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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Santiago and Sarita E. Morales, president of CSUSB.

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JSTOR's Digital Archives Now Reach Over Half a Million Incarcerated Learners

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More than half a million incarcerated people can now access scholarly materials and texts online via digital library JSTOR’s expansion of its availability in U.S. She is also the one leading the JSTOR Access in Prison Initiative. Then, COVID happened, technology became more accessible to people inside.”

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Single Stop Announces Record-Breaking $698 Million of Benefits Unlocked by 116,700 Individuals in FY24 

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Single Stop remained steadfast in its core mission: providing essential social support and resources to help individuals overcome barriers in food insecurity, education, tax preparation, and healthcare. These achievements underscore Single Stops ability to scale while driving transformative change in economic mobility.

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And as business owners, Latinos made up 50% of net new small businesses from 2007–2017. Undergraduates are most concerned with scholarship opportunities, financial literacy, and paying for their education,” survey conductors reported about the financial needs of Latino students. Additionally, their purchasing power of $3.4

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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

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Terrell Educational Foundation. A panel titled, “Diversifying the Future of the Profession: On Mentoring, Mattering & Movements,” was moderated by Dr. Terrell L. Strayhorn, a professor at Illinois State University and included student affairs leaders—all board members of the Dr. Melvin C. The panel included Drs.

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At University of Hawai’i at M?noa, Native Hawaiian Representation is Growing

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noa’s Native Hawaiian population has grown tremendously since the 1990s, and doubled between 2007 and 2020, thanks to deliberate efforts to recruit and retain these students, said Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?noa. The way populations have identified here has changed over the years. Before U.S.

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Walden University Settles in False Advertising and 'Reverse Red-Lining' Lawsuit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It's an incredibly important opinion , because it was the first in the country that we're aware of that affirmed a reverse red-lining theory in the education context,” Ramchandani said. Reverse redlining [there was that] we alleged Walden was pushing harmful practices to women and Black students.