Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Students navigate housing and food insecurity, transportation issues, and other limitations to access. Individuals committed to community colleges and the vital role they play in American higher education continue to advocate for the students and the institutions that serve them. Dr. Everrett A.

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Scholarship America

JULY 14, 2023

For students from low-income families, college can be a massive catch-22: higher education has never been more important, but it’s also never been more expensive. Private-sector scholarships can make a huge difference when it comes to filling the affordability gap for low-income students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Access, affordability, and free speech will continue to make headlines in higher education. Efforts by the Biden administration to pass a rule on student loan forgiveness was a major story from 2023 that will again be front and center in the new year. Bonner says student mental health will be newsworthy in 2024.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JANUARY 9, 2024

The minimum economic return threshold—defined as Threshold 0—indicates whether students are better off financially after leaving school. State policymakers should design first-dollar programs that are open to all residents, as New Mexico has done.

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Counselors' Corner

JANUARY 3, 2024

As we return to our students, and during a time when the world is focused on goal setting, what better time to look at our profession and consider the big-picture changes that would improve college access. Without them, the conversation with the students goes nowhere.

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Close the Gap Foundation

JUNE 15, 2022

The Fellowship leverages project-based learning, structured mentorship, and tailored workshops to help rising 11th and 12th-grade students recognize and embrace their potential through the planning, executing, and presenting a social impact project to better their communities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

RIVERSIDE, Calif-- As Americans express increasing skepticism about the value of higher education, how much colleges contribute to social mobility has come into the spotlight. With student debt spiraling out of control, people are increasingly interested in examining whether the tuition really pays off in terms of economic benefits.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

Almost 90% of students whose family income places them in the top quintile of earnings decide to enroll in either a two or four-year college, while just over 50% of high school graduates coming from the lowest quintile of earnings go on to enroll in postsecondary education. Pechman senior fellow in economic studies at Brookings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Higher education is bracing as the nation's debt ceiling nears its limit, The Hill reported. defaults, colleges and universities would lose significant federal funding and students may lose access to aid. defaults, colleges and universities would lose significant federal funding and students may lose access to aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It makes sense that a flexible course schedule allows community college students to be more likely to make progress towards a degree and ultimately graduate,” he said. But if a student has to take all their classes online, they miss out on this support, which might set back their progress.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Higher education is one of the most powerful assets our state has to uplift families, support businesses, and create prosperity. Graduates of higher education have increased volunteerism, improved health outcomes, and lower incarceration rates. Historically, higher education has underserved many Kansans.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Institutions should really take a look at the strategies that HSIs are using to support low-income, high-needs student groups,” said Gasman. HSIs are also educating large numbers of African Americans and Asian Americans, and significant numbers of white students from lower-income families.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Through deliberate, intentional efforts to bring in students from traditionally underserved populations, WVC’s dual enrollment programs are not only building opportunity and access but impacting enrollment as well. higher education institutions, fall 2022 dual enrollment at two-year colleges grew by 11.5%.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment. Career preparation is a core objective of a university education. For many students, it's also the primary goal. According to Strada Education Network's Institute for the Future of Work , 85% of freshmen say that their main priority for attending college is getting a good job.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

In a unique move, Lafayette College announced that they would only consider up to six extracurricular activities , versus the maximum of ten that the Common Application allows students to list. These students often have less opportunity to try (and pay for) extracurriculars. When they are able to join, they often excel. Dr. Julie J.

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College Aid Consulting Services

JANUARY 5, 2024

With the rising cost of higher education, many students and their families are concerned about affordability. As a financial aid consultant, I’ve noticed a trend in the most searched colleges and universities—an indication of where students hope to invest their futures.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

In a precedent-setting career in higher education, the late Dr. Alfredo de los Santos Jr. De los Santos, a posthumous recipient of a 2023 Diverse Champions Award, is remembered by colleagues as a great friend, an outstanding mind, and a determined educator who placed access and equity at the center of his work. Richardson Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2022

trillion omnibus federal spending bill that was signed right before Christmas by President Joe Biden, are funding provisions and policy changes that impact the world of higher education. The omnibus offers additional funding for a variety of programs that help students who have the toughest roads to completion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

Williams They continue to be essential beacons of higher education for the talented students who attend them. Not only do HBCUs enroll twice as many first-generation, low-income students, but they also outperform peer institutions in improving the economic standing of their students. Dr. Harry L.

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COE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

From Humble Beginnings to Leading Higher Education Advocacy: My Journey October 2, 2023 — by Kimberly Jones Becoming COE president, I strive for educational equity, inspired by my parents’ resilience and belief in transformative education for all. Recognizing her potential, they urged her to pursue higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and Columbia University’s Community College Research Center will be collaborating to produce two publications in support of ultimately improving transfer student outcomes, particularly for students of color and low-income students. And so, the Transfer Playbook 2.0

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NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This leaves, on average, over $15,000 a year for students and families to fund, many of whom lack savings and may be living paycheck to paycheck. Data included in the analysis are for dependent students attending public and private not-for-profit four-year institutions. Source: U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

identified as place-bound , according to the American Council on Education (ACE) Center for Policy Research and Strategy (Hillman, Nicholas, & Weichman, 2016). While online education has grown exponentially in the U.S., Despite increased opportunities for online educational programming, their analysis concludes “.it’s

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I (Ford) was reading a commentary on the top number of “issues” facing education/ educators and became even more outraged and indignant on terminology used to describe children who live in poverty, Blacks, and other minoritized students. b. Special education over-referrals and overrepresentation.

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COE

MAY 10, 2024

Hamm This comprehensive report provides a 50-year historical trend analysis, shedding light on the state of equity in higher education and offering insights to policymakers, educators, and the public on how to improve educational opportunities and outcomes. WASHINGTON, D.C. “The alarms are sounding for the U.S.,

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Close the Gap Foundation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In this spotlight series, we wanted to share with you their personal stories and ‘whys’ as an educator and a board member. Let's meet Magret An alternative education high school teacher from Danville, California, Magret Nunes became a part of Close the Gap’ s inaugural Board of Educators in March 2021.

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COE

JUNE 30, 2023

The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2023 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients June 30, 2023 — by Terrance L. Hamm These outstanding alumni of the Federal TRIO programs have demonstrated exemplary leadership, dedication, and commitment to advancing educational opportunities and breaking barriers for underprivileged students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

He attended a school that specialized in science and while still a teenager in 1983 came alone to the United States to pursue higher education. Like most people, I did not set out to lead an institution of higher education,” he added. “I There is also the proximity to family, particularly grandchildren who reside in Brooklyn, New York.

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Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

play an important role for students and communities, providing a quality education that prepares students for jobs or to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Given that over 40% of undergraduate students in the U.S. The 1,038 community colleges in the U.S.

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COE

JANUARY 17, 2023

2022’s Biggest News Stories, as Told by the Council for Opportunity in Education. And as we continued to extract the possible from the impossible, this year taught us that our students can change the world. Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education Names Diane Shust as Its Vice President for Public Policy.

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NACAC's Admitted

JUNE 28, 2023

Prior to the pandemic, NACAC convened a Task Force on Standardized Admission Testing for International and US Students , in response to years’ worth of concerns about inequitable access to admission tests internationally as well as inequitable effects of admission tests domestically. You can reach him at dhawkins@nacacnet.org.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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COE

APRIL 16, 2024

We aim to demystify the graduate school application process, particularly for first-generation black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC, nontraditional, and low-income students who often lack access to essential resources. They often lack familial and community support in navigating higher education pathways.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Between 2016 and 2020, the UIA conducted a randomized control trial study of proactive, predictive analytics-enabled advising for first-generation and Pell-eligible students across 11 campuses. Leveraging strong data-driven tools to help advisors guide students. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds Senators Susan Collins, Jon Tester, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tammy Baldwin for Reintroducing Bill to Strengthen the Federal TRIO Programs May 8, 2023 — by Terrance L. Today, the Council for Opportunity in Education applauds U.S.

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