Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

The introduction and rollout of the new Better FASFA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form has led to a multitude of challenges, setbacks, and concerns among students, caregivers, and educators. What began as a well-intentioned effort to simplify what has historically been a cumbersome process to apply for federal student aid has been made even more complex, resulting in delays in enrollment decisions for many students, particularly students of color who disproportionately rely upon st

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APRIL 24, 2024

The deadline to apply to consolidate many older federal student loans to be included in the one-time payment count adjustment is Tuesday, April 30th. Do I need to consolidate my loans to get additional credit toward debt relief? How do I know if I have FFEL Loans, Perkins Loans, or Health Education Assistance Loans (HEAL) that are privately held? I have loans I need to consolidate – what do I do next?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Excelencia in Education, an organization working for increased access and completion of Latinx students in postsecondary education, has released its latest report on programs that have qualitatively and quantitatively shown to improve and increase the success of Latinx students in higher education. These programs hail from all across the nation and target students at varying stages on their educational journeys.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Leveraging TRIO for Career Success: A Pathway to Opportunity April 24, 2024 — by Tommy Walls At the heart of TCDP lies a commitment to reducing income and wealth disparities, ensuring that every student, regardless of their background, has access to the tools and resources necessary to thrive in today’s competitive job market. Did you know that participation in an internship increases a student’s likelihood of employment?

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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

APRIL 24, 2024

Studying the data, intentional collaboration, and asking students what they need are keys to improving outcomes. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. Speakers addressed evidence-based practices, collaboration, access, and advising.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

The NCAA kicked off its annual Inclusion Forum on Wednesday, with a guest appearance by Dawn Staley, head coach of the University of South Carolina's women's basketball team. The convening —which drew more than 650 people to Indianapolis—is designed to enhance efforts on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives for student-athletes. Educational programming focuses on each of the inclusion's five core areas of disability, international, LGBTQ, race/ethnicity and women.

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Counselors' Corner

APRIL 24, 2024

by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. This is the time of year when many parents aren’t quite sure what to do with themselves. Years and years—and years—of chauffeuring kids here and there created a portal into their lives college doesn’t offer. In a way, that’s good; kids aren’t raised to be perpetually dependent. On the other hand, it’s wise to want to be there when their reality of adulthood is less than their vision of what it’s supposed to be.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Sizable portions of U.S. community college students are finding that their schools are not equipping them with the knowledge to succeed after they graduate, according to recent findings from University of Texas at Austin’s 2023 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCCSE). Dr. Linda García How Clear Is Their Path: Guided Career Pathways and Community College Students – drawing from Spring 2023 survey results from 83,189 community college students in 199 colleges – examined the extent

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Student Privacy Compass

APRIL 24, 2024

Schools and districts around the United States are currently grappling with how to vet new edtech tools that incorporate generative AI. Whereas various groups have produced frameworks designed to help schools review these tools holistically, they frequently say very little about how to vet them for privacy compliance. To address this gap, the Future of Privacy Forum’s Vetting Generative AI Tools for Use in Schools explains the steps schools should consider incorporating into their more general e

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Kara Ingelhart has been named director of the new LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic, part of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Bluhm Legal Clinic. Kara Ingelhart “We are extremely excited to welcome Professor Kara Ingelhart as a clinical assistant professor of law and the inaugural director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s new LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic,” said Northwestern Pritzker Law Dean Dr.

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APRIL 24, 2024

At Policy Seminar 2024, Secretary Cardona Calls Education Advocates to Action April 24, 2024 — by Adryan Garcia “I’ll be honest with you,” Secretary Cardona said. “There’s no one at the Hill that I’ve met that doesn’t support your work. So, as you go out there on the Hill and advocate, bring stories of the students whose lives you’re impacting with you.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Aherial Polite Aherial Polite has been appointed dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Augusta Technical College in Augusta, Georgia. She served as served as the department chair of chemistry, physics, and nuclear technology at Aiken Technical College. Polite holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and master’s in teaching from the University of South Carolina.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

Remember Murphy’s Law? It’s the adage that “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time.” The development and rollout of the “Better FAFSA” by the U.S. Education Department (ED) is a prime example of Murphy’s Law in action. In a normal year, the FAFSA goes online on October1. Students and, for those who are dependents, their parents, fill it out and submit it to the ED.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

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