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⬩ UC Proposes First-time Systemwide Admission Guarantee to All Qualified Transfer Students (@latimes)
⬩ Republicans: Campus Free Speech Under Attack (@insidehighered)
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The education sector continues to recognize advances in gender equity and mitigate challenges to women in ascending to top leadership roles and tenure. Join us tomorrow for a panel on advocacy as a conduit for equity. https://t.co/3O4M9bTQfF
Direct admission absolutely shifts the belonging narrative. Success depends on adequate enrollment/SA infrastructure to support the college transition. Lots of support!
‘I Didn’t Think Any College Would Accept Me, but I Was Wrong’ https://t.co/H1FAoG7Riy
#CareerAdvice | The Feminization of the Department Chair: The growing numbers of women in the position confront a job with mushrooming demands and stresses yet relatively little institutional support, writes Nazli Kibria. #HigherEd https://t.co/vS0LNEmRi7
We are in need of campus engagement tips for @insidehighered's new Student Success focus. Anyone in #studentaffairs or other areas of #highered have a clever idea on how to get students involved, make sure they feel connected, etc.? Submit via: https://t.co/qkIehs8meK #SAChat
Pilots for “European degrees” and cross-border universities named: 10 groups of universities and ministries will explore whether the EU could and should label joint degrees and create a new legal status for cross-border institutions. @benwupton reports
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Why does community engagement rhetoric often fall short of practice? How can higher education institutions turn rhetoric into action?
These topics and more will be examined in an upcoming webinar.
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Have you registered for the Civic Learning for an Engaged Democracy forum on Feb. 6-7? This FREE virtual event will focus on bridging the divides, including all college students. We’ll dive into diversity, equity, and high-impact civic learning pathways. https://t.co/7VZqgL6Vwp
Today @POTUS and @usedgov took an important step forward in fixing our broken student loan system and protecting students and taxpayers from predatory #HigherEd institutions. We're celebrating the release of a final Borrower Defense (BD) regulation!
So, what does this mean? 🧵
The new #SHEF report on performance-based funding shows that 26 states allocated $6.7 billion to public institutions based on performance in FY 2021—7.4% less than the allocation in FY 2020, due in part to four states pausing their models. Read more at https://t.co/EQ4kRvhAGA.
Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness?
You can count extra loan payments towards PSLF and receive forgiveness faster if you apply for PSLF by October 31, 2022. Learn more & submit your application TODAY!
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Don’t miss SHEEO’s latest white paper, “Communities of Practice: Aligning K-12 and Postsecondary Education,” written by Jessica Colorado, @CarrieNKlein, and @C_E_Whitfield. https://t.co/wCJWMyQPhu
Thank you to our team of experts who will be working on the next incarnation of the Carnegie Classifications, which will include a new classification system based on how institutions support students' social and economic mobility. https://t.co/D1lEZa4NkD