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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. As of fall 2023, 69% of the student population at CSUSB identified as Hispanic or Latino. Morales, president of CSUSB.

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Report: Childcare Program Underserves Black Student Parents at Community Colleges

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While Congressional appropriations for CCAMPIS have increased from $50 million in the 2018-19 academic year to $75 million in 2023-24, the Joint Center argues that further funding increases are necessary. Increase CCAMPIS program appropriations to raise grantee funding, fully cover childcare expenses, and reach more student parents.

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College Transfer Enrollment Grew for Third Consecutive Year

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White students were the only group to see a decline in transfer enrollment from fall 2023 to fall 2024. Brooklyn College, a four-year institution part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system that has seven community colleges, had 1,175 transfer students enrolled in fall 2024, an 8% increase in the number of transfers from fall 2023.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

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The fall of 2023 saw a historic moment when six of the eight Ivy League presidents were women. The tragic losses in 2023 of two Black women presidents Joanne A. A 2023 ACE study underscores the magnitude of this challenge, finding that the college presidency remains predominantly older, white, and male.

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Report: More Than 86% of College Freshmen Return for Their Second Semester

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Doug Shapiro The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) has released its 2025 Persistence and Retention report which finds that over 86 percent of the college freshman class of 2023 returned for their second semester. percent of 2023 freshmen were no longer enrolled by the spring term and 2.6

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Former DEI Officer Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Milwaukee Area Technical College

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In September 2023, she was promoted to interim vice president of enrollment and retention, reporting to King. Prior to her role at MATC, Martinez Powless accumulated 17 years of higher education experience at Marquette University and MATC, working in administration, enrollment, student affairs, and multicultural outreach.

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Supreme Court's Hollow Ruling One Year Later: Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Students Left Behind in the Pursuit of a 'Race-Blind' Agenda’

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Supreme Court decision in June 2023 to ban race-conscious college admissions, and the fallout since then, have been sobering, including for Asian Americans who were swayed by SFFA. Despite the media attention and racialized division that this case drew, the U.S.

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