Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2025

The University of Illinois System and nonprofit organization One Million Degrees have announced a new multiyear initiative to increase community college transfer rates, with a particular focus on first-generation and low-income students in Illinois. in the past year, significant gaps remain.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. From there, Williams’s career took off.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

HBCUs have always been innovating for generations. They're educating first-generation college students and turning them into global leaders that's innovation. We launched our first course with Shaw University the first HBCU in the South which was also the first HBCU to deliver a course successfully on HBCUv.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

It bans affirmative action not only in race but other protected categories, and not just in admissions but in hiring practices and awarding money,” says Dr. Mark Henderson, associate dean of admissions and vice chair for education in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of California (UC) Davis. Its Paul L.

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COE

JULY 25, 2023

from the Young Doctors DC Class of 2026, proudly stands beside his supportive mother, Christine St. A Tougaloo College and Howard University graduate, Woodland is a long-time researcher of the school-to-prison pipeline, focusing on youth development and forensic assessment challenges confronting African American boys. A Southeast D.C.

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COE

MARCH 11, 2024

However, among several requests for flat or even decreased funding in the education arena, we are pleased to see that the President’s budget includes an increase of $20 million for the Federal TRIO Programs in Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25), which would fund TRIO during Program Year 2025-2026. Get in Touch Questions?

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COE

MARCH 20, 2024

She stated firmly, “We are asking for a $68 million increase for TRIO for FY25, which will fund our work in Program Year 2025-2026.” She declared, “TRIO programs and the TRIO coalition are multi-racial networks unified by the principle of access and support for low-income, potential first-generation college graduates.”

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