Proposal to Improve Tax Consequences of a Pell Grant

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe taxation of higher education related savings, costs and interest expense is a fairly complex area of the law due to the numerous rules. Some of the rules don’t work in conjunction with one another. Studies from the GAO and others have sometimes found that some taxpayers do not claim tax breaks they are eligible […]

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Transform your Word Document into a Sway Web Page in Office 2019/365

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDid you know that Microsoft Word lets you easily transform your document into an interactive and easy-to-share Sway web page that looks great on any device? Let me show you how this new feature solved a problem for me. The other day I wanted to send out a Word document to all of my students […]

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Increasing Student Engagement with MindTap to Achieve Better Outcomes and Increase Retention

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Name Joseph Charleman Joseph Charleman is the Chair of the Surgical Tech and Processing Department at Berkeley College in NJ.  His department uses MindTap integrated in Blackboard program-wide including Surgical Tech, Pharmacology, and Microbiology. Joe has seen a tremendous improvement in their retention – an increase from 20 to 50% over the last few […]

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The Pathbrite Portfolio App Integrated in MindTap for Student Resume-Building and Accreditation Reporting

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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn this blog post you will read about how Sandy Owen has successfully used the Pathbrite app in MindTap to help her students create a portfolio that they can take on job interviews for early childhood teaching positions.   This can easily be applied to other fields, for example, business students using Pathbrite to build a […]

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Digital Assets And The Estate/Gift Tax

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Reading Time: 4 minutesContributing Author: William A Raabe One aspect of estate planning that will be of interest to your students is the treatment of a decedent’s digital assets upon death, as to taxes but also just in determining the proper access to and ownership of those assets after a death.   Start with this question:  If you were to die […]

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