Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

National University (NU) announced the launch of the Cause Research Institute (CRI), a new applied Research and Development arm that will coordinate research, scholarship, and other innovation efforts focused on social sector challenges, including education, health, human services, and criminal justice. This institute will seek to close the academic barriers that marginalized and nontraditional students face in higher education.

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Active Minds

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Active Minds Student Advisory Committee (SAC) is made up of fifteen young adult leaders who represent the Active Minds student voice nationally through media and other student forums. They also advise Active Minds national staff on student engagement, community building, program planning, Chapter engagement and management, National Conference planning, and program promotion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

The importance of accounting for an intended audience when designing a system is but one of the lessons panelists shared during a webinar hosted by California Competes Monday. User-Centered Design (UCD), a product design approach that centers on researching intended users, getting feedback from them, and iterating on the product, was central to how the higher ed nonprofit developed its California Postsecondary to Prosperity Dashboard , an education statistics resource for the state.

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COE

AUGUST 21, 2023

Intersectionality and Helping Students “Foster Their Identities” August 21, 2023 — by Holly Hexter Intersectionality examines the interconnected nature of how race, gender, class, and other social categorizations create overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. In 2021, Promise Institute Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw discussed her ground-breaking concept of intersectionality with COE conference attendees and inspired the audience of educators to renew its commitment

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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 21, 2023

Richelle D. Payne Richelle D. Payne has been appointed vice president for strategic communications and marketing at Hampton University in Virginia. She served as partner and senior director of brand management for Ascendant Group. Payne has a bachelor’s degree in English from Hampton University and a master’s in corporate communication from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

Blogs How to empower student-parents in higher education A conversation with Generation Hope My mom had me at 17, and like many teen parents, had to put her education on hold to care for our family. Due to a lack of available support and resources, it wasn't until her late 30s that she obtained a nursing degree – after missing over a decade of the socioeconomic opportunities that a degree brings.

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Patter by Pat Thomson

AUGUST 21, 2023

I interrupt this little series of posts on word length to make an announcement. THIS IS THE 1000 TH PATTER POST. In which I look back and reveal a few not so secret secrets. When I first started this patter blog in July 2011 I wasn’t really sure how long I, or it, would last. At the time, an-anon-academic told me that solo blogs were a thing of the past and that magazine style blogs were the way to go.

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Student Loan Planner

AUGUST 21, 2023

As a doctor (or other healthcare professional), you might have access to special mortgage lender programs designed with less stringent underwriting requirements. Medical school is so long and can result in a lot of student loan debt. Special physician mortgage loans can help you buy a home when you might otherwise have trouble qualifying for […] The post What Credit Score Do You Need for a Physician Mortgage Loan?

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COE

AUGUST 21, 2023

Being on the Other End of Advocacy: 2023 Wolanin Intern Cristalina Ramirez Reflects on Capitol Hill Experience August 21, 2023 Thomas R. Wolanin intern, Cristalina Ramirez on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. For three months, Cristalina Ramirez called Capitol Hill her home as she worked as the 2023 Thomas R. Wolanin Congressional Internship program. The TRIO Student Support Services alum has organized constituent correspondence, answered essential calls, given Capitol tours, and attended hearings,

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

Blogs Near-Term Strategies to Combat Transfer Decline As Fall 2023 classes shape up, many enrollment leaders once again face lagging transfer rates. Transfer enrollments have declined by 13.5% over the past four years for a variety of reasons, including readiness concerns, post-pandemic financial woes, and a renewed skepticism of higher education. More high school students are now opting out of college and instead choosing to enter the workforce directly.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

Sixty years ago this weekend, an estimated 250,000 people gathered on the National Mall to demonstrate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans in the famed March on Washington. At the protest, which is credited with playing a role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

How Missouri State University Leveraged Data to Grow Their Advancement Shop Missouri State University's partnership with EAB's Advancement Advisory Services About Missouri State University (MSU) is a public doctoral professional university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905, its mission is to educate students to be global citizen scholars. Quick Facts Missouri State University Springfield, Missouri Large Public University 122,000+ alumni The Challenge The MSU advancement leadership team f

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