Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that gives community college students transferring to HBCUs a one-time grant of up to $5,000. Gov. Gavin Newsom Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Given that the state of California itself does not have any HBCUs, students who want to attend and experience one have to pursue it out-of-state but may miss out on state aid in the process.

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Active Minds

OCTOBER 5, 2023

For over a decade, the Active Minds Send Silence Packing® (SSP) display has traveled the country to end the silence surrounding mental illness and suicide. Send Silence Packing® encourages attendees to seek support for themselves, friends, or loved ones, with trained professionals available on-site and thousands of mental health resources distributed to community members at each stop.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The Baltimore Police Department has released surveillance video of persons of interest sought in connection with the mass shooting at Morgan State University and are asking the public to help identify them. Handout/Baltimore Police Department The gunfire Tuesday night – which wounded five people with non-life-threatening injuries – appears to have been the result of "a dispute between two smaller groups, and one individual was a target of two individuals who had weapons," said Baltimore Police C

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Symplicity

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Symplicity® Advocate ™, renowned worldwide for student case management with over 300 universities in its network, warmly welcomes Canterbury Christ Church University aboard. Symplicity will collaborate with the University to implement a 360-degree view of student cases and student support to enhance its university-wide approach to addressing concerns and supporting student wellbeing.

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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 5, 2023

The state of Michigan is expanding a program that provides a tuition-free community scholarship to adults ages 21-24 who have not yet earned college degrees, FOX 2 reported. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Al Goldis/AP The program – it was created in 2021 and was previously limited to adults 25 and up – has had more than 132,000 Michigan residents in total apply.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Dr. Chelsea Haines Chelsea Haines has been named chief of staff in the Office of Student Affairs at Virginia Tech. Haines holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from Mars Hill University in North Carolina, an MBA from the University of Lynchburg in Virginia, and a Ph.D. in higher education from Virginia Tech.

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Student Loan Planner

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The Biden Administration approved $9 billion in student loan forgiveness for at least 125,000 borrowers this week. This is just the latest wave of student debt relief, bringing the Administration’s total student loan cancellation to at least $127 billion since President Biden took office. “For years, millions of eligible borrowers were unable to access the […] The post Biden Authorizes $9 Billion in New Student Loan Forgiveness – Here’s Who Qualifies appeared first on Student L

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Becky Bangs Becky Bangs has been named executive director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access at Oregon State University. Bangs holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Oregon State University and a master’s in intercultural service, leadership, and management from the School for International Training Graduate Institute in Vermont.

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EAB

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Inside A Community College’s Streamlined, Custom Enrollment Data Warehouse Implementation Case Study: North Iowa Area Community College About North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) is a public community college in Mason City, Iowa with 2,500 students, about half of whom attend full-time. Quick Facts Automated accuracy auditing of enrollment data from Canvas and Colleague Extensive CIO input during implementation and setup Decreased demand on IR since enrollment dashboards now update automatic

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HEAG

OCTOBER 5, 2023

We’ve been discussing the changes coming for the 2024 – 2025 award year — from the FAFSA questions to needs analysis — for several months now. However, the most immediate, albeit temporary, change is that the FAFSA won’t be available … Read more ».

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Ready Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Drawing from our experience helping 700+ higher education institutions drive student engagement, this article provides 7 signs its time to upgrade student engagement platforms.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

If you read the national news about higher education, you might think everyone is angling for admission to the Ivy League or trying to pay off debt for degrees earned. To be sure, this summer’s Supreme Court rulings are clear signs of a badly broken higher education system. But they also neglect the fact that millions of college students are dealing with food insecurity and/or experiencing homelessness, and as a result most will never reach the finish line.

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