Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy A coalition of 104 education organizations has called on Congress to immediately reverse the Department of Education's recent cancellation of several major teacher preparation grant programs, a move that has disrupted educator pipelines across the country and threatens to worsen the national teacher shortage crisis. The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and the National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR), joined by 102 other education grou

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MARCH 4, 2025

The recent cancel lation of critical grants and contracts at the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) jeopardizes the future of congressionally mandated and statistically robust surveys on postsecondary education experiences and outcomes. These include the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) and its longitudinal follow-up study of the outcomes of first-time college students, the Beginning Postsecondary Study (BPS).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

Jamie Merisotis The Lumina Foundation announced a new goal to increase the number of Americans with education and training to 75%. In 2008, the Lumina Foundation, a national private foundation focused on higher education and workforce development, set a national attainment goal that by 2025 60% of working-age adults would earn college degrees, certificates or industry-recognized certifications.

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Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

MARCH 4, 2025

This years National Nutrition Month theme is Food Connects Us. Food is more than just a way to fuel the bodyit brings us together. It connects us to our families, friends, and cultures. Sharing meals is an opportunity to learn about the food, who made it, and where the ingredients come from. Our food choices are shaped by health, traditions, seasons, and where we live, but the food we eat also affects our health.

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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 4, 2025

Dr. Kevin Cokley There is a lot of confusion surrounding the Trump administrations interpretation of Title VI, the federal law that bans race, color, or national origin-based discrimination in education. Intended to promote equality and prevent discriminatory practices, Title VI was created during a time when segregation of schools was legal, Black voters were systematically disenfranchised, and Black people often faced violence and intimidation from white supremacist groups.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

The Johns Hopkins University Student Health Benefits Plan is available to undergraduate students, graduate students, medical students, PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows, residents, interns, visiting students, and trainees. All eligible students, learners and trainees have the following plans available to them: Wellfleet (Everything medical except dentistry and vision) Delta Dental (Dentistry) EyeMed (Vision) But what IS health insurance, and how does it work?

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College Aid Services

MARCH 4, 2025

Following its announcement last month, the Department of Education has released a FAQ to address questions that organizations have regarding its ban on racial preferences in the admissions process, K-12 schools, and third-party organizations. The purpose of the guide is to provide additional insight into how organizations should approach race-related issues following the Trump Administration’s… More New FAQ Provides Additional Guidance for Ban on Racial Preferences in Admission and

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