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Across the country, community colleges and universities are seeing fewer students enroll, a trend that could have long-term consequences for both individuals and the economy. A shrinking student population means fewer trained workers entering key industries, bringing about economic decline as the demographic cliff continues to grow.

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This study offers a clear picture of what institutional funding can be when policymakers prioritize the needs of students, said Dr. Kayla Elliott, co-author and Joint Center Workforce Policy Director. The 39 institutions analyzed in the study received about $765 million for direct student aid and $1.9

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It highlighted the University of Tennessee’s exclusion of Black students. He enrolled along with two other students, that following semester on January 4, 1961, becoming the first African American admitted to the state’s flagship university. To ease students’ paths, Robinson and his family established the Theotis Robinson Jr.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

It highlighted the University of Tennessee’s exclusion of Black students. He enrolled along with two other students, that following semester on January 4, 1961, becoming the first African American admitted to the state’s flagship university. To ease students’ paths, Robinson and his family established the Theotis Robinson Jr.

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MAY 8, 2025

At the University of California, the percentage of graduate students facing food insecurity jumped from 21 percent in 2021 to 35 percent in 2023. "As Recent data shows nearly 95 percent of postdoctoral researchers report their salaries negatively affect their professional or personal lives.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The number of students engaging in international education is rising, perhaps even more so than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from Institute of International Education (IIE). citizens and permanent residents, students from U.S. study abroad between 2018-19 and 2021, she said. Open Doors The U.S.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Eva Martinez Powless Eva Martinez Powless, who served as MATC's first DEI officer starting in 2021, claims in the lawsuit filed December 30 in the U.S. Eastern District Court that she faced retaliation after advocating for a Black employee with disabilities and speaking out against discriminatory practices at the college.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Martin CEO of the Year Award and the 2021 Baldridge Foundation's Award for Leadership Excellence in Education. But Bumphus maintains that the real measure of success lies in the millions of students who have benefited from community college education during his tenure.

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JUNE 3, 2025

The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) has released its sixth Some College, No Credential (SCNC) report , which was created with the support of the Lumina Foundation. The number of students leaving college without earning a credential, referred to as stopping out, has declined for the second year in a row.

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JUNE 4, 2025

Students who are in a masters or PhD program at the Graduate Center can apply to get the Advanced Certificate in conjunction with their other graduate work. In addition to that, students who want to apply to the Graduate Center just for the Advanced Certificate in LGBTQ Studies may do that. There are two options for applying.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

They serve more economically disenfranchised students than most U.S. institutions, and they do so successfully, facilitating the upward mobility of the majority of their students. HBCUs have a 34% mobility rate of moving their students from the bottom 40% in household income into the top 60%.

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APRIL 3, 2025

In 2021, Arizona community colleges received approval to offer baccalaureate degrees. This Fall, three additional programs, one in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning, and two in Business Administrationwith tracks in accounting and managementwill welcome students.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

I just began loving teaching from there, even if I had imaginary students.” I remember clearly the day she first sat in my methods class as a transfer student. Growing up in South Florida, Jhaneil Thompson remembers playing school with her four sisters as a youngster. James, Jamaica. “I

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MAY 22, 2025

the number of students continues to rise with community colleges showing particular growth. Community colleges play a significant role in the increase in undergraduate students, showing a 5.4% increase (288,000 students) over spring 2024. This growth reflects strengthening student interest in accessible, flexible (i.e.,

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that gives community college students transferring to HBCUs a one-time grant of up to $5,000. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Given that the state of California itself does not have any HBCUs, students who want to attend and experience one have to pursue it out-of-state but may miss out on state aid in the process.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Adult community college students in degree-progressing English and math courses are nearing parity with their traditional-age student counterparts when it comes to course completion, according to a new report from California Competes.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

Learning continues to be an obstacle for nearly a third of students, according to 2023-24 survey data released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Carr “In the latest data from the School Pulse Panel survey we are seeing signs of change in the areas of learning recovery and student absences in public schools.”

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. Over the last decade the food pantry became a higher education trend.

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APRIL 9, 2024

Latino college students are more likely to be first-generation students and less likely to leave college having earned their degrees, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education. Of the Latino students in U.S. The vast majority of these students are citizens of the U.S. (90%),

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MARCH 14, 2023

More college students than ever were anxious, depressed, and struggling with suicidal thoughts last school year. It’s a disheartening finding from the Healthy Minds Study (HMS), which conducts an annual online survey of nearly 96,000 college students on 133 American campuses that was released last Friday.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Today’s high school students are showing less interest in pursuing careers in education, and teachers in the profession are feeling burnt out and underpaid, according to a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Student interest in working in education continues a generally downward trend across eight states in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio. Black undocumented students] are invisibilized.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan , CNN reported. Girls were barred from secondary schools in March , after the Taliban ordered schools for girls to shut hours after they were to reopen following closures after the August 2021 Taliban takeover.

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MAY 14, 2025

Rather, its about attracting world-class faculty, creating more research opportunities for students, and coming upwith new innovations that benefit everyday people particularlythose in Baltimore, where the sprawling HBCU campusis located. From 2005 to 2021, for instance, theclassification system considered 10 different variables.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

Community colleges serve the most diverse students in all of higher education. For Fall 2021, the College of the Desert’s (COD) student headcount included 8,213 Hispanic students, 1,657 white students, 395 Asian students, 252 Black students, 28 American Indian/Alaska Native students, and seven Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Island students.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Between July 2020 and July 2021, the U.S. In January 2021, the median rent for a one bedroom in the city was at its lowest point in years: $2,300 a month. Craig, vice president for student affairs at BMCC. But by the end of 2021, rents had jumped 36% and showed no signs of slowing, according to realty website Zumper.

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MAY 2, 2025

For me, one of the most rewarding parts of being aprofessor is when a student tells me that a text I assignedreally resonated with them and made them feelseen for the first time, she says. In 2021-2022, Tran received the prestigious Career EnhancementFellowship from the Institute for Citizens &Scholars.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

and he has made it his mission to ensure his students fit in and find a sense of belonging in their school. The methodology connects students’ real lives to the classroom, engaging them in personal conversation and critical thinking about hypothetical scenarios. Real Talk students are also more likely to persist.

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MARCH 21, 2024

For the past three years, students at National University (NU) have been given the chance to bolster their in-classroom learning with integrated real-world work experience via a partnership between NU and work-based learning platform Riipen. Through Riipen, these students also receive feedback from their employers.

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JUNE 26, 2025

While these schools are only 3% of all higher education institutions in this country, they educate 10% of all Black college students. Many HBCU students are first-generation college students and many are Pell Grant recipients from low income families. They account for approximately 50% of all Black doctors and lawyers.

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APRIL 26, 2024

Department of Education (ED) Office of Federal Student Aid. Richard Cordray “We are grateful for Rich Cordray’s three years of service, in which he accomplished more transformational changes to the student aid system than any of his predecessors,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

College students are taking fewer credit hours than before and conscious course scheduling is becoming more relevant, according to a new report from higher education resource company Ad Astra. Among the report’s findings were that students took 14.6% two years earlier to 64% in Fall 2021 at public four-year universities. "I

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JUNE 26, 2024

Early elementary school teachers view chronically absent students less positively, even when they cause no trouble in the classroom, according to a new study published in AERA Open , a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association. Michael Gottfried The study by Drs. Gottfried and Phil H. Casey Foundation. “We

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JANUARY 18, 2023

When Dr. Sarita Cargas began studying basic needs insecurity at the University of New Mexico (UNM), she asked students to share stories about times they could not do their work because they were hungry. Students experiencing basic needs insecurity are struggling to access reliable housing, nutritious food, or both. That broke my heart.”

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AUGUST 3, 2023

Recently released data from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration highlights a significant decrease in enrollment for post-secondary undocumented students and an increase in enrollment for students from immigrant families. Immigrant-origin] students are not from the other side of the moon. More than 5.6

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

mass shooting has killed three and critically wounded five Michigan State University (MSU) students. In November 2021, a shooting at Oxford High School killed four and injured six students. “As He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle and was discharged from probation in May 2021.

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