Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

College students struggling with hunger has been a growing concern for some time. Over the last decade, the number of food pantries on campuses has swelled from 80 to around 800. But surveys on the issue have been limited to colleges that participated voluntarily, leaving the true extent of the problem unknown. Now, new data from the 2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study has provided the first nationally representative picture: more than one in five undergraduates experience food insecur

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Counseling Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

School counselors’ efforts on the front lines of managing mental health crises are often overlooked and misunderstood. The post Don’t forget school counselors on the list of first responders appeared first on Counseling Today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

Some faculty at Spartanburg Community College (SCC) are criticizing what they allege is heavy-handed governance and changes without faculty input by the school administration since new leadership in 2020, The Post and Courier reported. There have even been calls for outside oversight agencies to investigate SCC. Meanwhile, SCC claims that it has had to intervene to quell distracting discontent.

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College Aid Services

AUGUST 4, 2023

On Friday August 4th, the Department of Education published a new Dear Colleague Letter (GEN-23-11) which provides a comprehensive summary of the changes occurring for 2024-25 due to the FAFSA Simplification Act. The full letter is available here: (GEN-23-11) FAFSA Simplification Act Changes for Implementation in 2024-25 and also published below for ease of reference.… More » New Dear Colleague Letter Summarizes the FAFSA Simplification Act Changes for Implementation in 2024-25 The post Ne

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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

AUGUST 4, 2023

Texas A&M University has reached a settlement for $1 million with Dr. Kathleen McElroy, a Black journalism professor whose hiring was sabotaged by backlash over her past diversity work, the Associated Press reported. Dr. Kathleen McElroy The school admitted “mistakes were made during the hiring process.” “I hope the resolution of my matter will reinforce A&M’s allegiance to excellence in higher education and its commitment to academic freedom and journalism,” McElroy said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

Kelly Chandler-Olcott Kelly Chandler-Olcott has been named dean of the Syracuse University School of Education, where she served as interim dean and is the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence. She earned an Ed.D. from the University of Maine.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

Pueblo Community College is offering free career advancement programs for select fields, The Durango Herald reported. The programs come as part of Career Advance Colorado, a workforce development initiative training people for in-demand jobs through Colorado’s 19 community and technical colleges. Pueblo will offer programs in nursing, firefighting, law enforcement, construction, and education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

The College Board is encouraging Florida schools not to offer AP Psychology classes, after the state education board reportedly told school districts the course cannot be taught if it included lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity, CNN reported. Gov. Ron DeSantis “Any AP Psychology course taught in Florida will violate either Florida law or college requirements,” the College Board said in a statement last Thursday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

Efforts to research, improve, and democratize artificial intelligence (AI) for use in numerous fields are underway, according to experts from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Michael Littman Leaders from multiple different NSF divisions gathered during a virtual panel last Thursday to point out how the federal agency was funding the use of AI in sectors such as climate, healthcare, education, and agriculture.

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