Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over half a million – 579,000 to be exact – Black students have left the American higher education system since 2011. The precipitous, unrelenting decline in Black community college enrollment since 2011 is the canary in the mine for American higher education. But we need to look closer at the data. What do I mean by Black-serving?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Approximately 33% of ASU’s enrollment is dual credit students (3,700 students taking both high school and college courses), 43% of whom are Latinos and first-generation college students. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

A first-generation Mexican-American and first-generation college student, Gonzalez says she has always been motivated to help her family move up the social mobility ladder. Seventy-two and a half percent of the students in the program are first-generation college students and 75% are Pell grant eligible.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 7, 2024

Hard Times in Higher Education We sometimes ask our guests about the hardest leadership challenge of their career and President Welch related this painful story: “In 2019, I got a call from the governor's office that Henderson State was facing serious financial challenges, and could the system step in an informal role?

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 9, 2024

Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline A Conversation With Aimée Eubanks Davis, Founder and CEO of Braven Elana Thu, 08/15/2024 - 18:01 Image College to Career First Generation Weekly Wisdom Braven is an inspiring organization: a nonprofit that partners with higher education institutions to guide their graduates into the workforce.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The overall enrollment nationwide at Title IV institutions (schools that process federal financial aid) is 8% Hispanic males and 5% Black males. A commitment to the work It’s that kind of commitment to equity issues that has inspired Jean, who has been at the university since 2011.

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MAY 10, 2024

This stratification is further compounded by differences in financial aid availability and college costs, which disproportionately burden low-income students with unmet financial needs. the Pacific Islands, and Puerto Rico. Its membership includes more than 1,000 colleges and agencies.

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