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MAY 30, 2023

percent since 2010, college-going rates declined by 5.4 In addition, more students may be open to nontraditional pathways to access postsecondary knowledge. percent for 16- to 24-year-olds, 7 demonstrating that young adults are gaining access to better paying jobs, which can press pause on their college-going plans.

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MAY 23, 2023

But this prize has been around since I think 2010, 2011. I don't have access to food." And what we learned is that stepping onto a college campus for the first time can be terrifying and confusing, especially for first generation students. The second was Imperial Valley College from California.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

The thing that people are often surprised is, when you look historically, that percent of students starting in 2010 that actually earned high school degrees went up. And in state, out-of-state, first generation or not, men, women, all of that. I think it's a really important question and not well understood.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Doing this right would result in more students returning for a second year, thus first-year retention became the first metric widely used to track student success. As early as the 1980s, student success leaders were documenting equity gaps in college access and completion.

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MAY 9, 2023

The number of students at community colleges has fallen 37% since 2010, or by nearly 2.6 29% of them are first-generation, 40% of all the black students in college in America go to community college, half of all the Hispanic students. million people. And I know you and I both have huge respect for these students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Casteen III, a transformative leader who dramatically expanded educational access and diversity during his 20-year tenure, died last week following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1943, Casteen's journey in higher education began as a first-generation college student at UVA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

In a significant shift for higher education access, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced his support for new legislation that would allow the states community colleges to offer bachelors degrees in high-demand fields. By 2010, several more statesincluding California, Michigan, Florida, Texas, and Georgiahad followed suit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

While advocates of access hailed the policy, the for-profit sector and financial aid offices raised worries. Dr. Kyle Southern, associate vice president of higher education quality for The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), which has been calling for a secret shopper program and other oversight, agreed.

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