Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Students enroll in one of eight senior CUNY colleges, taking most courses at their home campuses where they have access to the campus honors lounge. Students meet with Macaulay Honors College Dean Dara N.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2024

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab It's incredibly hard to meet students where they are and effectively teach and support them without a sense of their basic needs. Give advisors access to the resulting data and consider giving it to faculty too. If one thing’s certain these days, it’s that we are constantly changing with the world around us.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. We offer faculty workshops on culturally sensitive teaching.” It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Has support declined as more women and people of color gained access to college? Indeed, while the scientific review process involves feedback, college administration and even teaching involves very little. Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab is author of Paying the Price, College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream.

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Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The barriersranging from cultural stigma and financial constraints to limited access to tailored supportare significant and deeply rooted. Unclear systems: Overlapping or confusing systems for accessing resources can deter already overwhelmed students. Why is help-seeking among underrepresented students important?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re rethinking financial aid and student loans in new and innovative ways. They see ChatGPT writing papers, maniacal zealots indoctrinating young minds with woke, left-wing ideology, or, alternatively, right-wing idealogues banning books and prohibiting the honest teaching of history. Others are much more pessimistic.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 24, 2025

Title III represents a significant overhaul of the student loan system in a move to improve access, transparency, and accountability in loan programs. Opposition to Title III College-access advocates criticize changes in Title III that they feel will exacerbate existing demographic disparities in enrollment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education.

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IEFA

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Opportunities Studying abroad provides an array of opportunities local institutions often cannot provide, such as access to world-class research facilities or unique cultural immersion programs. Even international students depending on student loans and financial aid will spend portions of their allowance in the local economy.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 11, 2025

Evidence of the impact of the rise of administrative costs are noted below: More administrators than professors: The growing number of non-teaching roles, such as assistant deans, diversity officers, marketing staff, or compliance officers, accounts for growth in administrators.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

And we did the first full degree program in e-commerce, the first master's of arts in teaching with the Internet. Following that theme, it was no surprise to hear this former English major explain how reading fiction teaches him about leadership. And books teach life values and habits of people a lot unlike yourself.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

AUGUST 31, 2022

Let’s face it, financial aid season can be a hectic time for schools and families. Going through the financial aid process can be overwhelming for families; they want the best for their students, and oftentimes the stress and uncertainty of applying for financial aid can outweigh the excitement about their students’ acceptance. .

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UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog

JANUARY 19, 2021

The more connections you have, the greater your social capital is, and the greater access to resources you have. While my parents fueled my motivation to earn a college degree, I was left to figure out the admission process, FAFSA, and other financial pieces, but I did not do it alone. It is about who you know.

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EAB

JULY 21, 2023

Customized Onboarding Frictionless Services Accessible Campus Community Flexible Academic Pathways Holistic Well-Being Support Proactive Career Preparation. Only 29% of respondents said their college collects and stores information on prospective students’ interests and preferences in one place that is easily accessible to staff.

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EAB

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Particular areas of focus for Art include: student access, diversity, inclusion, expression, and success; faculty diversity, inclusion, and expression; and institutional accountability and accreditation. The Court didn't address financial aid and scholarships. It didn't address recruitment, outreach, or pathways programs.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 9, 2024

Eubanks Davis explained how the idea for Braven germinated during her years with Teach For America. I was obsessed with making sure that the staff pipeline represented the students we had the privilege of teaching. I was obsessed with making sure that the staff pipeline represented the students we had the privilege of teaching.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We handpicked instructors who are particularly effective in teaching introductory-level courses. So, what we've tried to do is find new interventions that can help deal with these really crippling DFW rates that not only hold up students academically, but also interfere with their eligibility for financial aid.”

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

Academic Affairs is this incredible infrastructure for research, for teaching. We wanted to reimagine how we work with our Office of Access and Diversity, and Academic Affairs, and all the different components surrounding higher ed. I think it's very valuable. Another suggestion is understanding the whole dynamics of the institution.

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IEFA

AUGUST 3, 2023

Need-based scholarships, on the other hand, are awarded based on your financial need and can be a great way to help fund your college education.Finally, demographic-specific scholarships, such as those tailored to women and minority students, can make college more accessible. They have worked hard to hone and demonstrate their skills.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Scholarship awards and financial aid can help ease the financial burden of attending college. Furthermore, students must agree to a two-year commitment of teaching, researching or working directly with the minority groups listed above within one year of graduation. Deadline: Typically, mid-October.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The emphasis must be on professional development to handle innovation, because if we don't teach faculty how to enhance teaching excellence and use innovation, we've failed as institutions. How do we teach them to include high-impact practices and think about students they're going to work with in a new academic program?

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The emphasis must be on professional development to handle innovation, because if we don't teach faculty how to enhance teaching excellence and use innovation, we've failed as institutions. How do we teach them to include high-impact practices and think about students they're going to work with in a new academic program?

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Like many community colleges, you face some cross-campus communication issues, maybe had limited access to faculty during the summer and were attempted to generate more buy-in. We're an HSI, 76% of our student body is part-time, 33% are Hispanic, 57% are female, 83% are on financial aid, 59% are first gen.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 25, 2023

That's how I like to teach.' Innovating as an Organization We like to end Innovation Spotlight interviews by asking our guest for an example of an innovative individual or organization that could teach higher ed something important. It's not so different from Plato sitting at one end of a log and you all sitting at the other end.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

He observed, "I think an internship actually teaches you what you don't want to do," and the described how he leveraged that perspective while serving as business school dean: "I realized that the curriculum was exactly the same as it had been 25 years earlier. Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).

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IEFA

OCTOBER 27, 2022

They have a long history of outstanding teaching, scientific research, and international acclaim. Germans believe that education should not be treated as a profit-making venture and that everyone should have free access. However, Finland has excellent financial aid options, so you can still study for free in Finland on scholarships.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

Being brave enough to open a charter school and figure out how to get more high school students early college experiences has been tremendous, and it's been so much fun to see students and parents get access to that kind of programming. Do you know about this Dickens novel?’ So often, we're really practical in community colleges.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 9, 2023

Dr. Willis began her educational career in 2007 teaching at Florida A&M University before transitioning to Tallahassee Community College. Bridget Burns is the founding Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2023

President Stokes shared the best advice she’s ever received: “As an assistant professor, I had a graduate student who at the last moment was asked to teach a class just as he was about to take his preliminary exams. And I got fired up, went to the person who made the assignment, and let them know my displeasure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

Studies show that criminal defendants often see more negative outcomes if they do not have access to legal representation with whom they feel a connection. Krinsky “The Supreme Court’s decision creates additional headwinds to the efforts of law schools and others to provide access and equity in legal education,” says Krinsky.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

If enrolled in postsecondary institutions, these concerns often negatively impact their ability to stay academically engaged, which could potentially impact any financial aid they have received. These students are offered financial aid, housing priority, counseling, and opportunities for career and leadership development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

I’m putting my time and energy into my education and volunteer efforts and living on campus on my scholarship and financial aid,” she says. I don’t like teaching in a system that gives some students more opportunities than others.” But there are still more expenses for basic needs, such as transportation and food.”

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EAB

AUGUST 29, 2023

And in general, our researchers have identified the following traits, there are five of them that we think are gonna have a material impact, not only on teaching these students effectively once they enroll, but actually getting their attention and gaining their trust and engagement during the recruitment process. So I think there's that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Teach Black males and their families about the hidden curriculum (e.g., Encourage and advocate for Black males to pursue dual enrollment and other accelerated course/program options in high school to provide access and help equalize and narrow postsecondary education matriculation disparities. in order to be successful in college.

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EAB

MAY 9, 2023

So there are easy things that I've seen visiting community colleges, I visited a community college in Maine where the financial aid staff all went to lunch at the same time. JM: So yeah, it's great when they pass her course, she teaches remedial English. But some community colleges have managed to do it.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Department also focused billions of dollars to transform struggling schools, prompting nearly 1,000 low-performing schools nationwide to recruit new staff, adopt new teaching methods, and add learning time. In support of the president's goal for the U.S. Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).

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The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 11, 2023

Now I'm going to take all your financial aid away.' For the past decade, she has advised university presidents, system chancellors, and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs, and promote completion for students of all backgrounds. And I was like, 'Thank you.

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