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The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007

Community College Review

Learn more about The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 ("CCRAA" or the "Act"), which was enacted to make college more affordable for low- and moderate-income students by phasing in increases in government grants.

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Exploring the History of Latinos in Baseball

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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 He is also a curator of ¡Pleibol!

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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

COE

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs April 7, 2023 — by Terry Vaughan III The research will examine how TRIO programs can work with existing career services to provide comprehensive career support to learners.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The initiative – it started in 2007 per the request from the Bard College’s Prison Initiative (BPI) for an offline version of JSTOR – began with the creation of its first offline index, designed to work in a “minimal tech environment.” She is also the one leading the JSTOR Access in Prison Initiative.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This eventually led to applying for and receiving a grant to develop programming for LGBTQ+ students at Guttman. When Hall was an undergraduate at Bowie State University (2007–12), an HBCU in Maryland, it was a “resource desert” for LGBTQ students. This academic year, 575 students are being supported.

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Meet Some of this Year's MacArthur Fellows

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As part of the honor, the 20 fellows – selected and recognized for their groundbreak work and potential – will each receive an $800,000 ‘genius grant,’ issued quarterly over five years. Since joining the field in about 2007, I felt that there are certain aspects of the world and its problems that were largely neglected.

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The Colorado Department of Higher Education Allocates an Additional $126k to Expand Highly Successful Single Stop Program

Single Stop

Some of the public assistance programs included in the screening are Health First Colorado, Federal Pell Grant, and the Affordable Connectivity Program. Since the initial partnership that began in 2021, Single Stop has screened more than 2,000 students for eligible benefits and supports valued at $29.4