Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 11, 2023
Rashad Cockrell Rashad Cockrell has been named director of the Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. Cockrell holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Mississippi State University and a master’s in college student personnel administration from the University of Central Arkansas.
Symplicity
AUGUST 11, 2023
Job descriptions are one of the most fundamental elements of the job search process for entry-level candidates. Yet, for students that participated in our 2023 student survey , job descriptions are one of the most significant pain points in their job search experience. In our survey, 3,500 college students, said that they found job descriptions completely unattainable, or the information needs to be more specific on the job postings for them to want to invest time in the application process.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 11, 2023
As the nation celebrates five decades of hip-hop, scholars and activists gathered on Friday at Howard University to consider the relationship between academia and the musical genre. The gathering was part of a two-day convening that explored the significance of the music and its connection to activism. "Hip Hop teaches us so many things before we are in a classroom," said Mikal Lee, a musician, and member of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Student Loan Planner
AUGUST 11, 2023
Lenders consider many factors, like your credit score, when deciding on whether to lend you money. However, another factor that’s just as important is your debt-to-income ratio or DTI. If you’re a student loan borrower, your monthly payment and loan amount might hurt your DTI, making you a less attractive applicant to lenders. Keep reading […] The post How Do Student Loans Impact Debt to Income Ratio?
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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 11, 2023
Cynthia Graves Cynthia Graves has been appointed director of career education and training at Guilford Technical Community College. She served as the North Carolina college’s coordinator of community education. Graves holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing from North Carolina A&T State University.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 11, 2023
Runell J. King Runell J. King has been named vice president for institutional and sponsored research at Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina. King holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Dillard University in New Orleans and a master’s in higher education and Ph.D. in educational leadership and research methods with a specialization in applied statistics from LSU.
Scholarship America
AUGUST 11, 2023
Arleen Alcaraz-Cano is the eldest daughter of Mexican immigrants and faced unimaginable challenges as a teenager. Newly immigrated to Texas, her family lived paycheck to paycheck. Arleen was the only one in her household who understood English, so she ended up translating documents for her parents and helping her siblings with their English homework.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 11, 2023
Stressed out and burned out from the COVID-19 pandemic and increased scrutiny of their profession by policymakers and the public, teachers have made good on their recent threats to leave their classrooms. The nation’s public schools lost 7% of their teaching force between 2019 and 2021, and 4% of all teaching positions in the nation’s public schools were unfilled as of last fall.
Counseling Today
AUGUST 11, 2023
ACA's aims to empower its members by equipping them with the tools needed to successfully advocate on the federal, state and local levels and let their voices be heard. The post Advocacy Update: Becoming your own advocate appeared first on Counseling Today.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 11, 2023
When the minimum wage goes up, community college enrollment goes down. But the students who leave may not have been that likely to stick around anyway. That’s the topline finding of a new study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research. It makes sense that changes in the minimum wage would affect community college students. According to the research, which was led by Dr.
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