IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JANUARY 7, 2022

by: Sheena A. Kauppila, and Leanne Davis. No one starts on the path to a degree intending not to finish. But between taking one’s first college class and earning a degree, life can change course, and it often does. For a wide array of reasons, students stop out from their higher education path each semester, and many never return. In 2020, the onset of a global pandemic changed the course of lives around the world and today nearly one in five working-age adults in the United States has “some col

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JANUARY 5, 2022

Managing your school software systems and all the data associated with them takes significant time and effort. When you’re managing several disparate systems to hold and process data, it can slow your data management efforts even more. . A disparate system, in terms of school software, is one that doesn’t integrate (whether directly or indirectly) with your other vital software.

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FNU Academic Advising Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

Law is a broad area of study and practice. Law firms tend to specialize in specific areas of law, such as immigration, family, real estate, criminal defense, probate, and civil. Institutions, like FNU, that offer paralegal programs encourage their students to take electives in various areas of law.

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Knowledge Avatars College

JANUARY 2, 2022

Knowledge Avatars Tell You What You're Missing Emiliano for E… Sun, 01/02/2022 - 10:54 Just released a new feature of Knowledge Avatars that highlights your knowledge gaps. They tell you what you don't know. Using Knowledge Matrix™ technology, Knowledge Avatars robot tutors can now specify which concepts are prerequisites of other concepts. This feature allows learners to immediately evaluate what they need to know to understand or master a particular topic.

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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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Community College Review

JANUARY 2, 2022

Make sure that your community college credits will transfer to your four year university by following these recommended strategies.

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FNU Academic Advising Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

A master’s degree program does not have to be a daunting time-consuming project that might require you to quit your job to focus on your studies.

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