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New Quality Standards Coming to Community Colleges

Community College Review

Learn about the new accountability standards specifically geared toward community colleges and the organization that created them, the American Association of Community Colleges.

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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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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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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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Community College Review Diversity Report: Which Campuses are Most Diverse?

Community College Review

What states are home to the most diverse and least diverse community colleges? In our exclusive diversity report, we analyze our data to determine how much diversity there is on community college campuses throughout the United States. In addition, learn about the benefits of attending a community college with a diverse student body.

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Plant-A-Palooza & the Benefits of Keeping Plants

MichiganTech MTU Center for Student Mental Health

MTU’s Student Leadership and Involvement organization put on their Plant-A-Palooza event last week and we had a blast! It was so fun to hang out with the MTU community that is still active on campus for the summer. Did you know that plants can be beneficial to your well-being in multiple different ways? We have listed the ways that plants can be helpful to your well-being below.