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Class of 2022 Employment Rates Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

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Employment rates for Class of 2022 graduates returned to pre-pandemic levels after two relatively down years, according to results of a new survey. The survey found Class of 2022 employment rates nearly match those for the pre-pandemic Class of 2019, at 64.6% with a full-time employment rate of 59.1%. overall and 59.7% overall and 53.6%

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Report: Class of 2022 Average Starting Salaries Higher than Those of Previous Class

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The report, NACE’s Summer 2023 Salary Survey, found that the overall average salary for graduates increased from $55,911 for the Class of 2021 to $60,028 for the Class of 2022. This notable increase for the Class of 2022 comes on the heels of the overall average salary for Class of 2021 graduates inching up just 1.2%

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UNCF's Desireé C. Boykin Awarded 2022 Vanguard Award from Higher Ed Leadership Foundation

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Boykin has recently been awarded the Higher Education Leadership Foundation’s (HELF) 2022 Vanguard Award and inducted into its Sankofa Hall of Leadership. Boykin “We believe it is important to honor those who are strengthening the bridge to sustainability and thriving that our ancestors so carefully built and curated,” the foundation said.

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College Student Health Coverage Improves but Disparities Persist, GAO Finds

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that overall health coverage rates among undergraduate and graduate students aged 18-64 increased from an estimated 81% in 2010 to 92% in 2022, following the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). million students still lacked health coverage in 2022.

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While the Number of Stopouts Has Declined, It Remains a Persistent Issue

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It compares data from the 2022-23 academic year to 2023-24. million new stopouts between January of 2022 and July of 2023. Those students who stopped out in 2020, 2021 and 2022, their learning experience was really not what they originally came to college for, Finger said. Matthew Holsapple, NSCRC senior director of research.

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The Sooner, The Better: Building Financial Literacy Among Black Students (and Communities)

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According to the Council for Economic Education’s latest biennial Survey of the States , more than two-thirds of all states are now requiring personal finance classes for high school graduation – up dramatically from 2022 when fewer than half the states had such mandates.

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UCLA Achieves AANAPISI Status

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From 2016 to 2022, the number of applicants from this demographic nearly doubled, yet acceptance rates remained low, highlighting a critical need for additional support. Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students, for example, have historically faced lower admission and graduation rates at the university.

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