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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I didn’t understand why everybody didn’t have access. And I was determined to have access,” says Williams. I made sure everyone had access, especially my Black classmates and friends,” says Williams. Tapping into access became a deliberate decision. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I

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Why Inclusive Education Is So Difficult to Defend and Deliver

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

2003 ; Bloom, 2009 ). That’s because (especially inclusive) teaching is not just a technical application of best practices. Universal design The more flexible and accessible our environments are by default, the less we need to play gatekeeper, counselor, or diagnostician.

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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Access to sports Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Nzingha Prescod initially didn’t see many sports options, but at age 8 she found her way to The Peter Westbrook Foundation, which offered fencing to New York City kids. It also seeks to improve access to quality education for kids in under-resourced communities.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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Applying to more colleges: In 2021, the average number of college applications submitted by new college freshmen rose to 7 from 6 applications the year before. Some states, like Washington, California, and Illinois, have implemented policies that require public colleges to assist students with access to basic needs.

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Single Stop Announces New Features to Help Lift People Out of Poverty

Single Stop

Single Stop technologies have helped over 46 million Americans living in poverty access billions of dollars of life-changing benefits and resources. As part of its push to scale up the one-stop model, Single Stop launched its Community College Initiative in 2009.

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The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success

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rate for students starting in fall 2009, compared to 52.4% Onboarding Interviews with EAB partners show that, on average, only 40% of community college applicants enroll. Navigate’s Milestone Guidance (right) helps create interactive checklists that students can access anytime from a mobile app, to meet them on their terms.

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Health and Social Science for All

Clair Kamp Dush

The number of submissions to the National Institutes of Health has grown continually over the past 20+ years; in 2018, NIH received more than 55,000 grant applications, of which about 20% were funded, though the success rate varies by NIH institute. How competitive is it to get an NIH grant? Retrieved from: [link].

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