Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

Education is a human right regardless of one’s background, and access and support should be readily available to those in need. Since 2020, our first-generation retention rate has increased by 7.2% For example, we have developed an integrated framework to decrease student debt and increase access to outside scholarships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

These schools are providing an important access point to a legal education, and we don’t want them to not make that available. Morris said that schools with the highest percentage of Latinx, Black, and female students also have the lowest net earning median.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

workforce participation growth between 2010-2020, the report noted. Undergraduates are most concerned with scholarship opportunities, financial literacy, and paying for their education,” survey conductors reported about the financial needs of Latino students. Encourage research and scholarship on U.S. of the U.S. population.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The global challenge of access to higher education means that its life-changing impact in terms of opening minds, improving employment and earnings remain out of reach for many. The following year, in 2020, the International Baccalaureate began providing 80 scholarships for qualifying M.Ed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Northeast College’s College Access Scholarship and Renton Technical College’s McCarthy Bridge Grant program are two examples. The scholarship program at Northeast has been in operation since fall 2021 as one of the 384 organizations to receive funding from Scott in December 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. According to the Department of Education, about six million students received Pell Grant funding in the 2020 – 2021 academic year. With President Biden’s signature on Dec.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

Fundamentally, I want my scholarship to matter to people's lives and to do that, it's really helpful if I don't lose sight of how people are living.” She is also a columnist for the New York Times, an award-winning author, and a 2020 MacArthur Fellow. So you know, the digital part really complicates what's quality and accessible.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

But finally, in spring 2020, the federal government asked undergraduates if they had enough to eat or a safe place to sleep. In fact, since the pandemic drove many of the most vulnerable students away from college, and some never make it to college because of these challenges, these latest numbers from spring 2020 may understate the problem.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This is necessary but must include intentional and proactive scholarship and resources on racial identity development. Since their creation, tests have disproportionately hindered access to gifted and talented education (GATE), AP, college acceptance (particularly to elite higher education institutions), scholarships, and so on.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It has shown up in her leadership while she was chair of the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, and it shows up throughout her scholarship and teaching at Wayne State University, where she is one of only two Black women in her department to be elevated to full professor. Vassar, affectionately known now as “Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2023

The pandemic hit when they were freshmen and many students endured over a year of remote learning, with limited access to school counseling services and extracurricular activities. If my grades from the 2020-21 school year turned out differently in just one class, I’d feel more open to applying to other schools.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

As a researcher and tenured associate professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education, Means’ scholarship “examines racial and class inequities in rural contexts, challenging monolithic perspectives that equate rurality to whiteness,” wrote Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr., Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. Fortunately, I have an ability to foster a culture of care and concern. They have inspired me to move forward.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

These students are provided academic supports that include counseling, scholarships, and opportunities to participate in innovative science programs. “Dr. Alexander is very accessible, very approachable for students,” says Dr. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Amanda Ellis joined CPE in 2020 as vice president of K-12 policies and programs. We have excellent outcomes on that; we have great support from our legislature that provides a dual credit scholarship that removes financial barriers,” says Ellis. This includes a cultural competence certification program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Because they are receiving unnecessary services and may not have access to the general education curriculum and classroom. In fact, these resegregated practices cause short-term and long-term harm for Students of Color (National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2020). Dr. Donna Y.

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NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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. Partnering with high schools that serve predominantly Latino students reinforces accessibility. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Scholarships are a vital way for companies to build their talent pipeline —and these Scholarship America partners are going the extra mile by incorporating paid internships, mentoring and/or career opportunities into their programs! Scholarship The PepsiCo S.M.I.L.E PepsiCo S.M.I.L.E Department of Defense after graduation.

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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Scholarship America , the nation’s leading nonprofit scholarship and educational support organization, is pleased to announce that Dr. Angel B. In this role, he represents more than 26,000 admission and counseling professionals worldwide committed to postsecondary access and success. About Scholarship America ®.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

By partnering with the Pell Institute, Ascendium is working to reduce institutional barriers to accessing and completing college and to help more learners from low-income backgrounds achieve their educational and career goals.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Scholarship awards and financial aid can help ease the financial burden of attending college. For students who identify as Hispanic or Latino, there are many scholarships worth exploring. Consider these 20 scholarships for Hispanic and Latino students as a starting point in finding ways to fund your higher education.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Press Release PowerSchool and EAB Partner to Simplify College Admissions and Expand College Access for Millions of Students Users of the Naviance platform will now have easier access to offers of college admission and financial aid via EAB’s Concourse technology September 12, 2023 FOLSOM, CALIF.

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Scholarship America

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Barry Griswell Scholarship was founded in memory of Scholarship America’s former Board Chair, who overcame great odds with the help of scholarships. Now a junior, Leila says receiving the Griswell Scholarship has made an enormous impact on her academic career. Leila is a member of the first cohort of J.

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Close the Gap Foundation

MARCH 15, 2022

The 50 refurbished MacBook laptops donated by Airbnb brings technology to students who otherwise may not have access to reliable devices, and directly influences the outcome for those participating in Close the Gap Foundation's Social Impact Fellowship for the upcoming summer cohort. I was seven years old, and it was my first computer.

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College Planners of America

OCTOBER 27, 2022

They use partial merit scholarships as bait to land strong academic performers who will raise their position in college rankings, which many people use as a proxy for educational value. There are still some scholarships awarded solely on merit. It becomes part of a common database accessed by U.S.

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Catherine Cronin

APRIL 21, 2022

To ensure this, the underlying principles of the project are drawn from Data Feminism , an approach to data ethics informed by intersectional feminism (D’Ignazio & Klein, 2020). This includes a Sanctuary Scholarship Programme that offers places for students on the institution’s access and undergraduate programmes.

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Student Loan Hero

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

About 65% of admissions officers view social media as “fair game” when evaluating potential enrollees, according to a survey performed by Kaplan Test Prep in 2020. You might also use your profiles to document your search for college scholarships. Less dramatically, you might opt for restricting public access to the accounts.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

To access the Lab as a non-UIA member, please add your name to our wait list. We believe that sharing the best templates, tools, resources, and materials will make innovation adoption easier and faster for thousands of student success administrators. Diffusion to the Field 1.

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EAB

APRIL 5, 2023

This is probably why institutions that have remained test-optional since 2020 continue to see applications and enrollments increase among these student populations. appeared first on EAB.

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EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Gallup’s State of Higher Education 2022 Report shows the alarming percentage of students who have considered stopping out due to emotional stress—a number that almost tripled from 2020 to 2021 for two-year students. Dr. Chetty shared that schools are getting creative when building programs that target specific barriers to access.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

To access the Lab as a non-UIA member, please add your name to our wait list. We believe that sharing the best templates, tools, resources, and materials will make innovation adoption easier and faster for thousands of student success administrators. Diffusion to the Field 1.

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College Planners of America

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Colleges assert that this is the reason why they couldn’t bail themselves out of the pandemic-induced fiscal crisis by simply accessing their own endowment funds. Table B , below, lists private gifts to colleges of $50 million or more in 2018 and $60 million or more in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Most used taxpayer dollars instead.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

On-campus worship, outreach efforts, and networking to improve the accessibility of services for those lacking transportation or carpools to assist with attending in-person services can be helpful. This may make accessing support like food banks or religious services difficult.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

College Greenlight became part of EAB in 2020, and we continue to help students connect with colleges and universities to help them find their best college fit and the financial support that they need. And I know that in the college access world, we use a lot of acronyms and vernacular that people aren't super familiar with.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

in 2020, and 35.3% Studies show that criminal defendants often see more negative outcomes if they do not have access to legal representation with whom they feel a connection. There’s a disconnect with what’s out there to help students and their ability to access it,” says Cruz. in 2021, [and] 36.2% in 2019,” says Susan L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

Over the past decade, Black college and university enrollment has been dropping at alarming rates, declining 22% from 2010 and 2020. As the country’s largest champion of the Black college community, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has awarded more than $500 million in scholarships and leadership development to HBCU students.

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