Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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law students and applicants. Tiffane Cochran However, the percentage of first-year law students who were people of color — 35% — barely changed between the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years. In 2022-23, 15% of students who withdrew from law school after their first year were Black, and 19% were Hispanic, up from 8.7%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The North Star Promise program is open to all Minnesota residents with a family Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) below $80,000, as reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).” 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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In 2022-23, over 350 students were awarded close to $772,000 in Graduate Initiative Grants. in 2022-23. San Francisco State University From 2010 to 2022, Latinx-identifying undergraduate enrollment at San Francisco State University (SFSU) increased from 19% to 39%. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1% That number increased to 47.8%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic, most higher education institutions opted to eliminate the requirement that applicants submit standardized test scores such as the ACT and SAT. These findings show that a holistic review of applicants can predict academic success without requiring ACT or SAT scores. Dr. Suzanne M.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JUNE 30, 2024

Yet legacy admissions policies that give preferential treatment to applicants who are related to alumni are still used across the country. considered legacy status during the 2021-2022 academic year. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 2.1 A year ago, the U.S. How widespread are legacy admissions policies?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2023

The cases, led by anti-affirmative action activist and SFFA President Edward Blum, allege these institutions discriminated against Asian American applicants by unfairly prioritizing underrepresented minority applicants in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill cases argued Oct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Technical jobs are receiving fewer applications from younger generations. According to Handshake, a network of institutions and employers that helps connect students with early career opportunities, trade careers saw 49% fewer applications in 2022 than 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

A report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) shows international graduate applications increased for the fourth consecutive year and a shift continued in the countries applying. The report titled, “International Graduate Applications and Enrollment: Fall 2022,” details the responses from 370 institutions, which represents 48.7%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Overall first-time graduate enrollment fell almost 5% from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022, along with decreases in first-time enrollment among underrepresented minorities (URM), according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). Though the number of graduate school applications increased by 3.9%. from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. million students during the 2022-23 application cycle year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2023

The college is anticipating submitting its application for approval in April. Biddix’s team of graduate students, who Lundy called “the A-Team” as a nod to accreditation and the superheroes of the 1980s, began working with KC leadership and Brown in June 2022. Lundy said Dr. Kevin James Brown, president of MBC, was an inspiration. “He

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Philander Smith College (PSC) will become a graduate degree-granting school after its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was approved by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in November 2022. Applications are set to open Feb. Dr. Roderick L. Smothers, Sr., president of Philander Smith College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

“We’re just excited that those buildings will be able to stay in some productive use for the community and not be idle and they will be active and there will be vibrancy in that neighborhood,” said Montpelier City Manager Bill Fraser VCFA recently withdrew an application to change its zoning criteria.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

Its advisers also support students through the financial aid process and the FAFSA application. “We Officials have counted 33,378 students who have returned to college since the program’s 2022 launch — more than 10% of them have completed their degree programs or are expect to this spring. Current funding for CUNY Reconnect is $5.8

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The vast majority (63.9%) are white, followed by Asian Americans at 20.6%, according to 2022 data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). He says that the legislative decisions “pushed [schools in those states] to reach out and provide guidance to applicants.” physicians are Black, and 6.9% are Latinx. of physicians.

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Student Loan Hero

DECEMBER 1, 2022

31, 2022: Federal student loan forbearance is set to end (Note: This has now been extended further – see below) Six months after graduation: Grace period on your student loans ends. 1: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) opens. Mid-December: Decisions arrive for early action and early decision applicants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

billion in the last 23 years, according to a 2022 study by Hunt Institute, a nonprofit education research group. The first wave of the program tackled the enrollment funnel, simplifying the application process from initial recruitment to enrollment. “A lot of these schools have been underfunded for many years,” said Runcie.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

So, when Beitiks learned in 2022 that the Andrew W. Bowen Cho Beitiks opened fellowship applications in January 2023 to early-career scholar-activists with project proposals related to disability studies or disability justice. Fellows receive mentorship and $10,000 in project funding.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

There are immediate personal applications of the data for all, but especially for women and leaders of Color as they research and apply for leadership openings. Those are powerful insights for their boards, faculty, and communities. I remind those selected as finalists for cabinet and president roles that site visits have multiple purposes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Eleanor Eckerson Peters The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 – and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 – gave the U.S. The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) and Results for America (RFA) released recommendations for the Department of Education (ED) to set-aside 0.5%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Applications from under-represented students increased by 10% during his first academic year. At Emory, he created over 100 internal and external initiatives, recruiting plans that targeted under-represented and international students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

college visits, application preparation, and scholarship information) and work-based learning opportunities (e.g., EmpathyMatters High expectations of students of color, especially around pursuing postsecondary opportunities, should be the norm and not the exceptions (Hines & Owen, 2022; Sewell & Goings, 2022).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

Earlier decisions allowed schools to use race as one of many factors that college admissions officers could consider when conducting a holistic review of applicants. But here on the ground, college admissions officers and applicants are left to grapple with persistent structural inequities that plague education in the United States.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

A 2022 national report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) notes that community college students often deal with housing insecurity, which was exacerbated by the pandemic — 14% of study respondents were classified as housing insecure. This is a growing interest, it seems, every year.”

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Scholarship America

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As 2022 comes to an end, scholarship season is getting busier—and the holiday break is a perfect time to make some headway on your searches and applications. ” One of the key areas of AB’s investment in students is their Sophomore HBCU Scholars program , now open for applications. GPA (on a 4.0 Apply Now > .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Over 117,576 Native American individuals are still in museum and federal agency collections, and 94% of those have not been culturally affiliated with any present-day Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization,” notes Joy Beasley in a 2022 statement before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% In 2022, the university finally launched an official LGBTQ alumni affinity group, ARC. The number of applicants and their diversity have increased significantly over time. of non-LGBTQ people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

According to 2022 research by the Association of American Medical Colleges, 63.9% He arrived at MSM in May 2022 after two decades with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, where his research helped in the development of vaccines for upper-respiratory illnesses like COVID and RSV, as well as HIV and other viruses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

However, people in prison struggled to access the debt relief application when it was available, and the program is expected to be thrown out by the majority-conservative Supreme Court within days. The automatic piece is really key because of the application hurdles: accessing the internet, stamps that cost money when you barely make any.”

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Earlier this month, Scholarship America’s Board Chair Tina Lee and Honor Roll Trustees Chair Pro-Tem Barbara McBee joined the November 10 th Dollars for Scholars Connect session to congratulate the recipients of the 2022 Fradkin Legacy Awards. 15,000 Student Support Award: Gettysburg Area Dollars for Scholars.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

The PSSG – it was first funded in 2022 via the Consolidated Appropriations Act – recognizes and awards funds to institutions that propose to use the grant for evidence-based reforms and practices in pursuit of bolstering student participation, retention, transfer, and completion rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As of Fall 2022, Latino students comprise 50.64% of all full-time undergraduates and 49.68% of all part-time undergraduates. We have a wonderful program called Pathways, where we do outreach to middle schools, high schools and community colleges, providing application clinics and parent academies,” says Dr. Leroy M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

She joined the Boston school in 2022. According to her, this change – given that it was still being processed at the time – wasn’t publicized much this admissions cycle, contributing to a lack of change in applicant numbers. This requirement change-up is a move towards increasing accessibility at Wentworth, Sontgerath said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Iné Collins has been a school counselor at Ewing High School in New Jersey since August 2022. This year, helping her high school seniors through the newly simplified FAFSA application process has been more stressful than simple. Iné Collins, school counselor at Ewing High School in New Jersey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. Less than 10% of applicants are accepted. She oversaw 15 departments and was responsible for the academic success of John Jay’s 13,000 undergraduates.

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Counselors' Corner

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Increase in Applications, Part I True growth in college admissions continues to be stunted in large part by the ever-increasing application rates at the 25 colleges Main Street Journalism covers. Increase in Applications, Part II The average student is now applying to more colleges.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

JULY 18, 2024

As a result, in 2022, the Department of Education revised its rules for these and other relief programs to make them more accessible to more borrowers. That means that for now, the Department can only use its old, less borrower-friendly rules to decide new borrower defense and closed school discharge applications for student loan relief.

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