Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2025

There has clearly been some progress, but the need to expand access to opportunity remains," noted Santiago in the report's foreword, referencing Excelencia's initial study on Latino financial aid patterns from 2005. Twenty years later, we are revisiting what has changed and what has stayed the same.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

If business continues on as usual, the network is projected to only reach 200,000 more below-median income students by 2030, she added. Another of Common App’s projects is a way to get money and scholarships in the hands of underrepresented minority students and low-income students to help them afford college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 19, 2025

Over half of Michigan students screen positive for anxiety or depression, with most lacking access to treatment. Even with increased financial aid, barriers like food insecurity, housing instability, and limited access to mental health services make the postsecondary journey far more challenging than it should be."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

After earning her high school diploma, she received a Longleaf Commitment scholarship, a last dollar scholarship created by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper through federal pandemic relief funding. For a lot of people, having a scholarship can be a make or break. Adult learners, a lot of us are living paycheck to paycheck.

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