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Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The maximum Pell Grant award will remain at $7,395 for the 2024-25 school year, under a $79.1 billion bicameral, bipartisan budget signed by President Joe Biden Saturday. This maintains the $900 increase of the last two fiscal…
Sharod L. TomlinsonSharod L. Tomlinson has been named assistant vice president for equity and inclusion/student belonging at St. John’s University in Queens, New York. He served as the associate dean for student success and engagement and was the director of the R.I.S.E. Network and veterans affairs. Tomlinson holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration from…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Trustees at Eastern Gateway Community College voted last week to withdraw the financially distressed Ohio college from the accreditation process, signaling its likely closure. Eastern Gateway does not have the funding or capacity to continue…
The Lincoln University Alumni Association (LUAA) Board of Directors has issued a statement of no-confidence in the university’s board of curators. The decision comes after the board reinstated Dr. John Moseley as president following the suicide death of Dr. Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, who alleged bullying and harassment by Moseley.Dr. Antoinette Candia-Bailey The LUAA’s board of directors…
Utah higher education leaders are considering steps toward compliance with a new law, HB 261, that prohibits an institution of higher education, public education system, and governmental employer from engaging in discriminatory practices. Katy HallSuch prohibited practices include diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The bill, sponsored by Utah State Rep. Katy Hall, requires that universities…
The problems in higher education are well known. As costs rise and graduation rates stagnate, some wonder if college still holds the same value in 2024 as it did for previous generations. However, most of the young adults I work with at the Come to Believe Foundation — students who are first-generation, students who are…
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As the American public has lost confidence in higher education over the past few years, policymakers have begun talking more about return on investment. In the simplest terms, they say that graduates who invest time and money…
According to CHE Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung, those studying overseas are evenly split between enrolment on regular courses registered in the host country and special medical courses for international students. The latter programs are usually in Eastern and Southeastern Europe and in some cases are specifically tailored to German students. Hungary’s University of Pécs and Semmelweis University, Croatia’s University…
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dawn Coder is the senior director of online student success at Penn State World Campus. I remember the first time an academic adviser on my staff told me that a student’s parent showed up during an advising…
Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Morocco, which all have French as an official language, could become emerging markets for the UK. This is especially timely due to them having very young populations and it being an election year for Senegal, for Cote d’Ivoire in 2025 and Morocco the year after, explained Jamie Hastings, founder and CEO…