Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

The university currently serves over 5,000 undergraduates and 1,000 graduate students across its main campus in Poughkeepsie, its branch campus in Florence, Italy, and through various online programs. The timing of the transition is particularly meaningful as Marist approaches its centennial in 2029. 1 among peer institutions by a U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

I thought about how quiet I’d been as an undergrad, and I felt there was something I needed to do and should do at MIT to get more African American and minority students in and to make it more hospitable.” Jackson did that by co-founding the Black Student Union. Within a year, the number of students of color increased exponentially.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 13, 2025

Title III of the legislation contains the Committee on Education and Workforce’s proposed changes to the Department of Education’s (ED) student aid programs, including Pell Grants, student loans, and the aid eligibility formula. 1 was designed to rectify the government’s convoluted student loan system and save $351 billion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2022

One such compromise involved the Pell Grant, which President Biden had proposed increasing by over $2,000, part of a plan to double the maximum award by 2029. Under the Biden-Harris Administration there is considerable focus on MSIs—happening in conjunction with increased emphasis from media, funders, and corporations,” she wrote.

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