Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As president, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would strip accreditation from colleges and universities with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, MSNBC reported. It is unclear, however, if he would possess the authority to do so. Gov. Ron DeSantis DeSantis made the comments during an Oct. 4 interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

By: Catherine Mcconnell, Policy Advisor Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education, US Department of Education The U.S. Department of Education is excited to join manufacturers, workers, educators, students, and families across our nation in celebrating National Manufacturing Day. Manufacturing is essential to our country’s vitality: it sparks creativity, fuels global competitiveness, brings dreams and Continue Reading The post Celebrating National Manufacturing Day: Creating Our Future ap

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Piedmont Community College will be offering a Taylor Swift course next year. Taylor Swift Scott Legato/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management file The course will be taught by Dr. David Townsend, dean of university transfer and general education and a self-proclaimed “life-long Swiftie.” Seeing larger schools with similar offerings inspired him to create the course about the popular artist, he said.

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College Aid Services

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Biden-Harris Administration Announces an Additional $9 Billion in Student Debt Relief PRESS RELEASE: OCTOBER 4, 2023 | Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov New state-by-state data shows relief for income-driven repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness The Biden-Harris administration announced today that an additional 125,000 Americans have been approved for $9 billion in debt relief through… More » An Additional $9 Billion in Student Debt Relief for 125,000 Student

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2023

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the College of Charleston on Oct. 11, as part of her Fight for Our Freedoms college tour. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The event will take place at 1 p.m. at the Sottile Theatre. The tour itself is meant to focus on issues disproportionately impacting young people, such as reproductive freedom, gun safety, climate action, voting rights, LGBTQ+ equality, mental health, and book bans, according to a press release.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Note: This letter originally appeared as an e-mail sent to the Hopkins community on Friday October 6, 2023. Dear Johns Hopkins Community: In August our university proudly opened a magnificent new home in Washington, D.C., a dream long in the making and now fully realized as the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue. Later this month, we will join together as a community to formally dedicate our spectacular new space and celebrate the further broadening of our aspir

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Georgia Democratic lawmakers are calling on Gov. Brian Kemp to address funding gaps for state HBCUs. Rep. Sandra Scott Reps. Sandra Scott ,Viola Davis, and Kim Schofield hosted a news conference last week to call attention to funding issue. The lawmakers argued that funding has been a longstanding problem and threatened Kemp with a federal lawsuit if he makes no attempt to fix it.

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