Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

Dr. Sade Bonilla, an assistant professor of policy, organizations, leadership and systems division at the University of Pennsylvania. When controlling for academic preparation, male and female students apply to college at statistically the same rate. It’s a college’s job to be student ready, as it is for students to be college ready.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

And he is doing his part as director of policy and advocacy in California at The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), an independent, nonprofit research and policy organization. He combines passion, knowledge, and charisma to persuade policy makers to do the right thing for low-income students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

The graduation rate for URM at four-year public institutions (4YP) increased 9 percentage points from 2016-17 to 2022-23, and the graduation rate for low-income students increased 10 percentage points in that time period. Funding for low-income students in Kentucky’s performance funding model has increased.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Yet less than 12% of resident 18-to-24-year-old students enrolled in our public universities are Hispanic. We see similar enrollment gaps for African American students, rural students, and low-income students. About 60% of our state university students graduate within six years.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice at Rutgers University. Dr. Ben Rayder, executive director of the Office of Undergraduate Research and Major Awards at UH, said his office works with low-income students to remove barriers they may encounter as they become researchers. How HSIs Promote Upward Mobility.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

“The report doesn’t grab the motivations of the students,” said Jennifer Causey, a senior research associate at the National Student Clearinghouse. “It Unfortunately, there remains a persistent gap between low-income students and students at low poverty high schools. In 2023, 50.5%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Since 2015, Stout has served as president and CEO of Achieving the Dream (ATD), a network of over 300 community colleges, with the goal of being accessible hubs of learning, credentialing and economic mobility that eliminate inequities in educational and workforce outcomes. Shes helping colleges implement evidence-based reforms.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The late “soft launch” took place but several technical issues and limited windows of accessibility – the latter issue was addressed by Jan. While institutions may invite students to work with them after the deadline, "it is daunting to navigate the complexities of financial aid," she said. 30 instead of the usual Oct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The ACE Report details what has become the useful identification of education deserts — defined as geographical locations where there are no colleges or universities in the vicinity or one community college is the only public broad-access institution in the area. Roughly 6% to 12% of the U.S. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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College Aid Consulting Services

JANUARY 5, 2024

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) UCSD’s financial aid office assists students through grants, loans, and scholarship resources, with an emphasis on supporting low-income students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

These students are provided academic supports that include counseling, scholarships, and opportunities to participate in innovative science programs. “Dr. Alexander is very accessible, very approachable for students,” says Dr. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve.

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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. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. They must present evidence of effectiveness in institutional practices serving Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

There’s been a 234% increase in undergraduate degrees for Latinx students, and GSU has seen a 50% reduction in withdrawals from students who have an outstanding fee or balance when they access the AI chatbot. This was to be accomplished by the year 2025. “We

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COE

AUGUST 26, 2024

For first-generation and low-income students, these programs can be life-changing, offering experiences that might otherwise be out of reach. The 2024 Keith Sherin Global Leaders Study Abroad Program exemplified the power of study abroad for first-generation and low-income students. this summer.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Leveraging strong data-driven tools to help advisors guide students. Securing ongoing leadership support and investment. MAAPS demonstrated the value of an accessible, coordinated approach to advising. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. Redirect and infuse career services expertise across campus.

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COE

JUNE 30, 2023

One hundred and thirty-nine high school TRIO students from across the country participated in the National Student Leadership Congress (NSLC) this year in Washington, D.C., The beginning of the program was an expected geographic and culture shock for students, especially those who grew up with a rural background, Santana said.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

We've found a misaligned perception between how campus leadership and business leaders view student career outcomes. Ensuring Equitable Access. Career services offices, like higher education more broadly, have struggled with access and opportunity issues for first-generation and low-income students.

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COE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Serving on YAPC gave me direct access to the Chief of Police, Mayor, and other elected officials who often sought our advice on various policies impacting the city’s youngest residents. This was the beginning of my involvement in public policy and planted the seeds for my future career as an advocate.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

President Sacks talked to us about the view on the ground versus the big picture, her personal leadership journey, some of her proudest accomplishments, strategies for decision making, and the power of both information and knowledge. Department of Education. They don't even like horses. That was formative.”

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We released two new playbooks to assist leadership teams in their practices of proactive advising and college-to-career transition. We believe that sharing the best templates, tools, resources, and materials will make innovation adoption easier and faster for thousands of student success administrators. Diffusion to the Field 1.

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

Visa process, international students may not actually have the necessary paperwork to arrive when planned, despite their enrollment or deposit activity. As for students who didn’t file their FAFSA, many of these students may be first-generation or low-income students who need more support to make it to the first day of classes.

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As covered in Inside Higher Ed : “One particularly troubling enrollment trend exacerbated by the pandemic … is the decline of underrepresented groups—specifically Black, first-generation and low-income students. Free Tuition” to all in-state students from families with incomes under $67,000.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

We released two new playbooks to assist leadership teams in their practices of proactive advising and college-to-career transition. We believe that sharing the best templates, tools, resources, and materials will make innovation adoption easier and faster for thousands of student success administrators. Diffusion to the Field 1.

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COE

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Students participating in All In Milwaukee , which helps minority, first-generation students and low-income students graduate from college, have a graduation rate of 91 percent. “It Students are assigned a coach to help them through college. .” It wasn’t practices, procedures, or policies.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 12, 2024

Burns prefers sharing the UIA’s vision and work rather than her personal journey, she explained how her experiences helped inform the Alliance’s goals: “A lot of first-generation and low-income students get bad advice. It was all about graduation rates and access. It’s a highly competitive environment.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

In fact, many of today's students are a bit older, self-supporting (some with dependents), possibly first-generation and/or from underserved or marginalized communities, and lacking the experience or time to find the resources that might better ensure their academic success. They need tech help, they need Wi-Fi access at home.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 26, 2023

What types of students dropped out? In many institutions, it's a low-income student. What happens is that we lose students by the thousands, we find out much later, and there's nothing we can do about it. So imagine that all your data systems are firing and the right people have access to that data.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 13, 2024

She encapsulated the UIA’s mission this way: “People describe us as the Ivy League of student success innovation. A group of college presidents and chancellors united around a shared sense of urgency that we were doing a bad job of graduating students, especially low-income students. How do you adapt it?

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Society was capable of showing more creativity, collaboration, and innovative leadership. Children’s Literacy Initiative: The Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) helps to ensure that low-income students are able to read at or above their grade level. Immediate access to documents.

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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. Other issues in the news will include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

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. from the Community College Leadership Program. In the 1960s, the idea of open access was undefined, Roueche said.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

defaults, colleges and universities would lose significant federal funding and students may lose access to aid. and the potential for federal shutdowns, but this one is just a little bit different,” said Justin Draeger, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. If no deal is made, the U.S.

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COE

AUGUST 15, 2024

Supporting First-Generation College Students This Back-to-School Season August 15, 2024 — by Nicole Brunt The Pell Institute is proud to announce the release of a new set of fact sheets that illuminate critical insights into the experiences and outcomes of first-generation, low-income students, and students with disabilities.

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COE

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Read this and more in the Fall 2023 issue of Equality , now available for download. .” Jones as Its Third President Press Releases Council for Opportunity in Education Board of Directors Unanimously Chooses Kimberly A. McNair and Perseverance Blog Ronald E.

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JUNE 30, 2023

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. Their dedication and leadership have transformed lives and inspired countless others. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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