Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey launched MassReconnect, her administration’s new program establishing free community college for Massachusetts residents aged 25 and older and awarded $100,000 to each of Massachusetts’ 15 community colleges to support the quick implementation of the program this fall. Gov. Maura Healey “MassReconnect will be transformative for thousands of students, for our amazing community colleges, and for our economy,” said Healey.

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Student Loan Planner

AUGUST 25, 2023

Consolidating your federal student debt under one Direct Consolidation Loan can open the door to generous income-driven repayment (IDR) plans and loan forgiveness options. For some, consolidation is a means for simplifying loan repayment. But with the Biden Administration’s IDR Waiver — also referred to as the IDR Account Adjustment — millions of borrowers can […] The post Student Loan Consolidation for Forgiveness: Do It Before or After the IDR Waiver?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

Dr. Marla Frederick will become dean of Harvard Divinity School (HDS), effective Jan. 1. Dr. Marla Frederick She is currently the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion and Culture at Emory University. “I look forward to joining the HDS community in developing religious and civic leaders for our increasingly complex and diverse society,” Frederick said.

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College Aid Services

AUGUST 25, 2023

Federal Student Aid’s Better FAFSA Better Future Webinar Series is now available on demand. The webinar series ran from June 6 until August 17th and featured the following eleven webinars: Better FAFSA® Better Future Overview and Timeline (Recording) Protecting Federal Tax Information (FTI) at Your Institution (Recording) ISIR vs. ISIR (Recording) Professional Judgment, Dependency Status,… More » Better FAFSA Better Future Webinar Series available on demand The post Better FAFSA Better Fu

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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 25, 2023

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has announced settlements with five freestanding law schools accused of improperly disbursing federal financial aid to students in unaccredited program. According to ED, Albany Law School, the John Marshall School of Law in Atlanta, Brooklyn Law School, New England Law—Boston, and New York Law School doled out nearly $2.9 million of federal funding to 92 students between July 2017 and June 2022 that it was not allowed to give.

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EAB

AUGUST 25, 2023

Blogs The five topics independent school leaders were most curious about in the past year Each year, EAB’s Dedicated Advisors pass scores of questions from independent school leaders to our AskEAB team. Our K-12 researchers track down answers to each question using a combination of proprietary research, external publications like academic journals, and consultation with EAB’s subject matter experts—all in 10 days or less.

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The Advisor That Cares

AUGUST 25, 2023

Let me tell you. It is not exactly easy to focus on much of anything when there is a 3,000-acre wildfire burning a dozen miles away. I’m really trying to hunker down and diligently write while processing the program content, yet all I can do is scroll and refresh, hoping for some update as to whether or not I need to grab what I can carry and the animals I can haul to boogie on out of here.

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