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Arrest of Dreamers Highlights Plight of Undocumented Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colleges and universities can also work with students if a situation arises that causes an interruption in studies mid-semester, such as having classes marked as incomplete rather than dropped out. “So There are about 500,000 undocumented students currently enrolled in higher education, only about 28% of whom have DACA status.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I didn’t understand why everybody didn’t have access. And I was determined to have access,” says Williams. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I I made sure everyone had access, especially my Black classmates and friends,” says Williams. Tapping into access became a deliberate decision.

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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rick Garfunkel, vice president for global affairs, had to bring back several hundred students who were studying overseas, including 40 in China. “[It was] not easy,” he said. Meanwhile, as campuses emptied, international students had to remain. Rutgers was one of the many schools that broadened access using technology.

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Supporting the Whole Student Through Holistic Advising: Reflections on ED’s Raise The Bar Summit

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

Department of Education and IHEP convened the summit focused on holistic advising and wraparound support services. Collaboration is Key Collaboration between faculty, advisors, support services, community-based organizations, employers, and students is also key to holistic support.

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Eye to the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Student groups at Morgan State include organizations for African students, Caribbean students, Latinx students, and international students. Our students have a professional advisor on my team who works with them until they earn 24 credits with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 million of the $15.1

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Investing in Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the $30 million gift came no advised direction, restrictions, nor stipulations, Boekelheide says, calling Scott’s donation a “windfall” and a “vote of confidence” in what PCC was doing. Paying for students Multiple recipient schools told Diverse that they are using their Scott donations at least partially on scholarship programs.

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Simplifying Financial Aid for International Students

School & Student Services by Community Brands

The United States has long been a desirable destination for international students seeking world-class education. In recent years, there’s been a notable surge in the number of international students applying to US-based private schools. Why US Private Schools?