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Report: HBCU Humanities Programs Show Resilience Amid National Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences offers promising insights into the state of humanities programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), even as humanities degree completions decline across the nation. In 2022, HBCUs awarded 8.8% In 2022, HBCUs awarded 13.5%

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Finding this data is like searching for a needle in a haystack.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Curry also became one of the founding chairpersons of the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce in spring 2018. Louden believes now, more than ever, that Comptons faith in humanity is one of its superpowers. We just wanted to help.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the 2022-23 academic year, the College Fund supported more than 4,000 Native American scholars in 43 states to attend 267 colleges and universities. Among the larger two-year programs are law enforcement, nursing and human services. Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students.

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LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education: Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The organization has implemented a tiered membership structure to make participation more accessible to early-career professionals while recognizing that senior leaders can contribute more substantially. Programming expansion represents another cornerstone of the strategic vision.

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FIU Receives $6 Million to Improve Access to Mental Health Services in Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Florida International University (FIU) has received $6 million to help improve access to mental health services for students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS). Department of Education (ED) via the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus Appropriations. The five-year grant came through the U.S.

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Student Success Systems Show Dramatic Impact on Course Failure, Chronic Absenteeism Rates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Implementation gains were particularly pronounced in key areas: combining data with human insights increased by 22 percentage points, while creating access to holistic, actionable student data improved by 27 percentage points from year one to year two.