Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The announcement, made at ATD's annual DREAM conference in Philadelphia, highlights these institutions' exceptional work in improving student outcomes and closing equity gaps. Both colleges have demonstrated remarkable progress through innovative approaches to student success. Dr. Karen A. Chattanooga State has seen an 8.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2024

Radford University Class of 2027 Radford University in Virginia has received a $1.2 million grant from the state to support its Pell Grant-eligible and low-income students for four years. Currently, all Virginia public four- and two-year institutions have received an award of varying sizes,” said Andes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Internationalization means far more than study abroad programs and foreign exchange students. I nternationalization is designed to encourage collaborations between institutions across borders to solve global challenges and to prepare students for a globally connected world —opportunities that were missed during the pandemic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education. We are around 83% students of color. The 2021 Latinx population in the U.S. totaled 62.5

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Scholarship America

JUNE 1, 2023

As the high school class of 2023 graduates, around two million of its members are poised to join the college class of 2027. Those students’ high school careers were thrown into disarray by the COVID pandemic. What does that mean for the class of 2027 ? The investment is worth it— if students graduate.

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Scholarship America

AUGUST 8, 2023

Our organizational goal is to distribute a majority of our scholarship funds to students from historically marginalized communities with high financial need by 2027, and CBOs will be essential partners as we work toward that goal. Students attend 80 colleges nationwide with a six-year graduation rate of 90%.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB’s Wenie Lado is joined by Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches, advises students, and serves as the Director of Penn’s Makuu Black Cultural Center. And so how do they find the right students to bring to their campus and who are a good fit? Transcript [music] 0:00:12.4 music] 0:00:46.4

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