Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. Liu found clear advantages for the students who got summer money. Students who enroll full-time are more likely to graduate and can join the workforce more quickly.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

Now, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) has begun to fill that void with the release of new data estimating changes in how student and family assets will be calculated and how much students will get. Over 45% of students from the data sample would experience a decrease from EFC to SAI of $1,000-$2,500.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Day three of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago kicked off with a heightened focus on building partnerships that strengthen students and fortify the community workforce. CSCC has shared these lessons, along with student data, with employers. Employers are leaning in and learning about our students and their lifestyles.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

I was the president of my Chapter of Active Minds in college from 2016 to 2017 before graduating in 2017. The exhibit consists of a labyrinth of the backpacks and the stories, a Behind the Backpacks virtual storytelling theater, a resource tent, and a Hope Wall for students to write affirmations to others who might be struggling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 28, 2023

Secretary Tom Vilsack “Beyond the educational prospects, these institutions support small businesses who depend on the student and faculty population, and they make their communities a more attractive place to live,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. They generate opportunity.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

HSIs are a federal designation achieved when an institution’s student population is at least 25% Latinx. Being an HSI gives institutions access to grants and funding that must be used to better support and serve Latinx students. Méndez Méndez, president of Universidad Ana G. Méndez Méndez, president of Universidad Ana G.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Macaulay is a highly selective honors college for students in the CUNY system. Students enroll in one of eight senior CUNY colleges, taking most courses at their home campuses where they have access to the campus honors lounge. They focus on experiential learning in New York City, mentoring and research support for students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

counselor education (student affairs), Clemson University; and Ph.D., I became interested in the topic because of my own experiences, primarily being a first-generation college student, being a student who received a maximum Pell Grant, and identifying as a gay Black student.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 31, 2019

Earlier this month, millions of students nationwide made the life-changing decision to attend college. For these students and their families, enrolling in school is the culmination of years of hard work and determination, and these students have much to celebrate. Leaders in Congress have taken note.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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#RealCollege Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Where can students turn for help with basic survival needs when their colleges and government programs fail them in a crisis? At a growing number of campuses, students are getting aid from the same people they turn to for classroom help: their professors. Many Students are Like Halima U.S. How do students make up that 40%?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. The questions the students asked, she says, helped her to understand the power of community colleges. Where were the students coming from? For 41 years, Dr. Karen A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

The cautionary advice dispatched by his mentors when Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz was a college student dented his confidence and, on several occasions, tripped him up. from Duke University in 2017. “I Don’t let your hands fly the way so many Puerto Ricans like you do when they’re excited about something.

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Scholarship America

JANUARY 28, 2023

Updated January 2023 Students and their families are often surprised to realize some colleges reduce their financial aid packages when the student earns private scholarship dollars—a practice called financial aid displacement or award displacement. Here’s a look at recent developments.

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Blackboard Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

College enrollment, specifically in community colleges, has declined due to the pandemic; however, the Hispanic student population has been disproportionately impacted. from Fall 2019, according to the National Student Clearinghouse. Fall 2021 undergraduate enrollment is down 7.8% in Spring 2021 compared with an increase of 2.1%

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

My Journey to a Career in Advancement As a student, I experienced twists in my path that were unexpected. My parents couldn’t afford to pay for any of my college education, so I worked to pay for it on my own using a combination of scholarships, grants, and a work-study. Schools receive donations outside of student “major” interests.

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MAY 9, 2023

play an important role for students and communities, providing a quality education that prepares students for jobs or to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Given that over 40% of undergraduate students in the U.S. Given that over 40% of undergraduate students in the U.S. citizens, and 5% are veterans.

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

These institutions noted that students’ data literacy was one of the skills enrollment offices needed more information on to truly gauge academic readiness. Find out how to use student data to personalize your marketing efforts. Students will receive detailed feedback post-test through a complimentary Official Score Report.

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COE

MARCH 14, 2023

Jarell Green: Nurse turned Education Advocate March 14, 2023 Jarell is a Counselor for the McNair and Student Support Services programs at the First-Generation Student Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. Jarell Green is a TRIO Student Support Services alumnus from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR).

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 26, 2023

Redesign Higher Ed for Student Success Dr. Burns explained how college was never designed around student success: "One of the many ways is that our data systems are not connected. The people who would need to know to tell students that they're off track wouldn't have that information. What types of students dropped out?

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As we approach our ten-year anniversary of accelerating student success innovation across higher education to drive social and economic mobility nationwide, I am grateful and humbled that this movement has expanded and evolved to inspire so many institutions and student success leaders beyond the UIA.

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Clair Kamp Dush

MAY 2, 2018

For me, that is getting my grants and publications written, revised, and submitted. My students will email me, journal editors will email me for reviews, but NIH doesn’t email me to find out when I am submitting my grant. We count our achievements, like paper and proposal submissions, reviews completed, and grants awarded.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As we approach our ten-year anniversary of accelerating student success innovation across higher education to drive social and economic mobility nationwide, I am grateful and humbled that this movement has expanded and evolved to inspire so many institutions and student success leaders beyond the UIA.

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IEFA

OCTOBER 27, 2022

While university fees and other living expenses continue to rise across the country, students are looking for ways to pursue a recognized degree without putting too much strain on their finances. If you want to study abroad without breaking the bank, do some research on grants and scholarships. Scholarships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2025

He referenced multiple peer-reviewed studies published in respected academic journals and books from university presses that document positive effects for all students, including white male collegians. million students, which does not show high rates of white male respondents reporting routine experiences with racial discrimination.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

The college affordability crisis has students working and borrowing all that they can in order to manage the cost of school. billion on the table last year in the form of unclaimed Pell Grant funds—around 14% of annual Pell expenditures. That unclaimed money leads directly to fewer students attending and completing college.

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College Planners of America

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Among these is the possibility that some of that money will trickle down to students as financial aid. Answers to these questions provide insight into how a college’s financial assets are used to the benefit of its students. They indicate how generous the college can be in granting financial aid. In 2018, he bestowed $1.8

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Craig Lindwarm, vice president for governmental affairs of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities A leading contender for the chairmanship is U.S. Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina representative who previously served as chairwoman of the committee from 2017-2019 and was most recently the ranking member.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2024

architecture, Columbia University Career mentors: Dr. Mabel Wilson, Columbia University; Danielle Smoller, Columbia University; Dr. Hazel Edwards, Howard University; Bradford Grant, Howard University; and Rashida Ng, University of Pennsylvania Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Your work matters. from 2015 to 2017.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Hamm Senate Bill 1397 , the Educational Opportunity and Success Act, would institute commonsense reforms to make it easier for educational institutions to reach students who would benefit from these programs. I have long supported the TRIO programs and worked to ensure they reach the most needed students. WASHINGTON, D.C.—

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COE

OCTOBER 30, 2023

National First-Generation College Celebration Honors First-Generation Student and Alumni Accomplishments on November 8 October 30, 2023 — by Terrance L. Hamm Seventh annual celebration to highlight first-generation corporate leaders in virtual event on Thursday, November 2 and Wednesday, November 8. WASHINGTON, D.C. —On

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Clair Kamp Dush

AUGUST 26, 2019

As a tenure-track faculty member at a research intensive university, my (federal) grantsmanship expectations are high if I want to get promoted to full, or to have the money to get resources for my grad students and myself. I wrote the grant, and submitted it to NIH in February of 2015 as an R21. I submitted it in 2017.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JANUARY 19, 2024

She went on to explain how this has been detrimental to institutions’ ability to deliver on the promise of public higher education: “We do not have full transferability at most institutions, so students leave behind on average 40% of their credits when they go from a community college to a four-year institution.

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COE

MAY 10, 2024

The 2024 Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States report reveals alarming trends indicating increasing inequity of opportunity in higher education, particularly for low-income students. “The alarms are sounding for the U.S.,

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MARCH 10, 2025

The recent cancellation of critical postsecondary studies conducted by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) will have dire effects on our understanding of the realities of todays college students especially those who are veterans, parents, working, or first-generation. No other sources are as robust in this regard.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

With the COVID-19 pandemic subsiding, colleges and universities have tried to bring students back to campus and provide fresh inspiration. And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. President Joe Biden announced a plan to reduce student debt.

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