June, 2022

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Delivering Emergency Aid During the Pandemic

#RealCollege Blog

By: Traci Kirtley (she/her), Believe in Students In February 2020, the novel coronavirus began making its way into the US, creating one of the most dramatic and widespread emergencies of my lifetime. As with every part of our country, higher education was sent into disarray as institutions and systems across the country adapted services and supports nearly overnight.

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FAFSA Changes For 2024-25

College Aid Consulting Services

Here is an update on the FAFSA Changes For 2024-25. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will see the majority of changes starting in the 2024-25 academic year and not in the 2023-24 year that was originally planned. The U.S. Department of Education delayed most of the changes to the 2024-25 academic year due to the fact that 52% of higher education schools have not yet begun to prepare for the significant modifications coming to FAFSA.

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Volunteers’ Week 2022

Student Minds

Volunteers' Week is taking place from Wednesday 1st June to Tuesday 7th June. The Editorial Team have taken the opportunity to share their thoughts on what volunteering means to them. - Student Minds Blog Editorial Team Volunteers' Week is a celebration of the contribution millions of people make through volunteering. Volunteering has been a great way for us to give back to the community and support others.

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How to Become an Emergency Technician Quickly and Affordably

Community College Review

Learn about community college programs that can help you become certified as an emergency technician affordably and expeditiously.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Council Surge: Reflect & Don’t Forget

CAMPUSPEAK

LSummer is an exciting time to enjoy some time away, spend time with loved ones and mentally prepare for the upcoming school year. With some distance from the hustle of the last semester and the everyday grind of leading our organizations, you likely have started to reflect on how the last six months were for yourself and your group. Reflection is so important to help us move grow and move forward.

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How To Study Languages Without Even Noticing

Tutor Ocean Corp

Introduction To Learning Languages. As all language learners know, there are many basic language learning methods. You can read a text. You can retell a story. You can write a dictation. I can’t help but agree that they are useful. The challenge is that you can lose motivation and get bored. You can get yourself stressed out and give up on your goal.

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Close the Gap Foundation Partners with Notion, ClickUp, and ProWritingAid to Support First-Generation, Low-Income Students

Close the Gap Foundation

Sunnyvale, CALIFORNIA — Earlier this month, Close the Gap Foundation launched its fourth annual Social Impact Fellowship program. 32 first-generation, low-income high school students from 15+ cities across California and Washington gathered with their mentors and program leaders to kick off their three-month program experience. The Fellowship leverages project-based learning, structured mentorship, and tailored workshops to help rising 11th and 12th-grade students recognize and embrace th

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The SparkNotes Guide to Financial Aid and Fundraising

School & Student Services by Community Brands

Your school is doing more to meet students where they’re at than ever before. In this unstable economic environment, you must take proactive steps to ensure your school stays competitive during enrollment. Take action to ensure that you’re not sacrificing the biggest line item on your income statement, tuition. According to figures from the National Association of Independent Schools , tuition costs have increased by over 37% in the last decade. .

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Blast Off for Space Studies in Community College!

Community College Review

Learn about the space studies programs offered through community colleges that can prepare you for an engaging career with NASA or private space companies.

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How to Best Support Students Struggling with Online Learning

Good Tutors Finder

How to Best Support Students Struggling with Online Learning. Some students have taken to online learning like fish to water. For others, however, it’s been a bit of a struggle. Online learning isn’t the best fit for every student, and now that online is the only option, some students may be seriously struggling in ways they weren’t when they were in the physical classroom due to learning preferences , increased stress , communication problems, lack of technical knowledge, or some combination of

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Advising Tips for All Faculty Advisors

WACADA

Written By: Dr. Anne-Marie Lerner, UW-Platteville When embarking on a new faculty role, learning about the advising expectation of undergraduates can be.

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Just Knowledge research partner: Green Sod Ireland

Catherine Cronin

This is the second blog post for ‘Just Knowledge’, my GO-GN Fellowship 2022 research project. This post was published yesterday on the GO-GN website at [link]. I am re-publishing it here to have a record on my website. This post focuses on one of the three community partners participating in Just Knowledge, namely Green Sod Ireland , reporting on progress to date.

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FPF Releases Policy Brief Comparing Federal Child Privacy Bills

Student Privacy Compass

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Spring Cleaning Your Financial Aid

School & Student Services by Community Brands

Once the snow melts, the sun starts shining and the birds begin chirping, it’s time to stow away the sweaters and puffy coats and kickstart your spring cleaning. Spring cleaning your home is good for your health , so it’s not surprising that spring cleaning your financial aid is good for the health of your K-12 school. By cleaning your home, you can avoid illness, strengthen your immune system and reduce stress.

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How to Go Organic at Community College

Community College Review

Learn about how community colleges across the nation are offering organic gardening classes, as well as opportunities to grow your own organic crops!

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Top Tips to Help Students Meet Deadlines and Be On Time

Good Tutors Finder

Top Tips to Help Students Meet Deadlines and Be On Time. For many students, time is their most precious resource. Making the most of the time they have enables students to be as efficient and successful as possible, leading a balanced life of work and play. A clear understanding of time is required for students to manage their own time effectively, e.g., plan long-term projects, organize schedules, etc.

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How we are continuing to support students who are struggling at university

The Education Hub

Helping students be happy and healthy in their studies is crucial.

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Leading with Fairness

CAMPUSPEAK

There are many things that leaders, at best, must do. They must communicate well. They must help chart a course toward worthy goals with their vision and set great examples with their work. Leaders must also be fair to all members of the group. But what does being “fair” actually mean and look like? . One definition of the word “fair” is “conforming with the established rules.

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Keys for Effective Music Practice

Tutor Ocean Corp

Introduction To Music. Are you looking for the key to learning music? Or perhaps you say to yourself, some people just come out of the womb as Whitney Houston, but that sure didn’t happen to me. Well, the good news is, you’re both wrong (to some extent)! Jokes aside, the truth is, practice is where the progress happens, so it’s an essential part of every musician’s life regardless of what they do or where they’re at in their musical journey.

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Great Outdoor Month

MichiganTech MTU Center for Student Mental Health

June marks the observance of Great Outdoor Month! The Keweenaw Peninsula abounds with explorable potential, beautiful landscapes, and unique features. The CSMHW staff are particularly excited about getting outside this month, so we put our heads together and came up with a list of some of our favorite spots in and around Houghton Michigan. Favorite Locations.

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Teacher Training: Autism Teaching Certification

Community College Review

Given the increasing number of diagnosed autistic children, the demand for autistic specialists grows as well. Learn about how you can specialize in autistic education by taking courses at your local community college.

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How to be Best Prepared for the New School Year

Good Tutors Finder

How to be Best Prepared for the New School Year. Summer is an important time for kids and students to recharge from a challenging school year. But while they spend time decompressing, sometimes progress can, unfortunately, swing in the opposite direction, leading to the dreaded “summer slide.” Find the balance between letting your kids have a well-deserved break while also preventing summer learning loss with our helpful tips on how to be best prepared for the new school year.

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How we are continuing to support students who are struggling at university

The Education Hub

Helping students be happy and healthy in their studies is crucial.

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Department of Education Announces It Will Cancel  All Corinthian Colleges’ Students’ Federal Student Loans 

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

On June 1, 2022, the Department of Education announced that it would cancel all of the federal student loans former Corinthian College students borrowed to attend those schools (Heald College, Everest Institute/College, and WyoTech) from Corinthian’s founding in 1995 through its closure in 2015. The cancellation is based on Corinthian’s widespread and pervasive fraud, including lies used to convince people to enroll and take out student loans.

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The Future of Academic Advising

The University Innovation Alliance

The Future of Academic Advising. bridget. Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:00. Image. Advising. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) was honored to partner with The Chronicle of Higher Education for its 5/26/22 panel discussion on the future of academic advising. The UIA was founded by a pioneering group of university presidents and chancellors committed to breaking down the silos inhibiting collaboration, and to leading on testing, sharing, and scaling ideas across the sector to help more students succ

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5 Tips for Surviving the Summer in an Unsupportive Environment

MichiganTech MTU Center for Student Mental Health

If you’re anything like me, the summer months signal a much-needed reprieve from school-related activities. Near the middle of April, all I can think about is how wonderful it will be to trade my class google calendar for a consistent work schedule, and I look forward to lazy summer nights spent with family and friends. Although students are mostly off-campus for the summer, scattered around the US doing all kinds of exciting things, I’ve been thinking a lot about our MTU community and the diffe

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Nuclear Industry Generates New Demand for $50,000 per Year Technicians

Community College Review

Consider training for a job in the growing nuclear industry, which could pay off with a starting salary of $50,000 annually.

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Optimising Your Learning Space

Good Tutors Finder

Optimising Your Learning Space. A learning space is any place where you are trying to take in new information, connect concepts, apply information, complete homework , or practice a new skill. That is, a learning environment is an environment in which you are trying to learn! The physical classroom, the virtual classroom (if taking an online or blended course ), and the space where you do your homework and other academic “time-on-task” are all learning environments.

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How we are continuing to support students who are struggling at university

The Education Hub

Helping students be happy and healthy in their studies is crucial. That’s why, thanks to the creation of the first ever Student Support Champion, students will soon be able to benefit from more joined-up support from their universities. Here’s everything you need to know. What have you announced? We have announced the creation of a new Student Support Champion to advise universities on supporting students who may be struggling and at risk of dropping out.

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21 Student Loan Debt Statistics and Facts You Should Know in 2022

Scholly

How bad is the student loan debt crisis? Pretty bad… In 2022, there’s over $1.7 trillion in outstanding student loan debt! But what does that number actually mean? How does it affect student loan borrowers? And what other student loan debt statistics and facts should you know in 2022? Those are all important questions – especially if you’ll soon need to take out a student loan or begin paying off your student loan debt !

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Get Job Security through Security Guard Training at Your Community College

Community College Review

Learn about the licensing requirements of becoming a security guard, as well as how you can obtain security guard training through community college.

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Shoot a Creative Career with Community College Photography Programs

Community College Review

If capturing a moment in time calls to you, then consider developing your photography career starting at your community college. Learn about how community colleges can train and prepare you for a career in photography.

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Growing a Career in Horticulture

Community College Review

If you have a green thumb and are looking for a growing career, consider the training opportunities available at community colleges.

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Retraining at Community Colleges: A Status Update

Community College Review

President Obama has called on community colleges to retrain America, but how well have the campuses answered the call? We looked across the country for a retraining status update - and the answers are surprising.

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Explore Your Options with an Associate Degree In Industrial Tech

Community College Review

Industrial tech is becoming modernized at community colleges around the country as schools strive to offer the most updated training for technical workers in a variety of industries.

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Careers: Corrosion Technology

Community College Review

Train for a career in corrosion technology, a science-based job. Many community colleges offer programs. This varied field is a lucrative opportunity for qualified graduates.