Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Austin Community College (ACC) will offer free food, housing services, and family support as part of an effort to strengthen student services, KXAN reported. Austin Community College District The student centers – meant to assist students with immediate needs – are open and available at ACC’s Highlands campus, and the school has hopes to further expand them to its 10 other campuses.

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Counseling Today

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For five years, Gregory Moffatt has shared his clinical experiences with our readers, and in this farewell column, he reflects on his own career experiences and how he has always welcomed and embraced new opportunities. The post Voice of Experience: A farewell and final reflection appeared first on Counseling Today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Dr. Dana R. Fisher Dana R. Fisher has been appointed director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity at American University in Washington, D.C. Fisher holds a bachelor’s degree in East Asian studies and environmental studies from Princeton University in New Jersey and a master’s and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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College Aid Services

OCTOBER 24, 2023

PRESS RELEASE | OCTOBER 24, 2023 Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov Biden-Harris Administration Releases Final Rules that Strengthen Accountability for Colleges and Consumer Protection for Students New actions answer President Biden’s call to hold colleges accountable and protect students from unaffordable college debt The Biden-Harris Administration today announced final regulations to significantly enhance oversight… More » Biden-Harris Administration Releases Final

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Famed rapper and hip hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has gifted Howard University $1 million. His donation to his alma mater comes after pledging to do so during the 2022 BET Awards. Sean "Diddy" Combs Brenton Ho/Billboard “As someone who attended Howard University and values the transformative experience of historically Black colleges, it remains crucial that we strive to protect and uphold their legacy," Combs said.

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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 24, 2023

At age 14, Jake Neill’s life was changed forever. Jake noticed that a girl in his class was isolating herself and seemed lonely. “I just knew something was off – she needed help,” Jake said. He reached out to her and took time to listen to her about her feelings. Then, one day she came to school and Jake noticed cuts on her arms. “I didn’t know what to do,” Jake said.

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College Aid Services

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The updated Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) enrollment agreement is now available on the SAIG Enrollment website. All eligible organizations are strongly encouraged to submit the signed agreement as soon as possible to ensure it is processed prior to the launch of the 2024–25 FAFSA® form and the organization’s new FTI-SAIG mailbox is ready to… More » Updated SAIG Enrollment Agreement Now Available – Required to Receive 2024–25 ISIRs The post Updated SAIG Enrollment Agreement Now Avail

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Podcast Survey Highlights What Matters Most to Adult Learners Episode 170. October 24, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes.

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Community College Review

OCTOBER 24, 2023

New developments in Arizona and Florida are forcing schools and lawmakers to examine the issue of tuition rates for students with parents who are in the U.S. illegally.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

OCTOBER 24, 2023

How to Update Your Financial Aid Application to Reflect Your Current Income One of the most important steps in applying to college is completing the FAFSA, which will open in December. What many families don’t realize is that the FAFSA uses federal income tax information from the previous year to calculate financial aid eligibility. That means on the 2024-2025 FAFSA, numbers will be gathered from your 2022 tax return.

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Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

OCTOBER 24, 2023

What does self-care look like for you? The emphasis being on “self,” meaning it’s personal. What works for you may not work for others. Self-care is about engaging in healthy activities that you can do to fill your cup. There are eight “ACTION” areas that we can take to preserve or improve our health. These are listed below. As you read through them, consider what it is that you do for your own self-care under that dimension of wellness.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Infographic 5 Ways to Improve Student Customer Service at Your Community College Community college practitioners agree that students’ customer service expectations have risen since 2020 and that gaps in customer service cause attrition. While we might not think of students as “customers,” the reality is their experience as consumers shapes their expectations for how they interact with colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Democratic lawmakers are reintroducing legislation to make two-year technical and community college free for eligible students, MY Northwest reported. Sen. Tammy Baldwin The legislation – introduced and backed by U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and several other Democrats – would amend the 1965 Higher Education Act “to establish grants for tuition-free community colleges, student success grants,” and grants for HBCUs, Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), and minori

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Over the last two decades, our nation’s community colleges have received increasing recognition, and for good reason. They educate close to 40% of American undergraduates — nearly 6 million students. Community college students are more likely to be Black, Hispanic, and from lower-income backgrounds than four-year students. Because community colleges educate the fastest growing segments of our society, their success will go a long way toward determining the extent to which our nation and its peop

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