Lewermark Blog

JUNE 22, 2020

As universities continue to speculate on what the fall 2020 semester will look like, international students must navigate how to best balance their desire to start a college career this fall versus the regulatory, infrastructure, and travel challenges they face. Early indications report students are eager to begin classes. Ryan Griffin, Director of Admissions at Read More.

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Moneyman

JUNE 20, 2020

The past few days have seen a series of records for highest number of new cases of COVID-19 in Florida. Each day the curve rises, and the picture is fairly clear: we have not yet hit a plateau of cases in Florida. Source: New York Times (retrieved 6/20/2020). At the same time, many colleges and universities (in Florida, and indeed all over the country) are beginning to announce their plans for Fall.

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Community College Review

JUNE 26, 2020

We continue to report on the ongoing saga in the California community college system. Schools are now opening for fall semester with fewer courses due to serious budget cuts, and students are feeling the academic pain.

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Lewermark Blog

JUNE 22, 2020

U.S. embassies and consulates are slowly opening in response to the coronavirus, and travel restrictions to the United States are still in place. This is not positive news for international students hoping to study in the U.S. You may still be debating whether or not to delay or defer your overseas education, but for those Read More. The post Quick Turnaround Student Visas: How to Be Prepared appeared first on LewerMark International Student Health Insurance.

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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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