Active Minds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Self-care is something that everyone talks about — but what does it actually mean, and how do you create a routine that is both effective and sustainable? As a student, self-care isn’t always easy to fit into my schedule, but it remains an important part of taking care of our mental health. As I’ve learned more about self-care over the years, I’m excited to share more about the art of nurturing our minds and bodies.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Insights from IHEP’s Community of Practice to Policy to Increase Degree Completion By Janiel Santos Higher education can be a pathway to economic security and social mobility – but only if a student earns a degree. Over 40 million Americans have earned some college credits but stopped short of receiving a credential. Between July 2020 and July 2021, 1.4 million more people joined the some college but no credential (SCNC) population, deepening existing inequities in educational outcomes and soci

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The news of Temple University Acting President JoAnne Epps' death on Tuesday, September 19 sent shockwaves across the nation. She was attending a memorial service at Temple for Charles L. Blockson, the legendary Black historian, author, and bibliophile who served as curator of the university’s Blockson Afro-American Collection when she collapsed on stage.

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Student Minds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Alice shares her experience of how she reframed her mindset to see procrastination in a different way and how this has helped her to get things done. - Alice Procrastination: it is more than just being lazy, despite what some people may keep telling you. It’s not ignorance or blatantly not caring. It’s rooted a lot deeper. Now what exactly is procrastination?

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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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Student Loan Planner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On Tuesday, Congressional Republicans announced a new effort to repeal President Biden’s new income-driven repayment plan, which administration officials have billed as the most affordable student loan payment plan ever. The Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan is replacing the Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE) plan. Among other features, the SAVE plan will […] The post GOP Seeks to Repeal Biden’s New Student Loan Payment Plan as Millions Sign Up appeared first on Student Loan P

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Active Minds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Content Warning: This piece contains mentions of suicide. Life for us turned upside down on Feb. 12, 2022. Our dear son Sanjeev Panja lost his life to suicide at the very tender age of 20. Sanjeev was caring, loving, funny, goofy, and an extremely motivated kid — always laughing and making others laugh. The pain and grief we are going through are unimaginable, and no parent should have to go through what we are going through.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Podcast Could Your Students Benefit from “One Front Door” Onboarding? Episode 166. September 19, 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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Every Fall, school buses are once again a part of our morning commutes. Less obvious are the parents joining in the back-to-school rite of passage alongside their children. Several decades ago, I witnessed this with my Aunt Bobbie, who enrolled in college while her kids were in grade school. In addition to being a college student, she was a wife, mother of three, executive assistant, and an involved auntie.

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Student Minds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Student Minds Blog Editorial Team has gathered the tips and experiences of students across the UK to create their first Survival Guide to University. - Student Minds Blog Editorial Team ⭐ What do you think is important for freshers to do in their first week? ⭐ Find a friend :) Try out sports clubs and societies Try your best to get outside and try new things Find their way around classes and learn where lecture buildings are Go to as many freshers events as possible and talk to as many peopl

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Student Loan Planner

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The federal government appears to be heading toward a shutdown. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is trying to quell a rebellion by roughly two-dozen far-right Republicans who want to dramatically slash federal spending. If this relatively small group of lawmakers doesn’t get what they want, and Congress is unable to reach a bipartisan agreement without […] The post Government Shutdown Could Imperil Student Loan Forgiveness and Repayment Initiative appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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Symplicity

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Symplicity CSM is constantly innovating based on the career services needs of our university partners. Check out the latest updates to help provide your student job seekers more opportunities and career preparation tools than ever before.

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Active Minds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Last year, more than 49,000 people were victims of suicide , the highest ever recorded in U.S. history. Although talking about mental health and suicide can be challenging, it is a conversation that we can’t avoid. Every year, too many young lives are impacted by mental health challenges, making suicide a significant concern. That’s where what Active Minds calls “Youth Champions” come in — parents, guardians, teachers, administrators, and community leaders alike — who all have an essential

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Fall marks the beginning of the school year for students nationwide. For high school seniors, the fall also marks the beginning of college application season. As we all know, time moves faster once all of the activities and classes begin. Now is the best time. The post How to Prep for the 2024-2025 FAFSA This Fall appeared first on CFAA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As a Black woman who studies the educational experiences of Black women and girls, Dr. Tiffany Steele says she always felt like her work was never quite valued. “If you focus on minoritized populations, there’s a lack of understanding about why this research is relevant,” she says. Editors of top-tier journals couldn’t comprehend why she chose to focus on Black women instead of Black people generally, and if she wanted to talk about Black women and girls in the courses that she taught, she had t

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Student Minds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Alice shares her experience of struggling with her mental health whilst being at university and that it's okay to reach out and get support. - Alice I’d always wanted to go to university. I was the nerd, the smart one, the one that everyone had high expectations for. I went to college with high hopes that I’d remain that way, but my mental health had other plans.

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Student Loan Planner

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Servicers did not have to calculate monthly payments for more than three years during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now that payments are due again, many borrowers are reporting that their servicer is failing at this most basic task. It’s important to make sure that your student loan servicer calculates your payment correctly, particularly if you’re on […] The post How to Make Sure Your Servicer Calculates Your Payment Correctly appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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Counseling Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

One counselor shares his painful story of losing a supervisee to suicide and offers advice on how to cope after traumatic loss. The post Coping with the loss of a supervisee to suicide appeared first on Counseling Today.

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Active Minds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In the face of a youth mental health crisis, the urgency for inspiring mental health change has never been more apparent. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy has sounded the alarm, highlighting that a youth mental health crisis is already brewing. Startling data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal that more than one in five youth ages 13 to 18 grapple with serious mental illnesses at some point in their lives.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

FY24 Appropriations Process Stunted; Shutdown on the Horizon September 25, 2023 — by Diane Shust The House and Senate return from recess to address FY24 Appropriations bills and potential government shutdown risks. The House and Senate have returned from their August recesses to continue working on their respective FY24 Appropriations bills. Unfortunately, neither body will complete its work before October 1 , which marks the beginning of the new Fiscal Year, FY 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Dear Department Chair: Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation is a compelling book about leadership, service, and the importance of mentorship/sponsorship within the academy. The book is edited by Drs. Stephanie Y. Evans, Stephanie Shonekan, and Stephanie G. Adams. And its publication by Wayne State University Press earlier this month comes right on time, as a new academic school year gets underway.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The FAFSA is coming. For the 2024-2025 application cycle, the FAFSA will be released in December. If you’re attending college in the fall of 2024, then you’ll likely need to complete the FAFSA this winter. Be sure to review your college’s website to make sure. The post Everything You Need to Complete Your 2024-2025 FAFSA appeared first on CFAA.

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Student Loan Planner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Millions of student loan borrowers will receive their first bills in a matter of days, as student loan payments resume following the end of the Covid-era moratorium. The Biden administration has taken several steps to ease the transition to repayment. The Education Department has discharged billions of dollars in student loan debt under a variety […] The post What Happens if You Don’t Make Your Student Loan Payments This Fall?

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Counseling Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

By working on basic developmental social skills, clients with insecure attachment and trauma histories can learn to build healthy, meaningful relationships. The post Essential skill development for meaningful social connection appeared first on Counseling Today.

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Active Minds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Welcome our fall 2023 interns, some of our community’s biggest champions for mental health! Each semester, the class of interns at Active Minds plays an integral role in everything from program development, marketing and communications, fundraising and development, and so much more. We couldn’t do our work without our interns, and our team at Active Minds is excited for our community to meet them and see their hand in all of the work we do over the coming months.

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Symplicity

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Not unlike generations before them, for Gen Zers entering the workforce , finding entry-level opportunities that align with their education, experience, and interests comes with challenges. This generation is looking for employers willing to hire entry-level talent with qualifications that go beyond traditional metrics and, instead, focus on things like leadership and problem-solving skills.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For many community college students, gateway math courses—required for entry into many programs of study—have functioned more like gatekeeper math courses. These classes, such as Introductory Algebra, Statistics, and Trigonometry, have some of the highest rates of failure among all offerings at two-year schools and are considered one of the biggest barriers to an associate degree and to upward transfer, particularly for Black and Latinx students.

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Ed.gov Homeroom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The ED Games Expo is the annual public showcase of game-changing forms of education technology created through more than 50 programs at the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, and across government. The 9th annual Expo will occur from September 19 to 22. In addition to its many in-person events at the Kennedy Continue Reading The post ED Games Expo 2023: Featuring a Livestreamed Science Is Cool (ScIC) Event on September 21 appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Student Loan Planner

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

If you have Parent PLUS Loans, you might not realize it, but you could be heading toward a cliff. Starting in 2025, the Department of Education will close a loophole that allows parent borrowers to find relief through income-driven repayment (IDR) and other programs. Once this “Parent PLUS cliff” hits, borrowers will experience reduced relief […] The post How to Prepare for the Parent PLUS Cliff in 2025 appeared first on Student Loan Planner.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Blogs Adult learners: who they are and what they want from college Across the last few years, colleges and universities have increasingly prioritized adult learner enrollment to offset declining undergraduate enrollment and diversify revenue streams. One hundred percent of the presidents and provosts EAB surveyed in 2022 said adult learner enrollment is a high or moderate priority for their institution.

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College Aid Services

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

PRESS RELEASE: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Landmark Final Rules to Protect Consumers from Unaffordable Student Debt and Increase Transparency New actions answer President Biden’s call to hold colleges accountable for rising costs and will protect approximately 700,000 students a year from unaffordable debt and poor earnings outcomes at career programs SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 Contact: Press Office,… More » Final rule on Gainful Employment and a new Financial Value Transparency framewor

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Symplicity

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This month, U.S. News & World Report unveiled its highly anticipated 2024 Best Colleges Rankings , a comprehensive list that evaluates colleges and universities across the United States based on a variety of factors, including academic reputation, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, and alumni giving. However, this year’s rankings mark a unique change to the over 40+ years of these rankings with a change to methodology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Temple University acting President JoAnne Epps died Tuesday afternoon after collapsing onstage at the Temple Performing Arts Center. JoAnne Epps “It is with deep heartbreak that we write to inform you that Temple University Acting President JoAnne A. Epps suddenly passed away this afternoon,” Temple said in a statement. At an event honoring the late Charles L.

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Counseling Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Without the awareness and willingness to acknowledge how they have benefited from cultural racism, white counselors risk creating fractured alliances and distrust in the therapeutic process. The post Navigating white privilege in the counseling room appeared first on Counseling Today.

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