campus. During a recent webinar co-hosted by Knack and EAB, Dawna Perez from UNH shared how they’ve built a unified student support ecosystem by combining peer tutoring through Knack with early alerts and case management via Navigate360.

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The Counseling Geek

JULY 25, 2025

Beyond ChatGPT: Why School Counselors Should Use Perplexity for Research-Backed Practice Perplexity for School Counselors: The Research-Powered AI That’s Revolutionizing Our Professional Practice Beyond ChatGPT: Meet Your Strategic Research Partner Picture this: You’re in a parent conference, and Mom asks about the “latest research” on test anxiety interventions while mentally calculating whether your graduate coursework from 2010 counts as “current.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2025

Ed Smith-Lewis The United Negro College Fund's Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) is spearheading an unprecedented collaboration that could reshape the landscape of higher education partnerships across continents. In partnership with the Historic African Diaspora Placement Program (HADIP) and the Association of African Universities (AAU), UNCF announced at its UNITE 2025 convening, plans for a virtual symposium on September 17, 2025, designed to strengthen ties between Historically Black Coll

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CAMPUSPEAK

JULY 24, 2025

Conflict on campus is inevitable. Whether it’s between roommates, within student organizations, or in the classroom, disagreements arise in every… The post How Core Values Can Transform Campus Conflict into Growth Opportunities appeared first on CAMPUSPEAK.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JULY 21, 2025

Starting college is a huge milestone, and along with the freedom of living on your own comes a new responsibility: managing your money. Whether you’re receiving financial aid, working part-time, or relying on help from home, learning to budget is a life skill that will serve you well beyond your first year. Budgeting doesn’t have to be complicated.

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JULY 24, 2025

TRIO Future Leaders Summit Ignites Passion and Purpose in First-Generation Students Nationwide July 24, 2025 — by Terrance L. Hamm As TRIO programs face mounting political threats, the stories and strength displayed at the Future Leaders Summit are a timely reminder: investment in potential pays dividends for generations. Or, in the words of Susie Odin, wiping away tears on the Capitol steps: “TRIO rocks.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JULY 24, 2025

As private K-12 school choice programs expand nationwide and tuition assistance expectations shift, independent and faith-based schools are seeing more families interested in financial aid—and arriving with higher expectations around service, security, and responsiveness. To stay competitive in K–12 enrollment, schools must move beyond outdated processes and embrace solutions that are transparent, efficient, and built to handle increasing complexity in student financial services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2025

As dangerous myths about autism circulate on the national stage, many colleges echo a quieter, yet similarly misguided assumption: that autistic students are socially isolated or incapable of forming meaningful relationships. But the 43 autistic college students we interviewed tell a very different story—one grounded in connection, authenticity, and community, built on their own terms.

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Symplicity

JULY 25, 2025

Join us for an essential webinar that will reshape your understanding of experiential learning infrastructure.

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Student Loan Planner

JULY 23, 2025

The Department of Education is set to deny the applications of nearly half a million federal student loan borrowers who had applied for income-driven repayment (IDR), according to recent reporting. The cohort of applications represents approximately one-third of the 1.5 million IDR applications that are currently sitting in the department’s backlog.

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Knack

JULY 24, 2025

As economic uncertainty continues to shape the future of work, business schools are facing increased pressure to prepare graduates with skills that can weather market volatility.

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College Aid Services

JULY 23, 2025

Federal Student Aid has released volumes of the 2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical information for the 2025-26 award year and are only available as PDF documents at this time. Update on July 23, 2025: FSA updated Volume 4B – Processing Codes, Volume 5 –… More » 2025–26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (July 2025 Update) The post 2025–26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (July 2025 Update) first appeared on College Aid

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2025

As universities across the country sign lucrative contracts with artificial intelligence companies, faculty members are being left out of critical decisions that directly impact their work and student learning, according to a new report from the American Association of University Professors. The report, "Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions," released in July, surveyed approximately 500 AAUP members and found widespread concern about the rapid deployment of AI tools without adequate

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Symplicity

JULY 24, 2025

Remember when career services ended with a handshake at graduation? Those days are long gone, and graduated students require support even after they leave their college or university. Today's alumni are entering a competitive job market, and they often need ongoing career resources. Symplicity CSM 's post-graduation tracking features turn what used to be a "set it and forget it" approach into a thriving, data-rich ecosystem that benefits everyone involved.

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Cal Newport

JULY 27, 2025

In the wake of my recent (and inaugural) visit to Disneyland , I read Richard Snow’s history of the park, Disney’s Land. Early in the book, Snow tells a story that I hadn’t heard before. It fascinated me—not just for its details, but also, as I’ll soon elaborate, for its potential relevance to our current moment. The tale begins in 1948. According to Land, Disney’s personal nurse and informal confidant, Hazel George, had become worried.

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Steve Keating

JULY 27, 2025

I was incredibly fortunate to work with a great company in an incredible industry for many years. To be honest, there were many times it was hard to believe I was getting paid to do what I was doing. Standing on the first tee of the Old Course at St. Andrews Links, or sitting in the first row behind home plate in Yankee Stadium, touring NFL stadiums or having lunch at Alfredo alla Scrofa in Rome, it was all in a day’s work.

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College Aid Services

JULY 23, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education has published in the Federal Register the finalized verification requirements for FAFSA applicants in the 2025–2026 academic year (90 FR 34486). The updated notice supersedes the notice published on September 4, 2024 (89 FR 71893). These updates were previously announced on June 6 (APP-25-16) and are now officially published.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 21, 2025

Dr. Arthur Levine Brandeis University has officially appointed Dr. Arthur Levine as its permanent president, removing the interim designation he has held since November 2024 and extending his leadership through July 2027. The Board of Trustees' decision comes as the university moves forward with an ambitious restructuring of its liberal arts education model that has garnered overwhelming faculty support.

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Symplicity

JULY 23, 2025

In this Symplicity Spotlight, we're featuring Implementation Manager, Will Speirs. Will works in Australia and has been in the Australian Higher Education industry for years. Implementation has been a steady theme in Will's career during that time, eventually landing him an opportunity to continue this work with Symplicity. Read below to learn more about Will and his impactful work at Symplicity, as well as what he likes to do in his time off the clock.

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Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

JULY 22, 2025

Are you canning your summer vegetable bounty? Make sure you use the right equipment and method for food safety and quality. Research shows that pressure canning is essential for low-acid foods, like most vegetables, meats, and poultry. Unlike water-bath canning, which uses boiling water to kill microorganisms, pressure canning uses steam under high pressure to reach temperatures of at least 240°F (116°C).

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CAMPUSPEAK

JULY 25, 2025

Some stories begin with triumph. Others begin with survival. For Jared Sampson, the journey began in a small town in… The post From Silence to Strength: The Journey of Finding Your Voice appeared first on CAMPUSPEAK.

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College Aid Services

JULY 22, 2025

The Fiscal Operations Report for 2024–25 and Application to Participate for 2026–27 (FISAP) is now available on the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) website. Schools that had Campus-Based expenditures for the 2024–25 award year and schools that wish to request funding under the Campus-Based programs for the 2026–27 award year are required to electronically submit… More » FISAP – Information and Reporting Reminders for the Fiscal Operations Report for 2024–25 and Application

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2025

Keyana Scales has been named senior vice president for enrollment management services at Howard University. In this role, she will lead the design and implementation of critical university strategies to attract, retain, and graduate the world’s most talented students. She will begin Aug 1, 2025. Scales most recently served as senior vice president at Ruffalo Noel Levitz, an enrollment and donor management strategies company.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

JULY 25, 2025

I signed up for a summer Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as a way to bring more locally grown produce into my diet. I always look forward to getting kale in my box. This is a simple recipe that is healthy and versatile to add to any meal or as a low calorie and low fat snack. Buying kale chips at the store is very expensive, and now you can make your own!

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Active Minds

JULY 24, 2025

Active Minds mobilizes young adults to lead a transformative movement in mental health, forever changing how it is valued and prioritized in society.

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CAMPUSPEAK

JULY 25, 2025

In 2015, Chris Butsch was doing everything “right.” He had a great job after college, loving friends and family, and… The post Mental Health Abroad: What Traveling the World Taught Me About Happiness appeared first on CAMPUSPEAK.

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College Aid Services

JULY 25, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education announced it will commence two negotiated rulemaking sessions in order to implement President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) higher education provisions, as well as other Administration priorities. As the first step in implementing the President’s historic agenda, the Department will host a public virtual hearing to… More » ED Announces Negotiated Rulemaking to Implement President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2025

Edward Waters University (EWU) is making headlines this fall with an ambitious new initiative designed to eliminate technology barriers for its incoming students. Starting with the Fall 2025 semester, every first-time college freshman will receive a complimentary 11-inch Apple iPad equipped with a comprehensive four-year AppleCare+ subscription. The program, announced earlier this week by the university's president, A.

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Ed.gov Homeroom

JULY 22, 2025

By: Nick Moore, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education A student with a welding certificate from his local vocational school wants to apply for an auto repair sales job. But the job description requires automotive experience or an industry-recognized credential—and the employer isn’t confident that welding skills will translate Continue Reading The post Partnering with the Department of Labor to Create a National Skills Currency appeared first on ED.g

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