Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2025

The report, "How Latinos Pay for College: 2025 National Trends," builds on two decades of research and reveals that while Latino students demonstrate high financial need, they are employing effective cost-saving measures to make higher education affordable. Brown, President of Excelencia in Education, in the report's foreword.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Jenny Rickard First-generation and low and middle-income students interesting in attending college will receive proactive admissions offers through the newly launched 2024-25 Common App Direct Admissions Program. “As

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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. The goal of the pilot – three took place from 2021-22 with up to 13 participating colleges – was to “bridge the gap between high school and higher education,” according to the report.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

He continues to work with 2030 STEM, a thinktank that aims to diversify the STEM fields. Dr. Meg Daly, a professor in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at OSU and Delgado’s mentor, first met Delgado during his REU participation. He’s very interested in making things more transparent.”

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. They’re also more likely to be first-generation, come from families in the bottom half of earners, and delay or cancel their college plans due to financial struggles or caregiving responsibilities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

In a significant policy shift affecting higher education in Virginia, the state's 23 community colleges must now ensure all programs and practices comply with new federal regulations that effectively terminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across these institutions.

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