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Multiple Measures of Assessment Needed for College Readiness Post-Pandemic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We were curious about the impact on GPAs post-pandemic, with students moving online, their grades changing, as well as a learning loss potential,” said Catherine Hofmann, senior vice president of government and public affairs at ACT. In 2020 and 2021, a 2.5 Before the pandemic, in 2017, a student who had a 2.5 GPA in college.

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From a sample of over 560,000 first year, first time community college students and over 32,000 instructors in Texas between 2013 and 2020, researchers found that 77% of white students experienced a racial match. Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. Dr. Kimberly A.

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U of Houston removes social justice–focused dean of social work

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The University of Houston suddenly removed its dean of social work last month. The university has said it did so to better align the Graduate College of Social Work with broader institutional priorities.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

That’s why Saleema, a young Afghan woman studying at University of the People , now presents as Madison from California in her online Principles of Business Management course. Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions.

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International students “unfairly blamed” for Australian rental crisis

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It notes that rents began rising in 2020 when there was no international student migration, with median weekly rent increasing by 30% between 2019 and 2023. In the same period, student visa arrivals decreased by 13%, it added.

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Stancia Jenkins

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Access and Inclusion; Associate to the President, University of Nebraska Jenkins has served as the University of Nebraska’s associate to the president and assistant vice president for diversity, access and inclusion since August of 2016.

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. Mora now has professional counterparts at all 10 campuses in the University of California system. It was also a way for the university to make the position permanent.

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