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Hello, We really need your help!! Melvin, III. is in the running for a great scholarship. For the final selection phase, the selection committee has opened up the voting to the public to make the final choice. PLEASE VOTE AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE!! 1.) Click on the link below. 2.) Fill in the first slot with YOUR name. 3.) Choose "HOWARD UNIVERSITY" as the school of choice. 4.) Choose "Next" at the bottom. 5.) Choose "Melvin Hampton" from the drop down list of candidates (Hint: Melvin's name is near the bottom of the list. The list is NOT in alphabetical order). 6.) On the last page hit "Submit"!!! PLEASE, PLEASE do this to help Melvin win this scholarship. Thank You in advance for your help!!! 2024 Ryan Nicole Falconer Scholarship Semi-Finalist Voting https://lnkd.in/gpGPXif2

Everyone needs to do what they can to drive up FAFSA participation. Here is the latest on one effort to make it happen — and some ideas on how you can get involved. https://lnkd.in/eH7kiEaH

Agree with Mary Curnock Cook CBE on this! We need to pause defunding of BTECs. Would be a cost-neutral decision to prevent disastrous impact on participation in higher education for under-represented groups. School and college leaders been clear with me on this: BTECs very different options to new T-levels which are more akin to A-levels. https://lnkd.in/edXJ3JfA

The Beeby era begins. 🦅 Alumni share their successes. 🏆 And One Day for UWL is almost here. 🎈 Read these stories and more in the latest issue of the UWL Alumni & Friends Foundation Lantern! 🔗

I know we’ve all been inundated with bad news about the FAFSA. And that bad news is real, no doubt. But this month, rather than dwell on the problems, Angela Jones, J.D. (Director of our Washington State Initiative) and I are shouting out some promising solutions in our newsletters. We’ve been happy to see great work at the state level (e.g., quick-response grants from the College Success Foundation that funded Washington organizations to provide creative FAFSA completion support) and the national (e.g., National College Attainment Network (NCAN) FAFSA tracker and continued push for clarity and improvements.) Right now, we need more partners to amplify two big national efforts: 1. NCAN’s #DoTheFAFSA social media campaign targeting underrepresented students. They need reinforcements to blanket Instagram, TikTok, YouTube with this important message. 2. New federal funds for organizations directly assisting students and families with the FAFSA. If that's your work, apply ASAP for these support dollars. Finishing the FAFSA is make-or-break for so many students' futures. Who's with me to make some noise this summer? Give the newsletters (both Pathways and Postsecondary) a read and let's rally together to #DoTheFAFSA! https://lnkd.in/gxGDqdRZ

Here's the letter the Department of Education should really send: Dear presidents and chancellors, We are writing today to acknowledge that we screwed up. We’ve completely mishandled our end of modernizing the FAFSA. It’s a mess and we are fully responsible for the whole thing, sort of. Yes, it’s complicated and there is blame to go around. But, ultimately, we are the responsible party and we’ve not done what we promised to do. We’ve let millions of students down and our screw up will have prolonged impact. While we’ve always been honest in our communications, we’ve not always been transparent about known difficulties and have stopped short of telling you the full story. The truth is that we’ve not held our contractor of the Department of Education accountable. Yes, more time and funding would have been helpful. But, we underestimated the work and complexity (even though you warned us) of the project and embraced hope as our main strategy. We would like to blame Congress for not providing sufficient oversight and funding, but we wouldn’t have wanted to answer their questions had they asked; we’d have looked inept and incompetent. We’ve undermined your trust in the Department of Education as a reliable partner, which stinks because we really rely on you to give us credibility and a platform. We are not sure how to earn that trust back, but we will figure out some way to make you more reliant about resources or maybe we will turn up the heat on audits to show you we have some teeth! Even though we admit to screwing up on FAFSA Simplification, we’d like you to celebrate all of the other things we’ve done. And, please don’t forget that this is really about the long-term benefits of a simplified FAFSA. Really, what’s one cycle? Most of you will survive. Miguel Cordona James Kvaal  Richard Cordray #fafsfiasco #emchat #FAFSA #FAFSAsimplifcation #highered #highereducation #admissions #collegeadmissions #collegeadmission #financialaid

It's good to see this school recognised for being the 'Best Value for Money', my understanding being this award is based purely on a fees v academic results algorithm. However, in the year ahead, with the likely addition of VAT on fees, ALL independent schools need to articulate Value for Money, and not just for academic results, but for every aspect of value in their school's offer. Being able to demonstrate VfM will be crucial for some schools just to stay afloat. There are so many ways we can articulate VfM through sound, knowledgeable and brave marketing. #valueformoney #schoolsmarketing #schoolleadership #independentschools https://lnkd.in/gKzB_ssJ

A very exciting email landed in my inbox this morning! I am a finalist in the Australian Small Business Champions Awards - Children's Education Category! Win or lose it is wonderful to be a finalist. #smallbusinessowners #australiansmallbusiness #australiansmallbusinesschampionawards #smallbusiness #womeninbusiness #womenentrepreneurs #womenbusinessowners

Uncover the powerful influence of alumni involvement in milestones! 🎓✨ Explore our this article by our Director Alastair Lee and see how engaging alumni can turn milestones into lasting legacies. 🌐 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gUBB-ex2 #AlumniEngagement #LegacyBuilding #MilestoneMoments #AlumGrowInsights #AlumniAssociation #EducationAdvancement