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Morgan State University Launches Task Force to Combat Declining Black Male Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Morgan State, despite achieving record-breaking total enrollment figures and becoming the nation's third-largest HBCU, the percentage of Black male students has dropped from 43% in 2015 to 37% in fall 2024. Morgan has long been a leader in providing access and opportunity for Black males seeking higher education," Wilson said.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. The dashboard is available through the Office of Student Success.

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A New Funding Formula

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board set a strategic goal in 2015, to be met within 15 years. Ensuring access to all student populations across the state will always remain a focus,” Martinez says. The goal is seen as a way to boost the state’s larger and local economies. It matters for the future of this great state.”

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College Affordability Remains Out of Reach for Immigrants of Color Throughout Generations

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

i In 2015-16, just 30% of students were immigrants or children of immigrants. Immigrant students and their descendants face many barriers that limit their access to and success within the postsecondary system. born students with one or two foreign-born parents (second generation); and U.S.- or foreign-born students with U.S-

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

MAAPS demonstrated the value of an accessible, coordinated approach to advising. Do you know of other uses of institutional aid where for a thousand dollars you can change the outcomes from a 30% graduation rate to an 80% graduation rate? Design transformational, accessible, skill-building experiences for students.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

EAB

Some states, like Washington, California, and Illinois, have implemented policies that require public colleges to assist students with access to basic needs. 9% increase in six-year completion rates from the fall 2015 cohort to fall 2016. Thus, community colleges need to invest in basic needs to stabilize enrollment. Let us know here.