Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

Between 2010 and 2020, Latinx people accounted for over 50% of the U.S. population growth. Currently, one fifth of the U.S. population is Latinx, and, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Latinx workers made up 66% of the workforce in 2021. By 2031, Latinx workers will make up 90% of the new workforce. Yet despite their representation in the U.S. workforce, Latinx workers earn the lowest weekly salary when compared with other races and ethnicities in the U.S.

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Symplicity

MARCH 6, 2024

All recruiters that we work with would like to be more data-driven but obtaining the data in a way that is easy to interpret is often too difficult and time-consuming. With our latest product release, Symplicity Recruit aims to give university recruiters the data they need to make decisions about their recruiting strategy without needing to manually pull or calculate data.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

I was at a conference, and the attendees were workshopping solutions for increasing digital learning capacity at their respective institutions. The conference attendees were a mix of students, faculty, donors, education administrators, and edtech professionals. Groups were assigned an activity to discuss possible solutions for increasing capacity for educational technology and digital learning.

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College Aid Services

MARCH 6, 2024

Federal Student Aid has updated the draft 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical and processing information for the 2024–25 award year. What changed? Volume 4 – Record Layouts and Processing Codes and the 2024–25 Final ISIR Record Layout in Excel Format. The changes made to… More » 2024-25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (March 2024 Update) The post 2024-25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (March 2024 Update) first appea

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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 6, 2024

Marques D. Graham Marques D. Graham has been named director of band programs at Wiley University in Marshall, Texas. He served as director of bands and was a faculty member at Edward Waters University in Jacksonville, Florida. Graham holds a bachelor’s degree in music education and a master’s in music from South Carolina State University.

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Student Loan Planner

MARCH 6, 2024

The new weighted average consolidation rules for student loans are completely different from those before or during the pandemic. These new rules are in effect as of July 2024. While the new consolidation rules are an improvement from the past, they are nowhere near as generous as the pandemic-era rules that applied maximum credit no… The post Guide to Student Loan Weighted Average Consolidation Rules for Student Loans Starting July 2024 appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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Student Loan Planner

MARCH 6, 2024

Asset protection for physicians is a big deal. As your career grows, so do your assets. Protecting those assets from lawsuits, divorces and accidents must be top of mind for your long-term financial security. An asset protection plan can be as simple as titling your accounts correctly or involve complex strategies, like certain types of… The post A Physician’s Guide to Mastering Asset Protection in 9 Key Moves appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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Student Loan Planner

MARCH 6, 2024

While whole life insurance is generally expensive, you’re not only paying for the permanent death benefit but also for other guarantees (e.g. premium amount, duration, cash value). Something about guarantees is easy to plan around. In terms of asset distribution, much like any cash-equivalent, whole life insurance offers the advantage of being safe and predictable.… The post The Exception to the Rule: When Whole Life Insurance Makes Sense appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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Student Loan Planner

MARCH 6, 2024

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) is a great program available to public servants, but signing up certainly can be confusing. We’ve helped thousands of borrowers take advantage of the PSLF program to get their loan balance forgiven, and we have the process nailed down. If you’re looking for a straightforward guide to sign up for… The post The Complete PSLF Checklist: Your Step-by-Step Guide for Loan Forgiveness appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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