Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College recently hosted its second spring symposium addressing Black male identities, manhood, and masculinities. BMRI Executive Director Dr. Derrick R. Brooms noted Black male identities as both a pertinent topic for Black men’s lived experiences with a particular salience for the Morehouse community during the symposium, held at Morehouse’s Shirley A.

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APRIL 15, 2024

It’s FAFSA Week of Action (April 15-19) and to kick off the effort the U.S. Department of Education is thrilled to announce the launch our #FAFSAFastBreak campaign, a national effort to drive FAFSA submissions among high school seniors and returning college students. Everyone has an important role to play! We have already received nearly 200 Continue Reading The post It’s FAFSA Week of Action: Time to Take a #FAFSAFastBreak!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Duke University is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for top applicants of African descent. Dr. Candis Watts Smith The decision comes in the wake of the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College that ended race-based affirmative action in college admissions, reported The Chronicle , a Duke student-run publication.

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APRIL 15, 2024

This time of year is so exciting for high school seniors! Financial aid packages are arriving with acceptance letters – and these students get to start figuring out what their next four years are going to look like. Now that all the paperwork has arrived, you might be feeling the pressure of choosing a college. Unfortunately, time is ticking – even with extended deadlines at some schools due to the FAFSA updates.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute of Leadership, Equity, and Justice (Proctor Institute) has released one of its latest report on the perspectives of law enforcement. “ Police/Civilian Encounters: Officers’ Perspectives on Traffic Stops and the Climate for Policing ” is designed to increase understanding of traffic stop encounters and foster meaningful dialogue for improved relationships in communities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Jen Ciaccio Jen Ciaccio has been named executive director of college houses and academic services at the University of Pennsylvania. She serves as senior director for academic and residential programs. Ciaccio holds a bachelor’s degree from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, a master’s from Indiana State University, and a Ph.D. from Temple University in Philadelphia.

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APRIL 15, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education and the Biden-Harris White House have announced that April 15-19 is the National FAFSA Week of Action. High school counselors, principals, superintendents, after-school programs, parent groups, non-profit organizations, and other local and state organizations are coming together to help encourage high school seniors to submit the new and improved Free… More » Department of Education launches FAFSA Week of Action – April 15 through April 19 The post De

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

It was love at first sight. I remember seeing copies of Black Issues in Higher Education in various administrators’ offices at Albany State, the historically Black university where I was an undergraduate student journalist in the mid-1990s. I didn’t have enough money at that time to become a subscriber, so I would either sit and read the magazine wherever I found it, or I would take it, read it from cover-to-cover, and then return it to its rightful owner.

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APRIL 15, 2024

On April 8, President Biden released the details of his new student loan debt forgiveness plan. The plan would reduce payments for 26 million borrowers and erase all debt for four million more. Ten million of these borrowers will receive debt relief of over $5,000 according to the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Among other goals, the plan aims to relieve the disproportionate debt burden on Black and Latino borrowers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Joy B. Tolliver Joy B. Tolliver has been named acting assistant vice president for legal affairs and labor relations at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY). She served as CEO and founder of consulting firm, Solutions for Antiracism, Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. Tolliver holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Fordham University and a juris doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

As the U.S. veers into another major election year, some higher education scholars predict that issues related to the ivory tower will inevitably take center stage. Timely issues such as student debt and the current onslaught against various progressive social and cultural ideals — matters of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), race/ethnicity, and identity, among others — will be topics of discussion for President Joe Biden, who is likely to have another faceoff with the presumptive Republic

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