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Scholars of Urban Education Gather for Solutions-Based Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ladson-Billings is Professor Emerita and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor in Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gloria Ladson-Billings, one of the world's most prolific educational researchers. But that's the reality."

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3 considerations for prison education programs

EAB

Together, Mott and Ferris have tailored an existing business administration transfer pathway to deliver to students at the Thumb Correctional Facility beginning in Fall 2024. Through this transfer pathway, students will receive their associate degree enroute to their bachelor’s in business administration.

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Addressing Community College Enrollment Concerns

NACAC's Admitted

Numerous campus administrators and staff members are concerned and offer plenty of potential ideas to reach more students. Academic roadblocks: What trends are the staff in your college’s placement testing office and registrar’s office seeing? How are students right out of high school doing on the placement tests?

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Addressing Community College Enrollment Concerns

NACAC's Admitted

Numerous campus administrators and staff members are concerned and offer plenty of potential ideas to reach more students. Academic roadblocks: What trends are the staff in your college’s placement testing office and registrar’s office seeing? How are students right out of high school doing on the placement tests?

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Over 3.2 Million Borrowers Impacted by Servicing Errors During First Month of Repayment

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

Servicers must notify impacted borrowers that their loans have been placed in an administrative forbearance and provide the reason for doing so. During this period, these borrowers will not be required to make any payments, and any interest that accrues during the forbearance will be canceled.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. In this chapter, best practices focused on the areas of advising, engagement, instruction, and programing will be discussed.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

High school grades are no longer as reliable, standardized test scores became optional for admissions, and placement tests were often abandoned or replaced with alternatives. Replace math placement tests with a “multiple measures assessment.” Traditional placement tests are clunky and high-stakes.