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How higher education leaders can institute and support financial literacy programs for their student body

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

Higher education institutions have a huge impact on our economy, because schools play a major role in educating the future workers of our society. Students will face many financial decisions throughout their lifetime, with the biggest one being the decision to go to college. by Isabel Thottam. According to the U.S.

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Accreditor emerging for intellectual disabilities programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Programs for this population of students, which vary in length and scope, have grown dramatically since 2004, when an informal survey found about 25 programs nationally, according to the Think College National Coordinating Center, which offers support to postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities.