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College Students Face Widespread Basic Needs Insecurity, New Report Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among students facing housing insecurity or homelessness, 88% did not utilize public housing or utility assistance. Basic needs security is foundational to learning; without it, students are unable to fully engage in their studiesundermining their academic success and their ability to achieve economic security," the report notes.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The evolution of how end-users obtain and utilize information spurred a new movement in education that LeiLani Cauthen described in her 2017 book, The Consumerization of Learning. Since Apple introduced Siri, its voice-controlled software, in October 2011, consumers have begun normalizing interactions with narrow AI.

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HBCUs Utilizing the Common App See an Increase in Applications

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It’s still early in application season, but North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has already seen a 57% boost in its application numbers from last year. Compared to then, we were at 9,629 applications last year on January 24,” said Michael Bailey, director of undergraduate admissions at NCCU. This year we’re at 15,187.”

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Studying Racial Equity in Higher Education - Dr. Román Liera

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Typically, universities utilize [cluster hiring] to increase their status in the field, Liera says. After graduating, he studied at Pierce College (a community college), majoring in psychology because he wanted to become a high school counselor. I was asking questions about the structure. The big one that Ive been looking at is hiring.

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‘An Invisible Tax’: Study Finds That Schools Lag in Utilizing Data

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But institutions of higher learning have fallen behind businesses and government when it comes to putting this data to use, according to a new study in Science. Much of what the authors found really resonated with my own experiences at a number of institutions,” he said. It doesn’t matter what solution you get if folks become entrenched,” he said.

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Why We Need a Fairer and More Equitable Approach to K-12 Grading to Boost College Completion

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Although they still utilize grades, these initiatives grant high school students access to real college courses, helping them build early success and experience in higher education. But recent research suggests our traditional approach to grading is, well, missing the mark. Dual enrollment programs present another compelling solution.

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Taking Physics to the People - Dr. Christina Love

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Through the research, she was able to demonstrate the utility of citizen science for classifying neutrino events in the IceCube detector. Title: Associate Teaching Professor, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.S., physics education, West Chester University; M.A., physics, Temple University Career mentors: Dr. A.J.