Montana education officials announced Thursday that a standardized federal test used to assess the progress of students across the country was canceled this spring. This leaves the state with few options to monitor student learning progress amid the pandemic. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, is the onlyRead More →
Donald Cole, who retired in 2019 after more than 50 years at the University of Mississippi as a student, educator and administrator, was honored to have his name added to the university’s Student Services Center. Cole, known for being a tenacious advocate for diversity and opportunity for all students, saidRead More →
ADRIAN – Principals can breathe a sigh of relief, as student funding will not take the blow that was once expected. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a Budget of $ 62.7 billion On Wednesday, that includes $ 8,111 per student and an additional one-time investment for schools, equivalent to about $Read More →
Seton Hall University’s Annual Report, the document detailing what every aspect of student services has done over the past year, gets a facelift. Traditionally, the report has been a heavy read, sometimes over 100 pages. This year it has been reduced to 53 accessible pages and redesigned for the entireRead More →
JONESBORO, Ark. – The U.S. Department of Education awarded Arkansas State University a $1.5 million grant over five years to continue funding student retention and completion initiatives . According to a press release sent Thursday by Arkansas State University, the grant funds the Student Support Services (SSS) program, which promotesRead More →
WILLMAR — Ridgewater College has received a five-year, $1.37 million extension of a federal grant for TRIO Student Support Services. The U.S. Department of Education grant will be used by TRIO to work with low-income students, first-generation students, and students with disabilities. The grant is 3.5% higher than the program’sRead More →
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Seton Hall University’s Division of Student Services a grant that will benefit 140 low-income, first-generation, or disabled students pursuing an undergraduate degree. The proposal, titled Student Support Services Program at Seton Hall, has been approved for a commitment of $1,300,584 over the nextRead More →
Two elevator permits have expired since June 2019 in the Mesa Humanities and Multicultural Sciences Building (G Building) and Student Services Center (I-400), respectively, as confirmed by the Industrial Relations Department of the State of California. Both permits indicate that the last inspection date was June 8, 2018 and expireRead More →
California educators are looking to postpone student assessment tests statewide this year. The State Board of Education plans to seek a waiver from the US Department of Education and other federal agencies to suspend testing requirements in school districts closed due to coronavirus concerns, a spokesperson for the Coronavirus saidRead More →
New report sheds light on a serious problem hindering our students’ ability to have equal opportunities at school and our state’s ability to achieve its full economic might: the lack of justice and equity in funding schools . Equal funding is when each school district receives the same amount ofRead More →
Two public colleges and 46 private, nonprofit colleges spent more than $10,000 per full-time equivalent student on student services in 2017-18. A portion of student services expenditure funds activities designed to support the emotional and physical well-being of students and to encourage their intellectual, cultural, and social development outside ofRead More →
Conducting “equity-conscious evaluation” is the focus of a new report by the National Institute for the Assessment of Learning Outcomes (NILOA) which examines existing practices and recommends changes to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. The month of January 2020 report“A New Decade for Assessment: Embedding EquityRead More →
The Student Services Division of the University of Nevada, Reno sets itself apart as exemplary in the way we help every member of our learning community to be successful. Convinced that the most important learning comes from the personal encounter and joint work of professional staff and students, Student ServicesRead More →
Texas A&M University’s new 95,000 square foot Student Services Building will officially open on January 22. Sam Craft/Texas A&M Marketing and Communications Texas A&M University’s new 95,000 square foot Student Services Building will officially open on January 22. Sam Craft/Texas A&M Marketing and Communications Texas A&M University’s new 95,000 squareRead More →
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – When Kai Mangiaracina, junior at Purdue University, hit the submit button for his application to the university Back a Boiler – ISA Fund for the current academic year, he had no idea his was going to become the 1,000th contract in the program. He also hadRead More →
Student Services Office The Student Services Bureau (SSB), located in the Usdan Student Center Playroom, provides services that provide on-campus convenience for students and staff in the Brandeis community. In the fall of 2019, the SSB team started managing the operations of the Usdan arcade where all games are freeRead More →
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — One step closer. Florida A&M University officials hope that’s all it takes to secure the remaining funding to complete their new student services center. The university received some good news this weekend. The House and Senate unanimously passed a spending plan that includes the $24.8 million thatRead More →
According to a new survey, colleges and universities that have effective collaboration between their academic, student life, financial aid and student career services have better retention and completion rates than peer institutions which do not combine these functions. The survey was conducted as part of Driving Toward a Degree, aRead More →
David Lee / Daily Senior Employee President of Morton Schapiro University. Schapiro discussed the $94 million budget shortfall, CAPS funding and non-tenured faculty during a question-and-answer session on Wednesday. University President Morton Schapiro discussed the budget deficit and controversial guest evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa during a question-and-answer session on Wednesday.Read More →
The Center for Academic Success & Tutoring (CAST) offers learning support programs to ensure high quality services for students at Montclair State University. Quality learning focuses on the student as an individual. Therefore, CAST continues to build a body of work focused on the academic needs of a rapidly growingRead More →
After the University of Wisconsin system made efforts last year to turn the state’s two-year UW Colleges and Extension programs into satellite institutions of the system’s four-year universities, officials now say that many New investments are needed for student support services during this transition period. According to The Associated Press,Read More →
The La Cañada Unified School District has outdone itself once again, continuing to improve its academic performance and overtaking other high-performing local school districts to top the state’s rankings in English and finish second in math, according to test results released this week by the California Department. education.California Assessment ofRead More →
PATERSON — A $2.5 million federal grant will allow education officials in Paterson to expand services to students at John F. Kennedy Middle School and Elementary School 2, officials said. The full-service community school grant will provide money over five years for health clinics, after-school programs and summer offerings atRead More →
Prospective international students probably know that they can turn to the International Student Services offices of American universities for help with immigration and orientation. But the services provided by the ISS offices do not stop there and can include activities throughout the year. Here are some ways international students canRead More →
I’m sure you’ve gone through this process before: you dial the customer service number, answer a few questions from an automated machine, and get put on hold for the next available agent. Once you are finally connected with a representative, they will ask you the same questions again, listen toRead More →
LBCC campuses are closed to students and members of the public beginning Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Student Services is not doing in-person business until further notice. Please visit the LBCC Coronavirus COVID-19 website for other means of service. International admission: During this closure, we will assist you remotely with yourRead More →
Student Services offers several programs to improve the physical and mental health of students. Student Services supports a variety of disciplines and services such as: School Counseling, Behavioral Intervention, Student Mental Health, Threat Assessment, Sexual Assault Resource Team, Audiology, Health Services, Response to crises, Title IX and Section 504/ADA compliance.Read More →
The painful art of cutting a college or university’s budget—often in an effort to protect core academic programs while choosing which support services to cut—may have become a little more difficult. A forthcoming working paper by Cornell University graduate student Douglas Webber and Ronald Ehrenberg, director of the Cornell HigherRead More →