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Johnson Appointed Edmund W. Gordon Chair for Policy Research and Evaluation at ETS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The ETS Research Institute develops frameworks for innovative personalized assessments that enable learners to demonstrate the full spectrum of their skills and competencies, generate crucial insights, and inform educational policies globally. The chair is named after Gordon, a prominent psychologist and education researcher.

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Second-generation student borrowers

SRHE

Family financial socialization theory states that children learn their financial attitudes and behaviour from their parents, through direct teaching and via family interactions and relationships ( Gudmunson & Danes, 2011 ).

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Germany: international first-years fill demographic decline

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The CHE Center for University Development found that preliminary figures from the Federal Statistical Office say 402,617 students enrolled at German universities for the first time in the 2023/24 winter semester, down from a peak of 445,000 in 2011/12. The development of total first-year students at German universities since the 2011/12 peak.

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New Research Shows Benefits of Summer Pell

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. Liu found clear advantages for the students who got summer money. African American students also had increased earnings in their sixth and ninth years from college entry.

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

2. Wale (“Ambition”, 2011) “Move with aggression, use my mind as a weapon. Na’eem Allen-Stills is an incoming doctoral student in the University of Maryland’s Higher Education, Student Affairs and International Education Policy program. His research revolves around Black mentorship.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Janelle Scott, a professor in the School of Education and African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities, and is the chair of the Race, Diversity, and Educational Policy Cluster of the Othering and Belonging Institute.

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International students in Japan almost at pre-pandemic levels

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The report recorded approximately 280,000 overseas students in Japan as of May 1, 2023, driven by a record number of students enroled in Japanese language institutions, up 83% on the previous year.