Remove 2019 Remove Low income student Remove Scholarship
article thumbnail

Unequal Distribution

NACAC's Admitted

The data below highlight disparities in institutional merit (academic and other non-need-based scholarships) and need-based grant awards. [1] 1] This preliminary analysis is part of a forthcoming study using the recently released 2019-2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20). Source: U.S.

article thumbnail

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We’ve also provided emergency housing, financial support for off-campus temporary housing and scholarships for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students,” says Morishita. There is also a family resource center that supports undocumented students. That analysis attributed much of the effect to living on campus.

Retention 336
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

(Re)introducing the Social Impact Fellowship

Close the Gap Foundation

After beginning with a handful of students in 2019, the Fellowship annually tripled its cohort size in an attempt to meet student demand and in response to increasing generosity from donors and corporate sponsors like DoorDash. A responsibility that for Nina, a first-generation, low-income student herself, is personal.

article thumbnail

Fellowship Case Study: Diane

Close the Gap Foundation

Also, being on the low income side, it is difficult to make sure that college fits with tuition and finding good college scholarships. Diane: I found out about CtG because Janet Yu (2019) went to my high school and promoted CtG’s mission. What drew you to CtG?

article thumbnail

The State of Law School Diversity in the Wake of Affirmative Action Bans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Law students entering school in 2023 are the most racially diverse group yet, continuing a multi-year trend. Jermaine Cruz “Forty percent are students of color, compared to 39% in 2022, and 36.9% in 2019,” says Susan L. in 2021, [and] 36.2% in 2020, and 35.3%