Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 18, 2025
Gaby Pacheco The detention of Dreamers has intensified the spotlight on immigration issues in higher education. The Change.org petition “Free Scholar Caroline Dias Goncalves from ICE Detention” has received over 7,000 signatures. A 19-year-old nursing student at the University of Utah with no criminal record, Goncalves was stopped by a Mesa County (Colo.
Student Loan Planner
JUNE 18, 2025
Borrowers pursuing student loan forgiveness based on their public service work have been on edge all year. And while there’s been a bit of good news during the last month, there also is an enormous amount of uncertainty. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program might be the most popular federal debt relief option available,… The post Student Loan Forgiveness Through PSLF is in Jeopardy for These Borrowers appeared first on Student Loan Planner.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 18, 2025
One hundred miles south of Los Angeles’ protests, 245 higher education professionals met one week before the Juneteenth holiday. We convened at the Umoja Community Education Foundation’s Summer Learning Institute (SLI) in San Marcos, Calif., to learn about instructional methods and administrative strategies to support Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other diverse student groups.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 18, 2025
Dr. Karen A. Stout In a news release, Achieving the Dream (ATD) announced that Dr. Karen A. Stout, its president and CEO, will be stepping down effective June 30, 2026. Stout has led Achieving the Dream since 2015 and under Stout’s leadership, ATD’s network now includes more than 300 community colleges and 33 Tribal colleges and universities, and its work has reached more than 500 open access colleges.
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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 18, 2025
Dr. Alexia Hudson-Ward Georgetown University has appointed Alexia Hudson-Ward as the new university librarian and dean of the library. Hudson-Ward will begin her role on Aug. 30, 2025. Hudson-Ward currently serves as the associate director of research, learning and strategic partnerships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries. At Georgetown, Hudson-Ward will serve as the chief administrative officer for the Georgetown University Library, which holds 3.5 million volumes and
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