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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

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Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Over the past eight years, Parnell secured over $22 million in grant funding, represented NASPA through service to over 20 organizations including the U.S.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

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Fries-Britt, her mentor, was at first reluctant to step into the role as she was just beginning her transition from administration to faculty. Eventually, they documented their experiences in a 2005 article, "Retaining Each Other: Narratives of Two African American Women in the Academy." We have to work to maintain that.”

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In Memoriam

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from Howard University; in 1989, she won a genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation. She also introduced the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act, the Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act. Sybil Haydel Morial In September, Sybil Haydel Morial died at age 91.

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How to Cover the Cost of Policy Seminar

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Several places in law, regulations, and your TRIO grant award say you can’t use federal funds to lobby. . You cannot use grant funds for meals, transportation, and hotel charges on the days of the Legislative Conference. “Let’s say your grant is for $250,000. “Let’s say your grant is for $250,000.

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2022: Year in Review

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Biden Administration U.S. Using the authority Congress granted to the Department of Education, we will forgive $10,000 in outstanding student federal loans. In addition, students who come from low-income families, which allowed them to qualify to receive a Pell Grant, will have debt reduced $20,000,” Biden said in August.

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2023 Year in Review

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Per the one-time federal student loan debt relief effort, Pell Grant recipients who earned within a certain amount of income during the pandemic — less than $125,000 for individuals and under $250,000 for married couples or heads of households — would have had up to $20,000 in debt forgiven. million borrowers enrolled as of Oct.