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Keeping our Faculty of Color Symposium VI: April 14-16, 2013 Commons Hotel Minneapolis , Minnesota College Board Preparate: May 1-2, 2013 The Palmer House Hilton Hotel Chicago, Illinois NCORE 2013: May 28 - June 1 2013 Hilton New Orleans Riverside New Orleans, Louisiana 2013 NCLR Annual Conference: July 20-23, 2013 Morial Convention Center New Orleans, Louisiana HACU 27th Annual Conference: October 26-28, 2013 Hilton Chicago Chicago, Illinois Click here for more upcoming events » Senior Associate Director, Administrative Svcs. Virginia Commonwealth University - VCU Administrative Assistant Pepperdine University Director Of Career Development Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Admission Counselor Williams College Visit our site to check out more of ourFeatured Jobs »   Rafael Zapata has been hired as the first associate vice president/chief diversity officer at Providence College (R.I.). As chief diversity officer, Zapata will be responsible for creating and leading the college's Office of Institutional Diversity (OID), which is charged with promoting an institutional culture that supports diversity in its many forms. Dr. Azara Santiago-Rivera of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP), one of the largest nonprofit graduate schools devoted to psychology and the behavioral sciences, has been named editor of the Journal of Latina/o Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association (APA). Using a Latino Lens to Re imagine Aid Design and Delivery Financial Aid To Improve Student Access and Outcomes A۰P۰L۰U Offers Ideas to Improve Federal Student Aid The Center on Postsecondary and Economic Success Using a Latino Lens to Reimagine Aid Design and Delivery Federal financial aid is critical to student access and success in postsecondary education for many students, including most Latinos. However, current realities are challenging the effectiveness of federal financial aid policy today. This white paper uses a Latino lens to articulate challenges and opportunities for financial aid policy using both public data and input by students, institutional partners, and other stakeholders. For More Information >> Reimagining Financial Aid To Improve Student Access and Outcomes Finally, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) engaged RADD policy advisors and member-based discussion groups to target issues within four policy areas: examining the value of institutional and student “skin in the game,” student loan reform, streamlining and improving consumer information, and rethinking entitlement and professional judgment. For More Information >> A۰P۰L۰U Offers Ideas to Improve Federal Student Aid While Boosting Access and Completion Federal Student Aid: Access and Completion released by the Association of Public and Lang-Grant Universities, provides recommendations to consider based on three key concepts that affect eligibility and incentives: achieving balanced admissions selectivity, adjusting for student risk in assessing institutional performance, and demanding satisfactory academic progress for continued student eligibility. For More Information >> The Center on Postsecondary and Economic Success The Center on Postsecondary and Economic Success at CLASP specifically focuses on tax-based student aid and the use of performance metrics in aid policy and provide policy options for making federal aid more effective, more efficient, and simpler for students and parents, in particular from low-income families. For More Information >> Angelo State University Hudson County Community College Ithaca College Lesley University Saint Anslem College The New School Northern Essex Community College Click here to check out more of our Featured Employers » For more information, contact the support team at 860.632.7676 or contact@LatinosinHigherEd.comLatinosinHigherEd.com PO Box 16, Cromwell, CT 06416-0016