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“Transformative” program for refugees in US

The PIE News

A targeted sponsorship initiative for refugee students has launched in the US seeking to enable colleges and universities to “play a leading role” in their resettlement. ” The Community Sponsorship Hub, a consortium of nonprofit organisations, is implementing the program. .”

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CHLOE 7: Centralization vs. Distribution of Online Student Services

Inside Higher Ed

In this post, I'd like to amplify the report's findings on centralization vs. distribution of online student services (Figure 5) and offer some thoughts. 1 - Figure 5 gives a good list of the critical services a university must provide for online programs. None of the services can be skipped.

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Will Your School Start Recruiting Incarcerated Students?

EAB

EAB experts Caylie Privitere and Matthew McAloon examine the benefits to students and institutions from the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated persons who want to pursue a college education. CP: That's a fair question for sure, but to reiterate, we're talking about a population that is not even college educated.

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Innovating Through Failure. and Success

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Redesign Higher Ed for Student Success Dr. Burns explained how college was never designed around student success: "One of the many ways is that our data systems are not connected. You're looking for places where students need additional service, and where it would actually be helpful to capture and address some of these things."

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