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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Granting that sort of leeway to aspiring and professional scientists from underrepresented groups has only increased during the five decades that SACNAS has been operating and growing. from Duke University in 2017. “I You can do all of that here and be a whole person.” We started something that I needed so much,” the 85-year-old said.

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Community Colleges Build Workforce Through Partnership and Student Success

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A $1 million grant from the Delta Regional Authority, a federal-state partnership improving the quality of life in the Mississippi Delta, has allowed LSUE to go back to its agrarian roots. The college has transformed its science building into a STEAM building—Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Mathematics.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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for students who entered in 2017. Grant proposals are written to support additional CEED projects. Taylor Cupp When Watford began CEED, the graduation rate for Black engineering students was around 25%. The four-year graduation rate for students who entered in 2012 was 52.8%. That rose to 61.2%

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds Senators Susan Collins, Jon Tester, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tammy Baldwin for Reintroducing Bill to Strengthen the Federal TRIO Programs

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Furthermore, it aims to prevent a similar situation in 2017 when the U.S. Other key provisions of the proposed bill include: Granting “low-income” status to Pell Grant recipients. Department of Education rejected many applications based solely on minor formatting issues. Increasing McNair stipends to $5,000.