Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Dr. Safa Zaki will become president of Bowdoin College, effective Jul. 1. She will be the first woman to lead the school. Dr. Safa Zaki Zaki is currently dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College. A psychologist and cognitive scientist, her research centers on the human mind and how people divide the world into categories.

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College Aid Consulting Services

MARCH 9, 2023

2024 College Financial Aid Costs; What You Need To Know. Recently, we have been receiving feedback from parents who are disappointed in colleges misrepresenting their bottom-line costs. This is also highlighted in a recent story from NPR College financial aid letters mislead and confuse, with real consequences. When searching for financial aid for college, it’s important to be aware that many college websites are posting outdated total costs (including tuition, room and board, and fees) th

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Laura A. Rosenbury will become the next president of Barnard College, effective Jul. 1. Laura Rosenbury Rosenbury, the first woman to serve as dean at University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, is a women and gender legal theorist with experience and expertise on topics such as reproductive rights, children’s rights, and sexual harassment and abuse.

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Student Minds

MARCH 9, 2023

For University Mental Health Day, the Editorial Team have come together to share their experiences on how they've dealt with difficulties and advocated for themselves at university. - Student Minds Editorial Team ⭐ Watch the University Mental Health Day video from our sub-editors, Emily A and Madeleine all about facing difficulties and advocating for yourself. ⭐ (You may have to confirm you're not a robot before watching.

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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

MARCH 9, 2023

Dr. Lakshmi Balachandra, associate professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College, is suing the business school, alleging racial and gender discrimination, The Boston Globe reported. Dr. Lakshmi Balachandra Balachandra, who is of Indian descent, is claiming lost career opportunities, economic losses, emotional distress, and harm to her reputation due to alleged mistreatment and administrators’ failure to investigate concerns.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Dr. Aparna Dileep-Nageswaran Palmer will become the next chancellor of the University of Alaska Southeast, effective Jul. 1, KINY reported. Dr. Aparna Dileep-Nageswaran Palmer Palmer is currently a vice president at Front Range Community College (FRCC), chief executive of the Boulder County Campus, and interim chief executive of the Larimer County Campus of FRCC.

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Counseling Today

MARCH 9, 2023

Parental alienation can be hard to notice much less treat, but the long-term effects can be devastating for the children and targeted parent. The post ‘Child abuse in disguise’: The impact of parental alienation on families appeared first on Counseling Today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Fall transfer enrollment remains in decline in 2022, albeit at a slower rate than before, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Dr. Doug Shapiro The Transfer and Progress Fall 2022 Report – released on Thursday– serves as a redesign of the research center’s two primary transfer reports, COVID 19 Transfer, Mobility, and Progress and Tracking Transfer, to provide data regarding matters such as postsecondary participation and transfers and disparities in

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Cal Newport

MARCH 9, 2023

Back in 2016, I reported on a rumor that was circulating about employee dissatisfaction at Meta (then, Facebook). Developers, it seemed, were unhappy with the company’s trendy, but also unbearably noisy and distracting, 8-acre open office floor plan. “Developers need to concentrate,” explained an amused Joel Spolsky at a conference that year, before going on to add that Facebook was paying a 40 – 50% premium for talent because people didn’t want to work under those

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Mary George Opperman Mary George Opperman has been named the senior vice president and secretary to the board of trustees at Syracuse University in New York. Opperman earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the State University of New York at Oneonta and holds a master’s in organizational behavior from Cornell University.

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Steve Keating

MARCH 9, 2023

This could be the longest post I’ve ever written if I actually listed all the problems with rewarding mediocrity. But in the interest of time I‘ll just talk about the biggest one. First of all, Authentic Leaders do not, ever, reward mediocrity. They hold their people to a high standard. Not an unreasonable standard but one which will require their people to push themselves from time to time.

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The Education Hub

MARCH 9, 2023

Going to university is a fun and exciting time for most students – but it comes with unique challenges and stresses. We believe that all students’ mental health and wellbeing should be properly supported during their time at university. There is a range of mental health support available to students, from online mental health and wellbeing platform Student Space to counselling and one-to-one support.

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EAB

MARCH 9, 2023

Blogs 4 takeaways on combatting faculty burnout from our gathering of academic leaders EAB recently launched the first two-part event series for our partners focused on combatting faculty burnout and integrating a culture of well-being in academic affairs. More than twenty academic leaders from across North America participated in session one: Faculty Burnout–A Workplace Problem, Not a Worker Problem.

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Timely MD

MARCH 9, 2023

When they go to college, students are forced to adapt to a radically new lifestyle—one with less structure and more pressure. When the difficulty of managing college life becomes overwhelming, some students may turn to alcohol and drugs to cope. In fact, 1 in 4 college students meets the standard for substance abuse according to the American College Personnel Association (ACPA).

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 9, 2023

As we learn more about how students respond to early alert systems in higher education, it’s becoming clear that being intentional about designing and implementing early alerts is very important. Recent research from New America indicates that poorly designed early alert interventions can work against your student success efforts and even deepen equity gaps for students of color and other underserved student groups.

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Timely MD

MARCH 9, 2023

When they go to college, students are forced to adapt to a radically new lifestyle—one with less structure and more pressure. When the difficulty of managing college life becomes overwhelming, some students may turn to alcohol and drugs to cope. In fact, 1 in 4 college students meets the standard for substance abuse according to the American College Personnel Association (ACPA).

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Scholarship America

MARCH 9, 2023

Whether you’re in high school, college or just thinking about the next steps in your education, it can be tough to know where to start. Applications, admissions, financial aid and scholarships all have their own deadlines – and they happen while you’re also trying to balance your regular schoolwork, your job, your family and your social life. To help keep you organized and on track, we’ve compiled some important and useful resources to use on your journey toward your educational goals.

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College Aid Services

MARCH 9, 2023

Think back to before loan payments were paused and see if you can answer these questions… Were you charged “late fees” when you made all your loan payments on time? Did the amount on your interest accrual increase unexpectedly without any explanation? If you answered yes to one or both questions, you might be the… More » Illegal Loan Junk Fees Discovered The post Illegal Loan Junk Fees Discovered first appeared on College Aid Services.

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IEFA

MARCH 9, 2023

Financing for higher education in the U.S. can be very expensive. The average cost of tuition and fees for one year of college is over US$25,000. Plus, there are other expenses like textbooks, housing, food, and transportation that need to be factored into the equation. Having a credit card can help international students make purchases without having to worry about carrying money and paying extra currency exchange fees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

“It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten” saying in the Twi language spoken in Ghana. Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida and other right-wing conservative legislators would like us to believe that the field of African American studies is “woke’ indoctrination and has no value in K-12 classrooms or college and university curricula.

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