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Black Community Colleges Received $2.7 Billion in COVID Relief Funding, Joint Center Study Finds

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Black students' community college enrollment declined by 21 percent from fall 2019 to fall 2021, the report notes, highlighting the pandemics acceleration of already concerning enrollment trends. Lost revenue was the highest median purchase cost in both 2021 and 2022, reaching nearly $2 million per institution in 2021.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. The grant is a California Student Aid Commission program.” years in 2021-22.”

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Johnny M. Moore

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He also secured a record-breaking $5 million federal grant to establish a Health Science Center. Prior to his time at ASUN, Moore held the positions of President and CEO at Pierpoint Community and Technical College in West Virginia (2016 to 2021) and Philander Smith University in Little Rock, Ark.

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Morgan State University’s Bold Journey Toward Elite R1 Research Status

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From 2005 to 2021, for instance, theclassification system considered 10 different variables. The university won a series of multimillion-dollar federal grants for projects that span thesocial as well as physical sciences. A progress report for 2018-2023 and other universitysources lists a series of research feats at MorganState.

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National Leaders Spotlight HBCUs as Engines of Social Mobility

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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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UNCF Spotlights HBCUs as Engines of Social Mobility

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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.

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What Should Schools Prioritize to Support Youth Mental Health? Priority #1: Provide More Specialized Mental Health Professionals and Paraprofessionals on Campus

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Priority #1: Provide More Specialized Mental Health Professionals and Paraprofessionals on Campus In this blog series, we examine the different priorities that school leaders might address—despite limited resources and reduced federal investments—to respond to the ongoing youth mental health crisis ( American Academy of Pediatrics, 2021 ).