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College Application Surge: Underrepresented Students Lead Growth in 2024-25 Admissions Cycle

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to Common App's latest "Deadline Update" report released Thursday, college applications for the 2024-25 admissions cycle continue to show strong growth, particularly among underrepresented and first-generation students. to 14% White applicants' share of the applicant pool continued its long-term decline, dropping from 48.2%

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Investing in Care to Combat Declining Enrollment in Higher Education

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Similar to institutions nationwide, we saw enrollment plummet during the pandemic, dropping by 20% in 2020-2021. In 2021-22, we regained five percent, followed by a 30% increase the next year and another 20% the year after.

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How Maricopa Community Colleges are Leading with Workforce-aligned Bachelor’s Degrees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2021, Arizona community colleges received approval to offer baccalaureate degrees. Today, 61 percent of students entering our baccalaureate programs are first-generation and 41 percent are new to the community college system. Todays learners require affordable pathways to high-demand, high-wage careers.

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Postsecondary Enrollment Continues to Grow, Most Notably at Community Colleges

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In 2021, Kingsborough Community College embarked on a bold and strategic mission to expand access, opportunity and representation by increasing its Hispanic student populationpaving the way to become a federally recognized Hispanic Serving Institution, said Duitch.

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National Leaders Spotlight HBCUs as Engines of Social Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In its 2021 report HBCUs Transforming Generations: Social Mobility Outcomes for HBCU Alumni , UNCF, (the United Negro College Fund) detailed the Move into Middle Class+ mobility rate and its efficiency as a measure of social mobility for Black students at HBCUs.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1% years in 2021-22.” From 2021 to 2024, the percentage of Latinx faculty applicants increased by 15%. in 2022-23.

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UNCF Spotlights HBCUs as Engines of Social Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In its 2021 report HBCUs Transforming Generations: Social Mobility Outcomes for HBCU Alumni , the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) detailed the Move into Middle Class+ mobility rate and its efficiency as a measure of social mobility for Black students at HBCUs. They account for approximately 50% of all Black doctors and lawyers.