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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In my opinion, the rapid integration of AI in the everyday marketplace through cellular phones opened the door to full AI lifestyle integrations like facial recognition, Alexa, smart home devices, chatbots, online banking security, healthcare diagnosis, language translation, and the like.

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Instructional Violence Must End: Keeping the Legacy of A. Wade Boykin Alive

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Banks is the father of multicultural curriculum culturally relevant and affirming content and materials. I urge readers to delve into Boykins numerous studies and articles for further details and nuances. Ford and hearts as they seek to provide Black students with rigorous and relevant instructional styles and strategies.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Banks to serve as president. It was an incredible breakthrough,” says Banks, who is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus. He also was the founding director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, which is now the Banks Center for Educational Justice.

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The Evolving Landscape of Student Lending: Fintech Disruption and Bank Adaptation (Glen McGhee)

Higher Education Inquirer

This market is undergoing profound transformation as financial technology companies challenge traditional banking institutions, offering innovative lending models and digital-first experiences. The bank distinguishes itself through its multiyear approval process, reducing the need for repeated hard credit inquiries for continuing students 2.

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Academics, Beware Fake Quotes!

Robert Kelchen

It was the following: I am used to shady publications that directly copy articles from legitimate news sources immediately after publication ( Inside Higher Ed and The New York Times seem to get this a lot), but this one stood out. The only article in that tab has my “quote” in it. That led me to search for the venue and the author.

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When Banks Lost Control of the Student Loan Mess

Higher Education Inquirer

In a previous article we said Best and Best's classic The Student Loan Mess needed to be updated and reexamined. We also find critical historical analysis essential when we think about US higher education and student loan debt from a People's perspective.

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My 2025 Higher Ed Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 51 (2), Article 2. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Working Paper 24-08. Happy reading! Department of Education. Dans & S. Groves (Eds.),

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