Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has long been considered one of most confusing and frustrating governmental forms, a 108-question gantlet of information on finances and family for students trying to pay for college. But for around 18% of FAFSA filers, the burden is even worse. These students are selected for verification, a process in which aid applicants have to provide additional documentation, which can include tax returns, wage statements, and high school diplomas, to ea

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Active Minds

JULY 19, 2023

Isolation. No one ever told me how hard it would be to navigate my mental health as one of the many first-generation students entering college each year. I sat in my single dorm room for 48 hours after my guardian moved me in to avoid interacting with the people living on my floor. I sat in the dorm room without a bathroom or proper food. I ignored my RA’s knock for the first week.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Tanyka M. Barber Tanyka M. Barber has been named vice president for institutional equity and chief diversity officer at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Barber holds a bachelor’s degree from Morgan State University, a Master of Health Sciences degree from Johns Hopkins University, and a law degree from the University of Baltimore.

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Student Loan Planner

JULY 19, 2023

The Biden administration has formally initiated a process to create a new student loan forgiveness plan, after the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s first debt relief plan last month. Biden’s previous program would have provided up to $20,000 in federal student loan forgiveness for millions of borrowers. But the Supreme Court ruled that the initiative […] The post Biden’s New Student Loan Forgiveness Backup Plan: 6 Takeaways appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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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

JULY 19, 2023

Wesleyan University will no longer engage in legacy admissions. This comes in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action. “An applicant’s connection to a Wesleyan graduate indicates little about that applicant’s ability to succeed at the University, meaning that legacy status has played a negligible role in our admissions process for many years,” Wesleyan President Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

In high school, André Childs wasn’t particularly interested in higher ed. He wasn’t surrounded by college graduates or even friends who were planning to enroll. However, he was curious about some aspects of science and engineering, so he decided he’d try community college. Fast forward to 2023. Childs is an award-winning Ph.D. candidate in material science and engineering at the University of Central Florida.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Debbie Day Debbie Day has been appointed associate vice president for presidential priorities in the Advancement Division at Virginia Tech. Day served as associate vice president for alumni relations. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication studies, a master’s in adult and continuing education, and a Ph.D. in higher education from Virginia Tech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Stanford President Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne will resign and retract or issue significant corrections to five of his papers after a Stanford-sponsored investigation found research data manipulation, The Stanford Daily reported. Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne The eight-month investigation found multiple cases of neuroscience research data manipulation or subpar scientific practices from people and in labs run by Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Two Cal State Fullerton (CSUF) business faculty are studying ways to maintain academic honesty in test-taking in a post-COVID world that utilizes remote and online exams. Dr. Gerard Beenen Dr. Gerard Beenen, professor of management, and Dr. Sinjini Mitra, professor of information systems, recently co-authored, “Deterring Cheating Online: Passive versus Active Proctoring through a Social Facilitation Lens,” which examines the efficacy of various proctoring methods, such as honor codes, webcams re

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