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Why We Need a Fairer and More Equitable Approach to K-12 Grading to Boost College Completion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The discrepancy between grades and actual preparedness can result in a mismatch in college placement, preventing students from enrolling in courses that accurately reflect their knowledge. They can create a more nuanced and equitable approach to grading that truly reflects student learning and prepares them for success after high school.

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Foundation Awards $116M Grant to LaGuardia Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation has awarded a grant of $116.2 Comprehensive student support services will also be available, such as career advising, preparation for job interviews, job placement, childcare, and financial literacy training.

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3 considerations for prison education programs

EAB

Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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Addressing Community College Enrollment Concerns

NACAC's Admitted

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? Is the testing office seeing adult students who want to enroll in a degree program fail the placement exam for English?

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Addressing Community College Enrollment Concerns

NACAC's Admitted

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? Is the testing office seeing adult students who want to enroll in a degree program fail the placement exam for English?

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What Tools Can Help Students Pick Colleges if the USNews College Rankings Go Away?

Student Research Foundation

That magazine will continue to rank law schools by considering data that schools do not provide – like job placements that students get after graduation, acceptance rates, and other factors that can be gathered from other sources. . Granted, students like to gripe and report on what is wrong, not right, in these forums.

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30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s

EAB

Financial aid: Continuing to innovate with small emergency and completion grants to help students through temporary financial distress. Work-schedule flexibility: Making support services such as advising available to working students taking classes outside of normal business hours.