Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Burgos arrived at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2001, where he earned tenure as an associate professor in 2007 and rose to full professor in 2012. Burgos has written two books, Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line, which examines the U.S.’s
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 16, 2024
This eventually led to applying for and receiving a grant to develop programming for LGBTQ+ students at Guttman. The Point Foundation was founded in 2001 and most of its early applicants were gay males whose parents refused to pay for college after they came out. This academic year, 575 students are being supported.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 29, 2024
Washington’s expertise is sought after and granted across religious, government, corporate, and educational settings. Dr. Jamie Washington Washington connects all these responsibilities and commitments with a very simple but unifying approach: find the humanity inside everyone. “I
NACAC's Admitted
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Financial aid discussions have centered on simplifying FAFSA and increasing federal Pell Grants – all important – but federal student aid policies are only one funding source for families trying to determine how to pay for college. However, the reality is these institutional grants are not fairly distributed.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 13, 2023
Dr. Yohuru Williams That case, which left Danny Reyes, Rayshawn Brown, LeRoy Jarmaine Grant and Keshon Moore injured, made national headlines and sparked around-the-clock protests organized by Reverend Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders who down parts of the turnpike to demand justice for the New Jersey Four.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Responding to a problem To help address these issues, the National Science Foundation has created the ADVANCE Adaptation track grants, which offer schools millions of dollars to implement tested programs to increase the representation of women in academic science and engineering careers. These are not programs that work right away.
NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance
JUNE 1, 2023
A Hypothetical Example of How Excluding Default Will Affect Borrowers: Kelly’s story 2000: Kelly finishes an associates’ degree program in Child Development, for which she borrowed $20,000 and also used a Pell Grant. 2000-2001: Kelly struggles to make payments for a year because she cannot find a job.
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