College Aid Services

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In their latest Dear Colleague letter, Federal Student Aid has announced a new resource for administrators that consolidates training materials for Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) regulations into one page. This training page comes the federal government implements a series of new FVT/GE requirements and schools across the country work to adapt.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Dr. ClauDean Kizart If you think youre too small to make a difference, you havent spent the night with a mosquito. This African proverb holds a profound truth about the impact what often seems to be the smallest players. Like mosquitoes, community colleges have the power to create a ripple of meaningful change. Community colleges, often under-appreciated yet mighty in their mission, are essential agents of transformationparticularly for students from historically marginalized communities.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Innovating Together: 6 Essential Episodes for Higher Education Leaders Elana Thu, 12/12/2024 - 06:25 Image Blog Post Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom Its been another great year for the University Innovation Alliance (UIA), and were happy to share our top six episodes from the Innovating Together Podcast. These must-listen shows represent just a few of the innovations and challenges that were top of mind for higher education leaders in 2024.

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Counselors' Corner

DECEMBER 11, 2024

by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. In case youre thinking the only two groups in gift giving mode this time of year are college admissions offices and Santa, let me tell you about my day yesterday. My phone went off around 7:30, and even my children know they wont get any money from me until at least 9 AM. It was a colleague from a college advocacy group, informing me that the Michigan state legislature was going to take up a bill that would basically gut all requirements for continuing professional dev

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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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HEAG

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As outlined in the Federal Register ( 89 FR 4284 ), all corrections and adjustments to the Fiscal Operations Report (FISAP) for 202324 and the Application to Participate for 202526 must be finalized by 11:59 p.m. ET on December 13, … Read more .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Christopher Edley Jr. In 2024, the nation lost a number of individuals who were passionate for helping to ensure that higher education remained accessible and diverse. While this is not an exhaustive list, we pause to remember some. May their memory be a blessing. Christopher Edley Jr. Christopher Edley Jr., a prominent legal and public policy scholar who co-founded the Harvard Civil Rights Project with Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2024

When Donald Trump took office in 2016, the political shockwaves reverberated far beyond the United States, reshaping perceptions of America as the land of opportunity. For many of us, navigating the complexities of identity and belonging as Black international students, it marked a seismic shift. Fresh out of a graduate program at American University (AU), a predominantly white institution (PWI), I began my first job in global education.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Thanks so much for reading, keep taking good care of yourselves over winter break, and email us at wellbeing@jhu.edu if you want to make suggestions or pitch us topics for 2025. 9 marijuana facts you should know. 17 months after the state of Maryland legalized cannabis for people 21+ , there’s still a lot to learn about the benefits and risks of marijuana.

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