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Study: Latino Students Use Practical Strategies to Finance College Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet despite high application rates for aid (85%), Latinos receive the lowest average financial aid among all racial/ethnic groups at $11,004, compared to $15,850 for Asian, $12,937 for White, and $12,365 for African American students.

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Common App Sets Goal to Increase Reach to Low-Income Students, Publishes Findings of Pilot Programs

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The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. million students during the 2022-23 application cycle year.

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Common App Launches 2024-25 Direct Admissions Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This year’s program — which includes 116 member colleges and universities from 34 states — will enable students to regularly see, learn, and act on their offers directly in the application. It includes outreach and resources to counselors and families with students receiving direct admissions offers.

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Michigan Expands Tuition-Free Community Scholarship Program to Adults Ages 21-24 Without Degrees

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This expansion will help us reach our Sixty by 30 goal—to have 60% of adults earn a postsecondary education or training by 2030—and build on our economic momentum. Gretchen Whitmer. Together, we can help more young Michiganders ‘make it’ in Michigan and build a brighter, more prosperous future for families and businesses."

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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

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Recent data projects that nearly four million additional people will be needed in 2030 for the science and engineering workforce to be representative of the U.S. population, Moore added. Moore listed numerous NSF scholarships and programs beneficial to HBCU research in fields including STEM, data science, and computing.

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Planting Summer Camp Seeds for Prospective Financial Aid Applicants

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Here are eight smart, approachable ways to engage prospective financial aid applicants through your summer camps. Offer Short Financial Aid Mini-Workshops Consider offering a series of short (2030 minute) financial aid mini-sessions one evening a week during camp.

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Boldly Future Forward

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As we are preparing our students for skills in artificial intelligence, we know that by 2030 there will be new positions that we don’t even know what they’re called at this point, but we want our students to be ready.” Smith-Jackson, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. “As

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