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New Research Shows Benefits of Summer Pell

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. Part-time students can use leftover traditional Pell Grant money to take summer classes, so they don’t qualify for summer Pell.)

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Driving While Black

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fueled by his interest in economic justice, Mark applied and was awarded an opportunity to study in Venezuela in 2009 as part of a global exchange program that connects students directly with activists and policymakers working on critical issues. That experience proved to be life-altering. When he returned to the U.S., Dr. Jeannette E.

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fueled by his interest in economic justice, Mark applied and was awarded an opportunity to study in Venezuela in 2009 as part of a global exchange program that connects students directly with activists and policymakers working on critical issues. That experience proved to be life-altering. When he returned to the U.S., Dr. Jeannette E.

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Conference Welcomes New Members Fighting for Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Funded by a grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the cohort will receive capacity building support from ATD with the goal of increasing the number of students achieving a postsecondary credential, which will in turn bolster the communities in which they live. When Harper College joined ATD in 2009, their graduation rate was a mere 14%.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in 2009, he worked at other institutions before returning to work with Watford, whom he calls a superwoman that forges collaborations and helps others climb the ladder of success. Grant proposals are written to support additional CEED projects. His dissertation research was on the CEED summer programs. After completing his Ph.D.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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Pell Grant availability for incarcerated adults Starting in July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell eligible. rate for students starting in fall 2009, and a 52.4% Between 2009 and 2020 one-year retention rates fluctuated between a low of 49.3% This could be a trend that continues in other states.