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MARCH 11, 2024

Dr. Liang Zhang “Our cost-benefit analysis finds that on average a college degree offers better returns than the stock market,” said study coauthor Dr. Liang Zhang, a professor of higher education at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. million Americans.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Indicators of high school grades and standardized test scores that account for available school, neighborhood, and family resources are strongly associated with those students’ college success, a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Mark Umbricht.

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APRIL 23, 2024

School: University of California Major: Legal Studies Year: Senior Chase Griffin , a legal studies major at the University of California, Los Angeles, sets the example as an active supporter of programs to combat food insecurity. The Bruins quarterback donates part of his NIL earnings to such causes.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

the Civics Education Initiative (CEI), does not improve youth voter turnout, at least in the short term, according to findings from a recent study. Our findings show that when it comes to improving voting among youth, mandating civics tests that focus on assessing political knowledge might be a wasted effort,” Jung said.

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APRIL 18, 2024

Aracely’s return to school 20 years after her first try wasn’t only about earning a degree. It was about overcoming adversity, gaining control of her life and finding a path to a better future. Four in every 10 college undergraduates leave school before completing a degree. Julie Peller Aracely is hardly alone.

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MAY 8, 2024

The State of Higher Education 2024 Report documents how current, prospective, and stopped-out students view post-high school education pathways, their access to them, their value, and experiences. The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce projects that by 2031, 72% of jobs will require some kind of education beyond high school.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Ivy Morgan The Education Trust The report, " Opportunities Denied: High Achieving Black and Latino Students Lack Access to Advanced Math ", used data from the 2009 High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) to determine such disparities stemming from systemic bias.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab With their well-being undermined, students find it much harder to focus on learning — let alone graduate — which, combined with growing debt, puts them at risk of ending up worse off than if they didn’t attend college at all. The challenges predate the pandemic but were exacerbated by it.

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MAY 12, 2023

medical schools have increasingly come from households with higher incomes, according to a Yale-led study. The findings of the study – published May 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – show disparities in access to medical education and could have negative impacts on patient care, according to researchers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Four years ago, I wrote a column about sending my son off to college and my fears for him as a young Black man finding his way as a student and citizen. Though some schools in other states are fighting back or finding policy “gray areas,” more than 30 other anti-DEI bills have been introduced. And my equity journey continues.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

The mission of Active Minds is centered around mobilizing youth and young adults to be the mental health change in their schools and communities. While truly redefining accessible mental health will take massive shifts in public policy, there are still ways to find support that won’t break your budget.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

More than half of Jewish students surveyed (57%) reported witnessing or experiencing an antisemitic incident, either on campus or in public, according to findings from a recent joint Jewish on Campus-Ipsos survey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Our findings are particularly surprising when you compare them to what we already know about the well-established positive association between reading frequency in print and text comprehension.” At later stages (high school and university), the relationship turned slightly positive, according to Altamura. student at the university.

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JULY 6, 2023

According to the notice, there is insufficient evidence that the school is in compliance with Standard VII, the agency’s standard on governance, leadership, and administration. The school has until Jan. School officials have acknowledged the warning and said in a statement that the school remains accredited.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

According to IRT associate director and panel moderator Catherine Wong, IRT’s free graduate preparation program provides those accepted with multiple kinds of assistance, including advising, application fee waivers, access to grad school recruiters, and workshops. Marcus Penny In a Jan. The research is clear. We are needed."

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AUGUST 28, 2023

It’s crucial for historically Black schools to understand these students if the HBCU boom is to be more than a blip. More specifically, HBCU seekers were nearly 50% more likely than non-HBCU seekers to prize strong school spirit and traditions, and more than two and a half times more likely to say that they wanted active Greek life.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

It’s crucial for historically Black schools to understand these students if the HBCU boom is to be more than a blip. More specifically, HBCU seekers were nearly 50% more likely than non-HBCU seekers to prize strong school spirit and traditions, and more than two and a half times more likely to say that they wanted active Greek life.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Today’s high school students are showing less interest in pursuing careers in education, and teachers in the profession are feeling burnt out and underpaid, according to a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). In those two states, on average, education-related subjects are the sixth most popular intended major.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Participating in policy debate programs in grade school is associated with improvements in English language arts (ELA) and better odds of graduating and going to college, according to findings from a new study in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

George Mason University is pushing back against findings in a recent Heritage Foundation report that the school’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) staff is “bloated” and unnecessary. Washington also invited the report’s authors to campus to discuss the report’s methodologies and findings. “We

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

As a result, they also face hardships related to a number of facets in their lives, including school safety, religion, community support, and higher education, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. As these students progress through their schooling, more than 80% are thinking about college.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Eric Bing Failing to graduate isn’t necessarily the fault of the learner, many of whom are the first in their families to attend college or older students trying to balance school, jobs, families and a host of personal responsibilities. Have we created programs that limit the need for child care ? Measuring progress is also critical.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Our findings are particularly surprising when you compare them to what we already know about the well-established positive association between reading frequency in print and text comprehension.” At later stages (high school and university), the relationship turned slightly positive, according to Altamura. student at the university.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Through the combined work of research students across the country, searching through hundreds of archival documents and collaborating with local organizations like The Georgetown Slavery Archive and the Riversdale Historical Society, The 1856 Project has been able to find and acknowledge a history that is often kept behind closed doors.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

And right now, it's receiving a lot of attention from policymakers nationwide,” said Dr. Nicholas Hartlep, the Robert Charles Billings Chair in Education at Berea College and a former elementary school teacher. He praised the timeliness of the study.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Meanwhile, students attending TMCF member-schools are experiencing significant insecurity about the financial aid they have applied for and what resources will ultimately be available to cover their cost of attendance. Additionally, some have faced the threat of institutions being closed and many fear the same.

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MARCH 31, 2023

But experts believe that some institutions could be saved if their leaders were more open to a different option: merging with other schools before their circumstances grow desperate. That’s a real problem, because your ability to find a partner that is suitable is very limited,” he said. People didn’t even want to discuss it.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Overall first-time graduate enrollment fell almost 5% from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022, along with decreases in first-time enrollment among underrepresented minorities (URM), according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). During data collection, CGS asked schools to report on their prior classes, McKenzie said.

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MAY 11, 2023

He said it was one of the reasons he went to law school. I find it very interesting, and I find it really important for our society. Alexander Alexander leads Villanova’s Charles Widger School of Law, a role he has now held for approximately seven years. from Yale University Law School and a B.A.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

A new study by Yale University finds that Black students are more likely to leave medical school than their white peers. The results of the study indicate an achievement gap in the bio-medicine field during a time when many universities are struggling to find new ways to diversify the field. Mytien Nguyen, an M.D.-Ph.D.

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MARCH 14, 2024

This finding came as a surprise, said report co-author Martin Van Der Werf, director of editorial and education policy for the CEW. We're finding that, in some cases, places that might be interested in expanding into rural areas say that the labor force just isn't trained enough, doesn't have the right credentials.” workforce (14.9

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JUNE 13, 2023

The Ivy Beauty scholarship program will help financially support 20 students who attend a TMCF member school for the coming academic year 2023-2024. “We To be eligible, applicants must be enrolled full-time at a TMCF member school during the 2023-2024 school year; have a current cumulative GPA of 3.0 5, with a deadline of Jul.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Walker has become dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. Walker Walker, a scholar of religion, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and ordained American Baptist clergyperson, has been the school’s interim dean since January. Dr. Corey D. Michele Gillespie. “He Institute of Peace U.S.

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JUNE 12, 2023

The high school class of 2023 had an experience that was inevitably shaped by COVID-19. The pandemic hit when they were freshmen and many students endured over a year of remote learning, with limited access to school counseling services and extracurricular activities. Once I got behind in one class it was almost impossible to catch up.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

An internal audit of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research (CAR) has found no issues with the handling of CAR’s finances, according to the school. Other findings from the examination are still to come. The school is now looking into CAR’s grants for adherence to proper reporting processes. Dr. Ibram X.

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MARCH 19, 2024

I am concerned about what’s happening with local school boards, policies, this misnomer that we don’t have to be worried about diversity, equity, and inclusion and we can be a ‘color blind society,’ that it’s what we should be—which is not true,” said Tchen. You as educators are critical to breaking that cycle.” The progress is tangible.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Susana Córdova, Colorado’s Commissioner of Education delivered the opening keynote at AACTE “We’re all working hard to fill the gaps that exist,” said Córdova, adding that the mounting teacher vacancies—particularly in the wake of COVID-19—has been a top priority for school districts across the country.

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