IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

Department of Education and IHEP convened the summit focused on holistic advising and wraparound support services. One Million Degrees offers coaching, mentoring, and financial and professional guidance. Another critical component of advising is helping students envision and achieve their career goals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Interim Provost Dr. Rani Roy says the school has already applied for two HSI grants and will find out in October whether they’ve been accepted. The Mount has proudly been an HSI since the late 1990s, Burns says, and about 51% of its students are Pell Grant eligible.

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College Aid Services

APRIL 4, 2025

The Department of Education has confirmed the 2025-26 federal funding allocations for the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) and Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs. 3 Update) The post Final Funding Authorizations for 202526 Campus-Based Programs (Apr. 3 Update) first appeared on College Aid Services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The two-year project — supported by a grant from Lumina Foundation — builds on campus work initiated through AAC&U’s Curriculum-to-Career Innovations Institute. A central goal of the resulting curriculum-to-career models will be to advance equity within student outcomes, evaluation, professional learning, and partnerships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Researchers from the University of Oregon (UO) have earned a $3 million grant from the federal government to help tackle global warming, while incorporating the insights of rural and Indigenous communities which are often left out of decisions about what happens around them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Back in December of 2020, the foundation awarded the then-budding EPP a $745,000 24-month grant that allowed the team to build up and grow. The money will mostly go toward staffing – directors, program managers, academic advisers, and peer mentors – and student resources, such as books, school supplies, and transportation, Wheelock said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

On the topic of academic success, schools should keep an eye out for dips in single-term GPA – instead of just cumulative GPA – to use as early warning signs of a struggling student and provide early guidance through faculty and advisers accordingly, the report recommended.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Students receiving Pell grants have graduation rates 21 percentage points lower than students who are not Pell-eligible. We are also working together to place dedicated college advisors in Kansas high schools through the Kansas State College Advising Corps. About 60% of our state university students graduate within six years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We’re also one of the largest enrollers of Pell Grant students in the country, enrolling about 30,000 Pell students every semester.” GSU’s student support team created a system of automatic micro-grants, which would be auto distributed to students in need. Tim Renick “Today, we’re over 80% nonwhite,” says Renick.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

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. According to the college, the internal grant awards total approximately $1 million a year. Likewise, Renton Technical College devoted $1.6

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

million grant from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information – will select undergraduates for training, advising, and support to increase readiness for medical school. Belinda Campos UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways (UCPPP) – it is receiving funding from a five-year, $3.6

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Seventy-two and a half percent of the students in the program are first-generation college students and 75% are Pell grant eligible. It also involves 17 advisers who meet with their assigned students three times a semester to track progress and goals, Palacios says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

No Pell Grants. Seek out information and updates to better advise and support students. At the campus leadership level, form a working group to establish counseling groups, address food insecurity, enhance commuter resources, provide financial advising, and tailor career guidance. No student loans. No Federal work study.

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College Aid Services

APRIL 11, 2025

The Department of Education has confirmed the 2025-26 federal funding allocations for the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) and Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs. 10 Update) The post Final Funding Authorizations for 202526 Campus-Based Programs (Apr. 10 Update) first appeared on College Aid Services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López — the daughter of immigrants — says the land-grant university was a promising choice, given its scholars and proximity to the U.S.-Mexico Moses, who served as her faculty adviser and co-chair of her dissertation committee. Mexico border and her scholarly work on immigration. “As Her research is groundbreaking,” says Moses. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

WVC, an associate’s and bachelor’s degree granting institution, has two dual enrollment programs: Running Start, which brings students to WVC, and College in the High School, held on high school campuses. These programs waive tuition and connect students with academic counseling to ensure their success. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

It means the institution changes how we develop faculty and advise students – where all 6,662 Compton college students benefit. At Compton, we put all budgets on the table – every small categorical program, every department, every grant – to pay for what works and will reach the largest number of students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

This can involve modernizing the Pell Grant program to allow for short-term program access and modernizing the work study program to allow for apprenticeship programs.” Innovations Smith said a rebound in community college enrollment is largely due to dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take community college courses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The university restructured to a centralized academic advising model for the first two years of college, ensuring that advising is consistent across all majors, particularly for the most vulnerable populations. Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. Edward’s University St.

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Student Research Foundation

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Helpful resources might include everything from research grants and advising services to specialized workshops and student groups. Some colleges offer specialized internship advising services within a certain department or school. For instance, at USC, the School of Cinematic Art has its own Internship Program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Another recommendation was that each school develop retention and persistence strategies for Black students using a personalized student support model, along with enhanced advising. The workgroup also recommended a comprehensive enrollment marketing campaign aimed at Black students.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In Massachusetts , the state-funded Supporting Urgent Community College Equity Through Student Services (SUCCESS) program provides community college students with wraparound services including tutoring, academic advising, financial aid counseling, and career guidance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Therefore, the program works closely with other departments of the college, particularly admissions and advising, to identify students who would benefit from EAP. “We Among the services it provides to first-year students are individualized academic advising, tutoring and community-building events. WSU’s CAMP was founded in 2006.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Success coaching goes beyond the advising that many college students are offered. All 11 colleges that participated in the MMSI elected to continue their use of the platform after the grant that funded the project expired. more likely to stay in school. It's a method that Evans hopes can be expanded in North Carolina. “If

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Data from the participants helps shape advising and accountability measures. Grant proposals are written to support additional CEED projects. Sanders says Virginia Tech has learned a lot from HBCUs and infused the inclusive advising and support mechanisms that help students of all backgrounds be academically successful.

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College Aid Consulting Services

DECEMBER 3, 2022

We started advising this family on the FAFSA and CSS Profile forms for financial aid in the beginning stages of their daughter’s college pursuit. Brandeis then followed up with an even more generous offer, which included more than $40,000 in grant aid for her first year. We have another financial aid success story to share.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs April 7, 2023 — by Terry Vaughan III The research will examine how TRIO programs can work with existing career services to provide comprehensive career support to learners.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Completion Grants. Proactive Advising. 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. MAAPS demonstrated the value of an accessible, coordinated approach to advising.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Her focus is student success initiatives, which include a lot of different focus areas, including guided pathways and holistic advising, developmental education reform, and a number of things that lead to increased student success, particularly with underserved populations, says Felder. These reforms can be broad-based.

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Counselors' Corner

APRIL 23, 2025

The same is true for financial aid packages; on student picked a school just because they gave him a $600 grant and called it an honors scholarship. That makes the school a little less expensive but does it make it right for you?

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

APRIL 7, 2025

Colleges have different deadlines, scholarships come with various eligibility criteria, and grants can require some paperwork that takes time to gather. Heres a quick review of what financial aid actually refers to: Grants: Money you dont have to pay back (yay!). Now Enrolling: College Financial Aid Advising for the Class of 2026-2027!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Each scholar receives financial support for study abroad and specialized advisors through the Macaulay Advising Program. “I Byrne is intent on increasing Macaulay’s already high graduation rate of approximately 80%, which continues to rise even as the number of Pell Grant recipients has risen.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

APRIL 14, 2025

There are three main types of financial aid: Grants : These are usually need-based and dont need to be paid back. FAFSA Your Key to Financial Aid The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a form youll need to complete in order to be considered for most types of financial aid, including federal grants, loans, and work-study.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In Massachusetts , the state-funded Supporting Urgent Community College Equity Through Student Services (SUCCESS) program provides community college students with wraparound services including tutoring, academic advising, financial aid counseling, and career guidance.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

APRIL 23, 2024

In Massachusetts , the state-funded Supporting Urgent Community College Equity Through Student Services (SUCCESS) program provides community college students with wraparound services including tutoring, academic advising, financial aid counseling, and career guidance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

At Wayne State, she founded efforts such as: Leading Well, a grant-funded professional learning community for Black women school leaders in Detroit; the Center for Black Children in Education (CBCE), which hosts an annual conference; and the Sankofa Scholarship Foundation, which provides scholarships for young people in higher education. ‘I

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This gives you more time to review the financial aid packages from all of the schools you’re considering, which is especially important when comparing grants, scholarships, and loans. This includes comparing scholarships, grants, federal loans, and work-study opportunities. Which Should You Choose? Early Action or Regular Decision?

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