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Teachers Rally Against Musk's Education Control

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and other unions filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging that DOGE staff, including a 19-year-old with a history of leaking information, have been given improper access to millions of Americans' sensitive student loan data, Social Security numbers, and other private records.

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DEI: Informing the Implicit to Create the Explicit in Classroom Culture

The Scholarly Teacher

Third, and just as importantly, faculty assess the diversity and intersectionality among their students through active information seeking and observation. Scaffolding new learning and providing students time to organize the novel information further leverages the new learning (Gluck et al., 2010; Swan et al., References Barto A.,

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Study Finds Better Outcomes Among PGIB Veterans at Nonprofit, Public Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Veterans Affairs-operated education program. The results from the study provide data and information to help policymakers and the public better understand how these benefits are being used. That is after accounting for factors such as academic preparation, military rank, and military occupation.

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3 considerations for prison education programs

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Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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Survey Shows Impacts of Law Student Debt

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“For instance, we see that when the student loan repayment pause temporarily removed the specter of education debt, the shadow of other debts remained for over half of respondents who used the relief to pay on those obligations,” said Cochran. if they could go back and do it all over again.

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Accessibility and Belonging: Cornerstones of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It signifies the removal of hurdles that prevent people from accessing spaces, opportunities, and information on an equal footing. Ellis is a senior professorial lecturer in the educational policy and leadership doctoral program and special education program at American University School of Education.

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Report Finds 100% of Incarcerated Borrowers in Default, Limiting their Access to Pell Grants

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These students are therefore not eligible for Pell grants, making it exceedingly difficult for them to access higher education. The vast majority of prison education programs are dependent on Pell funding,” said Amber Saddler, counsel at the SBPC. “If Experts criticized the Department for not sharing the information. “It