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JANUARY 17, 2025

Federal Student Aid has released updated guidance on eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, outlining financial and non-financial requirements for students attending institutions of higher education (IHE).

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JANUARY 30, 2025

The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) has released the FAT001 Financial Aid History report, which contains important student information such as grant & loan eligibility, defaults, overpayments, and loan history.

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MARCH 21, 2024

For the past three years, students at National University (NU) have been given the chance to bolster their in-classroom learning with integrated real-world work experience via a partnership between NU and work-based learning platform Riipen. Through Riipen, these students also receive feedback from their employers.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) has released the FAT001 Financial Aid History report, which contains important student information such as grant & loan eligibility, defaults, overpayments, and loan history. 26 Update) first appeared on College Aid Services. 26 Update) first appeared on College Aid Services.

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JULY 9, 2024

Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success? That trend is experienced across all student groups, not just in certain demographics. “No

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The field transformed itself, troubleshooting on the go to make sure students could succeed while quarantining at home. Federal funding was heavily invested in resources that connected students with technology and high-speed internet. These programs offer their students options to attend class in person, online, or asynchronously.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

A college education gave Aracely Bahenat access to a career in health care that enabled her to provide a better life for her three sons and escape violent domestic abuse. A third of today’s college students are 25 and older, and more than a third of undergraduates are part-time students.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

As associate director of the university’s Center for Advancement of Teaching, Rahming oversees FSU’s Learning Assistant Program, which has yielded impressive results in helping students excel in some of the school’s high-enrollment, lower-division courses that provide the foundation for learning in late courses.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Over half of undergraduate students in the U.S. These first-generation students are likelier than their peers to be from minoritized backgrounds, to face economic challenges, and to juggle jobs and families in addition to school. We have a first-generation student center on campus. The location of these centers matters, too.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2022

For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students. magnet program where half of the students in the pilot will come from.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

Without Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEER) funding, experts say many community college programs would have closed, faculty and staff laid off, and more students forced to stop out on their pathways towards accreditation. They tried to keep open for and cater to as many students as possible, so they did need this money.”

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Educators and doctoral students offered advice and shared career experiences Tuesday in an effort to guide aspiring graduate students seeking to become teachers and to promote resources that students could access along the way. Marcus Penny In a Jan. Marcus Penny In a Jan. The research is clear. We are needed."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

Today’s high school students are showing less interest in pursuing careers in education, and teachers in the profession are feeling burnt out and underpaid, according to a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Student interest in working in education continues a generally downward trend across eight states in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would limit how state public universities can promote equitable access to higher education and foster campus diversity, The Texas Tribune reported. The bill will not affect course instruction, faculty research, student organizations, guest speakers, data collection or admissions.

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APRIL 18, 2024

Demarcus Hopson Demarcus Hopson has been named associate vice president for enrollment management and student access at Georgetown College in Kentucky. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and interdisciplinary studies from Kentucky State University and a master’s in strategic leadership instruction from U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

GenAI could be the remedy to ongoing challenges from teacher shortages and crowded classrooms to democratizing access to higher education through lower-cost options, according to the survey. Notwithstanding, “courses largely make the grade” among students. The survey finds that “rising costs weigh heavily” across the board.

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College Aid Services

MAY 21, 2024

Institutions can access the 2025-26 FISAP as a PDF now that it has received final approval by the Office of Management and Budget. The online form will be available on the COD website by August 1, 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In October 2022, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released a new report where, again, Black students lagged behind white students on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) also known as the Nation’s Report Card. Black students know more than what those damn tests claim to measure.

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MARCH 21, 2023

The participating students in the program took a computational thinking assessment which informed what version of a computer science curriculum they are receiving. The primary challenge with the coupling of computationally talented college students with K-12 schools is a logistical one.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And all Howard students interested in taking the exams to be a CPA or CFA can also prepare with Kaplan for free. Part of our mission at Howard University is ensuring that education is accessible to students, regardless of their economic status,” said Dr. Anthony K. Wutoh, Howard provost and chief academic officer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

More than half a million incarcerated people can now access scholarly materials and texts online via digital library JSTOR’s expansion of its availability in U.S. She is also the one leading the JSTOR Access in Prison Initiative. Then, COVID happened, technology became more accessible to people inside.”

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

COVID-19 has had an alarming impact on the mental health of college students. This has been especially true for LGBTQ+ students, with the last three years seeing a concerning rise in thoughts of suicide among LGBTQ+ youth. During July 2022 alone, ten anti-gay laws went into effect , all of them relating to education.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Day three of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago kicked off with a heightened focus on building partnerships that strengthen students and fortify the community workforce. CSCC has shared these lessons, along with student data, with employers. Employers are leaning in and learning about our students and their lifestyles.

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MARCH 20, 2024

I wanted to create a place where students have access to high-quality programs and facilities and can learn the skills they need to succeed in a rapidly changing world," said Alex Cohen, president of the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation. Adams said the goal is to make a positive difference in people's lives. "I

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MARCH 30, 2023

A GEO rally took place on campus Wednesday morning, with hundreds of students, undergraduate and graduate, in attendance. GEO represents approximately 2,300 graduate student instructors and staff assistants. There still remain barriers between them (transgender students) and receiving that care," Fleischmann said. "So

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Over the last four decades, Latino and African-American students were among the fastest-growing demographics in higher education. Since the mid-1970s, the Latino college student population has increased fivefold, with one out of every five college students being Latino by 2017. Many declined to enroll in the first place.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Lewis The conference, Lewis said, is aimed at creating a vision that allows for researchers and practitioners to strategize on how best to "make a difference in the space of allowing students to reach their full academic potential. That is why we're here today," he said. We need to be talking to the African American newspaper in town.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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. The program allows students to work on their own timelines, from one year to four.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

So, Ithaka S+R, a research organization that promotes student success and access to higher education, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) teamed up to compile standing research on postsecondary institutions and civic engagement to find out what is really going on behind the scenes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2024

Those are the seven Ojibwe values that guide all instruction at Red Lake Nation College (RLNC), a two-year Tribal College and University (TCU) in Red Lake, Minnesota. It strengthens the bonds among tribal citizens and provides access to improved career pathways.” It’s one of the largest urban centers of Natives in the country.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2024

This provides further evidence that investing in a STEM education is not just beneficial for students, but it’s a crucial factor for enhancing economic mobility within our communities. Despite the availability of career pathways in emerging STEM fields, many students are barred from these opportunities due to insufficient math competency.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For many community college students, gateway math courses—required for entry into many programs of study—have functioned more like gatekeeper math courses. Students have a lot of trauma around math,” said Dr. Laura Schueller, strategy director for Complete College America. What they found was striking. What they found was striking.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

When it comes to inspiring the development of more on-ramps into tech for youth, beginning in areas where many students already spend a lot of their free time is a good place to start and expand. There is a need to find ways to meet students where they are and integrate meaningful content and curriculum into what they are doing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

We use the term and notion of resegregation in special education to describe the overrepresentation of Students of Color in special education, an issue that continues to persist today. Because they are receiving unnecessary services and may not have access to the general education curriculum and classroom. Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

In 2022, student leaders launched a campaign to challenge the long-standing stigma associated with attending community colleges. To overcome negative stereotypes, the CCSmart advocacy campaign tells the stories of students’ educational journeys and the positive impact community colleges had on their lives.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

It was about the degree to which “intelligence” can be authenticated within the scope of the Eurocentric framework and without knowledge of students’ sense of contributions and achievements of people worldwide who look like them. This article, written by Dr. William B.

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