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Why Students of Color Should Study Foreign Languages

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Beginning with the first contact with a foreign language, students develop a new perception of reality. Black students, through foreign language study, as by no other means, learn indelibly and irrefutably that minority status does not mean inferior, that different means neither better nor worse. The benefits to society are many.

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How Active Minds’ Interns Champion Mental Health

Active Minds

We are so excited to work with this wonderful group of students in advancing our mission of changing the culture around mental health. In academia, it’s my fellow students and professors. My comfort movie is any movie from the Barbie film series, specifically the ones from 2001–2005. Get to know them below: Dee Cox 1.

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The Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Account Adjustment: Moving Millions of Borrowers Closer to Cancellation

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

One significant barrier between borrowers and an IDR plan was poor communication: loan servicers failed to tell borrowers that they were eligible to enroll in an IDR plan or provided them with inaccurate information about their repayment status and options. In 2001 that loan went into repayment. Mary then was in repayment for 9 years.

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Students Increasingly Don’t Remember the 9/11 Attacks

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College seniors were born in the fall of 2001. 9/11] is just this mystical thing I’ve always heard about,” said Evangelica Alcantara, a first-year student at Riverside City College who was born in 2001. “I For these students, the political turmoil of the past few years feels far more relevant than 9/11.

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Colleges Prepare to Protect Dreamers, Undocumented Students Amid Trump’s Threats

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Trump vowing to tighten immigration during his time in the White House, leaders at colleges and universities are working around the clock to protect international students and Dreamersundocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as childrenfrom policies that could affect their safety and ability to pursue higher education.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the COVID-19 pandemic subsiding, colleges and universities have tried to bring students back to campus and provide fresh inspiration. And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. President Joe Biden announced a plan to reduce student debt.