Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

W Kim Lee and Dr. Carolyn Stefanco hen the American Council on Education launched its Moving the Needle initiative over a decade ago to raise awareness about gender parity in higher education or lack thereof only 23% of college presidents or chancellors were women. Today, the percentage stands at nearly 33%, marking a significant but measured progress in the landscape of academic leadership.

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MARCH 7, 2025

The Department of Education’s latest federal register outlines the eligibility requirements, application process, and waiver request procedures for institutions applying for funding under the Higher Education Act. Specifically, it discusses programs such as Strengthening Institutions Programs (SIP) and Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), which are classified under Title III and Title V.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

Senator Amy Klobuchar In a significant push to strengthen the agricultural workforce pipeline, a coalition of Democratic senators led by Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is calling on the Department of Agriculture to immediately reinstate its Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship Program. The program, which was suspended by the Trump administration in January, has been a cornerstone of agricultural education partnerships since 1998.

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College Aid Services

MARCH 7, 2025

The Department of Education’s latest federal register outlines the eligibility requirements, application process, and waiver request procedures for institutions applying for funding under the Higher Education Act. Specifically, it discusses programs such as Strengthening Institutions Programs (SIP) and Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), which are classified under Title III and Title V.

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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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