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Trauma-informed practices in higher education: Building support communities from the topdown

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Blogs Trauma-informed practices in higher education: Building support communities from the top down August 9, 2023 Joanna Krueger Associate Professor of Chemistry, UNC Charlotte The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Johns Hopkins Reinstates Standardized Testing

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The decision follows similar policy changes at Ivy League colleges. For context, the report mentions a comprehensive study showing that test-optional policies have led to short-term increases in applications but have had "no effect on other measures of quality and selectivity and no effect on diversity." legacies and 8.1%

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How Will the Harvard Lawsuit Affect Affirmative Action in College Admissions?

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Although the term comes up most often these days in the context of college admissions in the United States, affirmative action has been around since the 1960s and has affected a wide range of laws and policies. Indeed, in its origins, it was most closely linked to employment, rather than education.

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Dartmouth Announces Families Making Under $125K Pay Nothing, Thanks to Historic Gift

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This policy change will impact about 350 families. Dartmouth is expanding financial aid, ensuring families making under $125,000 a year pay nothing for their student's education starting next academic year. Dartmouth said the new policy will benefit about 350 families of currently enrolled students.

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Will Legacy Admissions End Along With Affirmative Action?

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This time, the suit involves legacy admissions , the university's policy of favoring children of alumni. For the classes of 2014-2019, Harvard legacies were admitted at a rate of 33.6% , compared to 5.9% Mickey Munley, a higher education consultant and former fundraiser, agrees. Harvard is being sued … again.

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Maryland House Passes Bill Banning Legacy Admissions

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Criticism of legacy policies has intensified following the U.S. All public institutions of higher education in the state would fall subject to the law if passed, as would private universities receiving state funding. Johns Hopkins University, a Maryland institution, abandoned its legacy policy in 2014.

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International Student Work Program to Remain, After Litigation Ends

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Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeals case that sought to end OPT , ending litigation stretching back to 2014. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in March 2014 in an attempt to end the program, but the Supreme Court's decision finally put an end to the nearly 10-year lawsuit.