Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Students from underrepresented backgrounds face considerable barriers when it comes to completing a community college program. Nationally, only 24% of African American, Latinx, and Native American students finish within two years. But Dougherty Family College (DFC), a two-year associate degree program at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, where almost all the students are minoritized and nearly three-quarters are first-generation, has managed to buck this trend.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 11, 2023

IHEP President Mamie Voight (left) and U.S. Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education Nasser Paydar (right) at the U.S. Department of Education’s May 1, 2023 Raise the Bar Summit. By: Mamie Voight When U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona welcomed postsecondary leaders, researchers, and student success advocates to the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) recent Raise the Bar Summit, he framed what it truly means to be a prestigious institution of higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

As of May 7, Dr. Ivy Taylor, president of Rust College, is no longer with the school, bringing an end to her almost three-year tenure as the institution’s head, Mississippi Today reported. Dr. Ivy Taylor It is unclear whether Taylor – appointed in June 2020 as the school’s first female president – stepped down or was fired. Her time at Rust was met with on-campus housing conditions controversy; ongoing enrollment decline; and high turnover in leadership.

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Steve Keating

MAY 11, 2023

If you ask most leaders who their most expensive employee is their mind usually goes straight to the person they pay the most. But that’s frequently not true. The most expensive employees in any organization are the ones who are least engaged. They “earn” their paycheck by doing the absolute least work possible. They provide little return for the investment the organization pays.

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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

MAY 11, 2023

Mark C. Alexander has always been interested in the realms of law, politics, and democracy. He said it was one of the reasons he went to law school. To Alexander, the legal profession is ultimately about serving communities and justice. “So much of my career I did my scholarship in the field of election law,” said Alexander, the Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law at Villanova University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Undergraduates expect to make approximately $84,855 one year after graduation, according to a March survey of college students by Real Estate Witch, part of real estate site Clever, CNBC reported. However, the average starting salary for recent graduates is far less, around $56,000. Additionally, students expect to making more than $204,560 10 years in, but average midcareer salaries actually hover around $98,647 , according to Glassdoor.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 11, 2023

Colleges and universities are currently facing challenges to their long-term financial stability, including a shrinking number of high school graduates, increasing alternatives to postsecondary education, and a shifting labor market. Higher education leaders recognize that achieving improved student outcomes requires more than a quick fix. Those who’ve found the most success understand that financial stability requires investing in a student success model that supports students and fiscal

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

A Boston-based federal appeals court has overturned all fraud convictions of two parents who paid bribes to get their kids into elite universities as athletic recruits in what was a massive college admissions scandal, NBC News reported. Gamal Abdelaziz On May 10, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed all convictions against Gamal Abdelaziz a nd all but one conviction of another parent, John Wilson – it decided to uphold the latter’s conviction on a false tax return charge.

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Ed.gov Homeroom

MAY 11, 2023

ED’s School Ambassador Fellowship Program supports national education initiatives with the expertise of school-based practitioners. The program fosters collaboration between education practitioners and the federal government, involves educators in education policy, and amplifies practitioners’ voices in the national dialogue. JoLisa Hoover served previously as a Fellow at ED.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Mary Anne Alabanza Akers Mary Anne Alabanza Akers has been appointed dean of the College of Environmental Design at California State Polytechnic U., Pomona. Akers holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s in urban and regional planning from the U. of the Philippines in Quezon City; a master’s in creative writing from Towson U. in Maryland; and a Ph.D. in social science from Michigan State U.

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Community College Review

MAY 11, 2023

We look in-depth at how you can pay for a community college education.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Content note: This essay was originally delivered as the keynote speech at the 2023 Out of the Darkness Walk, an annual event designed to engage young adults in the fight to prevent suicide. It discusses suicidal feelings and attempted suicide. Hi! Thank you so much for the opportunity to be here today and to share a piece of my story. Suicide and suicide prevention have touched my life in a variety of ways over the past ten years.

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HEAG

MAY 11, 2023

In our March blog , we wrote about the many areas in financial aid that will be impacted by the end of the COVID-19 National Emergency. One process that is particularly notable is verification, and since we’re heading into that … Read more ».

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Congratulations! We made it through another year! We are so excited for those of you who are graduating. We support your journey and wish you the best in your future endeavors. This summer glimmers with hope and opportunities. Although so much has changed in the past couple of years, it feels as though this will be the first “close-to-normal” summer we have had since 2019.

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Tutor Zone

MAY 11, 2023

Children learn how to read, on average, at about the age of 6 or 7 years old.³ During this time, kids start to participate in elementary school reading activities which are derived from the several methodologies available for instructors to teach reading.³ It is incredibly essential for reading to be… The post When Does My Child Learn To Read?

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EAB

MAY 11, 2023

Blogs When hiring teachers this summer, avoid these 3 mistakes While the typical district hiring process begins in March and runs through September, many district leaders in the post-pandemic world feel like they're trapped in a never-ending hiring season. With more teachers leaving the profession and fewer entering it, high turnover rates mean districts must keep repeating the time-consuming hiring process again and again.

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