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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Morales, president of CSUSB.

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How H.R. 1 Will Impact Student Loan Programs

College Planners of America

Title III represents a significant overhaul of the student loan system in a move to improve access, transparency, and accountability in loan programs. This decline in perceived value is reflected in the decreasing proportion of high school graduates opting for immediate college enrollment, which dropped from 70% in 2016 to 62% in 2022.

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Preparing for 2025

Believe in Students

Believe in Students was founded in 2016, at the dawn of the first Trump administration. Some didn’t know where they would stay that night, some couldn’t afford internet access to do their homework. They don’t know where the food pantry is (if there is one) or how to request a recalculation of their financial aid.

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Rhodes College Joins Initiative to Expand Access for Highly Talented Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jennifer Collins “I am grateful to have the opportunity to engage with other colleges and universities dedicated to expanding access and opportunity,” said Rhodes College President Dr. Jennifer Collins. ATI, formed in 2016, comprises regional and flagship public institutions and leading private colleges and universities.

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Let’s Partner with Agriculture to Address Food Insecurity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab Today, thousands of institutions recognize that millions of students need – and certainly deserve – access to food assistance. During the pandemic Congress took bipartisan action to reduce those burdens, expanding access to SNAP for millions of people, including students. The U.S.D.A. The stakes are high.

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Forging Strategic Partnerships

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2016, he was tapped to lead the school’s law center, which was founded at the historically Black university (an HBCU) in 1947. Still, in light of the FAFSA financial aid debacle that delayed the processing of financial aid at institutions across the nation.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CPE’s 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows the graduation rate for URM in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) increased 15 percentage points from the 2016-17 academic year to the 2022-23 academic year. Campuses are investing resources into financial aid and emergency support services.