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First-year Discount rate at private colleges, 2021

Higher Ed Data Stories

This is always a popular topic, but the subject is misunderstood. Can't you do research and optimization to figure out who should get the coupons when to maximize profit? I want to talk about discount rate at private colleges. IPEDS has the best data on first-year (or freshman) discount, so that's what I visualize.

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Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions to Host Mid-Program Convening for MSI Aspiring Leaders Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sessions will cover topics such as balancing athletic and academic priorities, strengthening CVs, presidential fundraising skills, and negotiating presidential salary packages. The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will host a Mid-Program Convening for its MSI Aspiring Leaders program in Philadelphia, Pa.,

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How Much Have We Been Undercounting Online Students?

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This was the topic of an excellent blog post on the PhilOnEdTech blog. Private non-profit institutions comprise 17 percent of fall totals (all formats), but only 10 percent of additional students. For-profit institutions account for 5 percent of fall snapshot totals but gain 15 percent of the additional students from 12-month data.

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Poll: Majority of Americans Support College Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Monetization

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Ipsos Sports Poll surveyed Americans of varying ages – 1,035 general population adults, ages 18 and up – about a number of topics related to athletics, including sports played, sports fandoms, issues in the sports industry, and NIL rights. By in large, Americans support that. Different age groups also slightly affected polling results.

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Integrating Guest Speakers and Panelists in Online Courses 

Faculty Focus

To develop learner-centered questions to ask the guest, a professor can a) rely upon their experience of what they know interests students about the topic, b) ask the perennial or “tough” questions in the discipline, and/or c) ask current or former students to generate questions for the professor to ask.

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Report Finds Diverse Characters in Schoolbooks Often One-Dimensional

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To produce the report, Ed Trust, a non-profit focused on eliminating racial and economic barriers in the educational system, analyzed 300 books aimed at kindergarteners through eighth graders from publishers who met quality standards set by EdReports, an organization that evaluates curriculum materials.

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Enhancing Online Student Learning with Academic Library Services

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However, as a former instructor of online courses, I have seen first-hand the power of introducing a librarian to a group of online students and how such exposure can lead to curiosity on a topic and deepen student learning. Participants represented a range of public, private, not-for-profit, and for-profit institutions.