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New Research on Heightened Cash Monitoring

Robert Kelchen

I have spent most of the last year digging into the topic of heightened cash monitoring (HCM), perhaps the federal government’s most important tool in its higher education accountability toolbox at this time. HCM places colleges’ federal financial aid disbursements under additional scrutiny in order to protect taxpayer dollars.

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That’s because researchers have found that when students of color have at least one teacher of the same race see improved attendance and academic performance. Department of Education is stepping up with $368 million in new grant funding to aid teacher retention and recruitment and improve diversity.

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Why federal oversight on higher education is growing on multiple fronts

University Business

Public and private colleges and universities have long enjoyed independence from federal governing bodies over the nature of their operations. Federal lawmakers and related agencies have advanced their probes into U.S. Federal lawmakers and related agencies have advanced their probes into U.S. colleges and universities.

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Everything You Need to Know About Studying in the UK

Study and Go Abroad

Don’t worry, here’s a crash course on everything you need to know about studying in the UK — from your initial research to the application process. There are 24 schools that are part of the Russell Group, and they all share a common focus on research and a positive reputation for academic achievement.

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Beyond ideological debates, a focus on process (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In a 2018 Pew Research Center poll , 61 percent of Americans said they believe higher education in the U.S. That takes us to issues of higher education governance—a process that is often tediously slow and too often inefficient but nevertheless the way we do business today. is going in the wrong direction.

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Let’s Partner with Agriculture to Address Food Insecurity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These schools and their leaders have an extraordinary opportunity to work with the federal government to support those students—and it doesn’t require new institutional spending or a new Higher Education Act. Yet there is an enormous SNAP gap in program utilization.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

In his latest podcast episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton talks with two CEW professors who worked on the study, Research Professor of Education and Economics Dr. Zack Mabel and Associate Director of Editorial Policy and Senior Editor/Writer Kathryn Campbell. More outreach and advising can demystify college for students.