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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since taking the helm in 2020, Jenkins has orchestrated a data-driven renaissance that has revolutionized student success rates and institutional effectiveness. This involved analyzing class schedules, prerequisites, and program requirements to ensure students can progress efficiently toward their degrees.

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Department of Education Resumes Federal Student Loan Collections After Four-Year Pause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education announced this week that its Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will resume collections on defaulted federal student loans beginning Monday, May 5, 2025, ending a pause that has been in effect since March 2020. The book is scheduled to be released in September 2025. million borrowers owing more than $1.6

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Investing in Care to Combat Declining Enrollment in Higher Education

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Similar to institutions nationwide, we saw enrollment plummet during the pandemic, dropping by 20% in 2020-2021. We also frequently hear of employees putting their own busy schedules on pause to help their fellow colleagues, embodying what it means to be a Caring Campus.

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Report: College Students Taking Fewer Credit Hours Than Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College students are taking fewer credit hours than before and conscious course scheduling is becoming more relevant, according to a new report from higher education resource company Ad Astra. of Fall 2020. “I And so, course scheduling with intentionality to fit changing student needs becomes increasingly relevant.

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

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Since the racial reckoning of 2020, sparked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minnesota police officer, many institutions have announced cluster hires of either minoritized faculty or professors who study issues like race and justice. Louis Filmmakers Showcase and is scheduled to screen at the St.

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Student Success…. A Definition for the Very Few

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The data shows that, from 2011 through 2020, there was a 39% drop in Black male enrollment in colleges across the United States. Colleges need to review academic schedules for barriers with retention. Are schedules designed with student retention in mind?

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Faculty Resignations Rising at Iowa Universities

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According to the state Board of Regents’ Annual Human Resources Report , University of Iowa (UI) faculty resignations rose from 80 to 92 from fiscal year (FY) 2021 to FY 2022 – in FY 2020, there were 73 resignations. COGS is scheduled to meet with the regents to continue negotiations in a closed session meeting Feb.

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