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Classrooms today are full of multi-generational learners challenging educators to customize their lesson plans for everyone from Baby Boomers to Gen Z. Whether you've been teaching for 50 years or just started your career, these 12 hours of continuing education will allow you to dive in and explore teaching in a way you never have before. This highly effective, dynamic and interactive training is designed for all educators, from public to technical school. Learn diverse ways to deliver information, using video and hands on activities, that addresses the unique learning styles that each generation brings to the classroom. Facilitated by Carol Woodard, Public Speaker/National Educator/Author, this class will be not only informational, but fun and inspiring! Register Here Today

You can now register for the CEA & AMP Annual Convention on our website. And if you register now you will receive one FREE code to access a 2015 CEA Session as our gift to you. Check out the details on these session videos here and be sure to join our CEA/AMP Facebook Event Page to start connecting with others now.

While the U.S. Department has previously dedicated itself to a campaign to "Know Your Nine" – referring to institutions of higher educations need to become more familiar with the requirements under Title IX, AACS continues to encourage our membership to "Know Your Chapter Five" in advance of the looming publication of the GE Program Completer Lists.  As we continue to await Department notification of the Program Completers Lists, here is a quick check list of things you can be doing to prepare.

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid on January 29 formally announced that the Pell grant maximum award for the 2016-17 Award Year will only be $5,815, an increase of just $40 from the $5,775 maximum Pell Grant award for the 2015-2016 Award Year. For all of 2015, the expectation was that the maximum award would be $5,915, an increase of $140.  The budget table issued by ED in January this year showed a $70 increase. The maximum award is calculated based on a formula  based on changes in the Consumer Price Index.   Also see: Correction to 2016-2017 Pell Grant Payment Schedules.

While they have not publicly acknowledged this information, CBO has released its Pell grant baseline projection. The great news, is that due to much lower projected Pell grant program costs in the future, a shortfall won’t occur until FY 2022!  There’s is projected a cumulative shortfall between FY 2022 to FY 2026 of $17.872 billion. Click here for CEF table that provides all the numbers.

That is a huge decline from the shortfall based on the March 2015 baseline, which the Committee For Education Funding – a watch dog organization supporting increase funding for all education programs – calculated as a cumulative $31.848 billion between FY 18 and FY 25. So, the first year of a shortfall has been pushed back four years from FY 2018 to FY 2022. CBO will issue an updated baseline in March, which will be the one used for scoring of Pell grants for FY 2017. It probably won't differ much from this January baseline.

Instagram and Twitter fans, take note: During the Beauty Changes Lives Experience March 12, at Chicago’s Soldier Field, Beauty Changes Lives will launch SHOUT YOUR BEAUTY!, a call to redefine conventional interpretations of beauty. Pivot Point International has generously pledged to donate $1 for every selfie posted with a #BeautyChangesLives or #SHOUTYOURBEAUTY hashtag to benefit Beauty Changes Lives and its scholarship programs. To learn more, please visit http://www.shoutyourbeauty.com/about/giving-back. We look forward to seeing you in the Windy City and your selfies with hash tags on Instagram and Twitter!

You spend a lot of time reading blog posts and e-books to learn how to market your business more effectively. So, why isn’t it working? If you’re like 95 percent of business owners or marketers, you’re not getting a stream of traffic and sales that are growing steadily. This article on quicksprout.com will outline why it's not enough to know how to use a tactic, but why it works and when to use it. Read the full article here.

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