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Harvard University Expands Free Tuition Policy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Harvard University announced on Monday that Harvard will now be free for students from families with annual incomes of $100,000 or less and tuition-free for students from families with annual incomes of $200,000 or less, according to the Harvard Gazette. This expansion of financial aid, effective as of the 2025-26 academic year, will enable approximately 86 percent of U.S. families to qualify for financial aid at Harvard.

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Growing Pains: Is Your Division’s Marketing Strategy and Structure Stuck

Dr. Josie Ahlquist

Social media has evolved over 20 years, but has your division’s strategy kept up? In this session, Dr. Josie Ahlquist presents findings from a four-year study on student affairs Marketing, exploring the shift toward centralized staff, advanced tools, and integrated resources. Dr.

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Examples of ResLife RA/Student Staff Recruitment Materials (2025 Edition)

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When it’s RA/student staff recruitment season, it’s time to bring on the creativity!The following schools volunteered their recruitment materials (posters, flyers, social media images, etc.) to share. Check out these examples and get ideas for your own efforts. Michigan Tech Concordia College Moorhead, MN Examples From Other Years Texas Woman’s University Illinois State University University.

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T-levels are a disaster – and young people are suffering because ministers won’t admit it | Susanna Rustin

The Guardian Higher Education

They were supposed to boost vocational learning, but theyre not popular with students and the dropout rate is high. Time for a dose of realism Whats in a name? With T-levels, quite a lot. By choosing a title that sounded a lot like A-levels with T for technical the reformers behind Englands latest post-16 qualification sent a message that the days of vocational educations second-class status were over.

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Colleges Flag Words Like ‘Women’ to Comply With DEI Bans

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Colleges Flag Words Like Women to Comply With DEI Bans Sara Weissman Mon, 03/17/2025 - 03:00 AM Following the example of federal agencies, some campuses are coming up with lists of keywords to purge their webpages and courses of DEI content.

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Amplifying Voices: How Academic Thought Leadership Fuels Institutional Growth

University Business

Register Now Date & Time: Wednesday, April 16that 2 p.m. ET Online graduate programs face increasing competition for students, funding, and visibility. Yet, many faculty members and academic leadership dont leverage one of their most valuable assets: their own expertise and thought leadership. With a faculty perspective from Maryville University, this 30-minute Ed Talk will explore how public scholarship and media visibility can benefit both individual career progression for professors, incl

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Wyoming Governor Signs Anti-DEI Law Restricting Curriculum

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Wyoming now has an antidiversity, equity and inclusion law that bans community colleges and the University of Wyoming, the states only public university, from requiring instruction promoting institutional discrimination.

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On-Site Study Abroad Support: Benefits of a Program Director and Location Staff

AIFS Abroad

Studying or interning abroad is an exciting, life-changing experience, but navigating a new country, culture, and academic environment can be challenging, especially if you have to do it alone. Thats where on-site support staff, such as a Program Director and other location staff, come in. These professionals are stationed in your study abroad or international internship city to help you and support you from arrival to departure.

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U of Hawai‘i System Raises Money for Grad Students Impacted by Federal Action

Confessions of a Community College Dean

U of Hawaii System Raises Money for Grad Students Impacted by Federal Action Ashley Mowreader Mon, 03/17/2025 - 03:00 AM The UH Foundation launched a campaign to support graduate students whose funding has been interrupted due to federal funding freezes.

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For Parenting Students, Campus Support Bolsters Outcomes

Higher Education Today

Title: Pillars of Support: Results from an Evaluation of the Parenting Students Project at Austin Community College Authors: May Helena Plumb and Paige-Erin Wheeler Source: Trellis Strategies A new report from Trellis Strategies evaluates the impact of the Parenting Students Project (PSP) at Austin Community College (ACC), highlighting the challenges student parents face and the programs efforts to support them.

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Student Spotlight: Caleb’s Spring Semester in Cannes, France 

AIFS Abroad

Want to hear from a college student who did a Study + Internship abroad program in France ? We recently caught up with AIFS Abroad participant Caleb from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, who spent his spring semester studying abroad in the film-famous city of Cannes. Read on to learn more about Calebs experience with the AIFS Abroad Study + Internship Program in Cannes.

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Student Activism for Skill Development

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Student Activism for Skill Development Elizabeth Redden Mon, 03/17/2025 - 03:00 AM In advocating for a cause, graduate students can find opportunities to apply their academic knowledge and practice transferable skills, Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan writes.

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As enrollment in online college grows, students wonder: Why does it cost more?

University Business

Emma Bittner considered getting a master’s degree in public health at a university near her home in Austin, Texas. But the in-person program cost tens of thousands of dollars more than she had hoped to spend. So she checked out master’s degrees she could pursue remotely, on her laptop, which she was sure would be much cheaper. The price for the same degree online was just as much.

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3 States Weigh Changes to Presidential Search Processes

Confessions of a Community College Dean

3 States Weigh Changes to Presidential Search Processes Josh Moody Mon, 03/17/2025 - 03:00 AM Florida, Utah and Washington are all reconsidering how they conduct presidential searches. Some proposed changes will increase transparency; others will make searches opaque.

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Northeast students are heading south for college

University Business

Warm weather, affordability and politics have prompted a teenage migration from the Northeast to the South. Why it matters: Large southern state schools, many in already expanding metro areas, are attracting a geographically diverse student body as Americans are increasingly disillusioned with the value of higher education. “They’re seen not only as more fun, but also more accessible,” said Jeff Selingo, author of college admissions books.

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Data: Salary Projections Wobble for 2025 College Grads

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Data: Salary Projections Wobble for 2025 College Grads Ashley Mowreader Mon, 03/17/2025 - 03:00 AM A new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers finds that some degree fields have seen growth in hiring and salary projections, but others have declined year over year.

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265,000 DeVry student loan debtors owe $5.2 Billion

Higher Education Inquirer

The Higher Education Inquirer has recently received a Freedom of Information (FOIA) response regarding student loan debt held by former DeVry University students. The FOIA was 25-01942-F.

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Gramsci’s Warning

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Gramscis Warning mprutter@mit.edu Mon, 03/17/2025 - 03:00 AM The old world is dying, and the new one is struggling to be born.

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Harvard offers free tuition to students from families earning under $200,000

The Guardian Higher Education

Ivy League school is latest US university to make step with aim to make it affordable to more students than ever Harvard University is offering free tuition to more students, the Ivy League school announced on Monday, joining a growing number of higher education institutions in the US to take such a step. The announcement from Harvard says that undergraduate tuition at the institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will be free for students of families who make annual incomes of $200,000 or less.

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Stakeholders Battle Over Dismantling of University of Virginia DEI Office

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

President Donald Trumps efforts to dismantle higher education diversity, equity and inclusion programs are having ripple effects in Virginia, a state with divided government leadership. Governor Glenn Youngkin is a Republican, while Democrats hold the majority in both houses of the General Assembly. The University of Virginias governing body, the Board of Visitors (BOV), recently voted unanimously to dissolve the institutions Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Partnerships.

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D.C. Area Colleges Offer Career Support to Laid-Off Federal Workers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Colleges and universities in and around Washington, D.C., are offering career support services to federal employees whose jobs have been eliminated by the Trump administration.

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Federal Cuts Deepen Tennessee State U’s Budget Woes

Confessions of a Community College Dean

President Trumps assault on federal grants is making Tennessee State Universitys ongoing financial troubles even worse.

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Appeals Court Lifts Block on Implementation of Trump’s Executive Orders Targeting DEI

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Associated Press reported that on Friday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a block on executive orders issued by President Donald Trump seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The appeals court decision allows Trumps executive orders to be enforced as a lawsuit challenging the orders continues to be litigated.

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Appeals Court Overturns Block on Parts of Trump’s DEI Orders

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Trump administration can move forward with carrying out all provisions in the presidents executive orders that crack down on diversity, equity and inclusion, an appeals court ruled Friday.

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