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Encouraging Private K-12 Transfer Students to Apply for Mid-Year Financial Aid

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Additional Tips for Encouraging Transfer Student Applications to Private K-12 Schools Private K-12 schools can attract and retain transfer students by highlighting the unique benefits of their educational environment. Smaller class sizes and personalized attention can be particularly appealing to transfer students who may need extra support.

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The Role of Higher Education in Supporting High School Students' Pathway to Industry Recognized Credentials

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By introducing students to various career options and credentialing opportunities in middle school, they can make informed decisions about their educational journey. Traditional education systems often follow a predetermined pace, leaving little room for individual student acceleration.

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I (Ford) was reading a commentary on the top number of “issues” facing education/ educators and became even more outraged and indignant on terminology used to describe children who live in poverty, Blacks, and other minoritized students. Counseling & mental health. c. Disciplinary overrepresentation.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Years later, our experiences still haunt us.

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A Clarion Call for Change: Four Black Scholars Reflect on the Critical Need for More Educators of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Reflecting back on my elementary education, I believe having Black teachers not only shaped my identity to have pride in being a Black American, but it also normalized having Black teachers as being a way of life. I have had Black teachers since preschool. In other words, I erroneously thought students across the country had Black teachers.

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Nonprofit Offers Solutions to GAO Report

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The impact can be financially catastrophic, given the rising cost of education, housing, and the general increase of costs in cities where colleges are located. “For trillion student loan debt.

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Judge Orders North Idaho College to Reinstate NIC President Placed on Leave Without Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In December 2022, a divided NIC board put Swayne on administrative leave per the advice of interim legal counsel Art Macomber to “investigate” the terms of Swayne’s contract. But nothing in his contract indicates that he would be just an interim placement, the court found. His contract runs at least until Jun.