Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More than half of colleges that admit 25% or fewer applicants still provide advantages to alumni children. According to one study, Asian American applicants had 28% lower odds of attending elite schools than white applicants with similar academic and extracurricular qualifications.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

MARCH 28, 2025

On March 26, 2025, the Department of Education reopened the online application for Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans for federal student loan borrowers. This follows a very stressful period for student loan borrowers. On February 21, the Department pulled down the IDR application.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2024

The Common App has launched its 2024–2025 application for more than 1,100 colleges and universities worldwide. The not-for-profit organization founded in 1975 has grown to serve more a million students online annually through its online application platform.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

This structured approach makes complex psychological concepts accessible and immediately applicable to educational settings from K-12 through higher education. Her own experiences as an African American educator inform the text without overshadowing its universal applications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The issues closest to my heart—those that affect our students and education equity—are being largely ignored by the presidential candidates. Additionally, messages from our highest public servants are guiding students to forgo college, undermining education as a viable pathway to socioeconomic mobility.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Additionally, more than half of faculty (52%) have altered their writing to avoid controversy, and many refrain from using terms they believe might be perceived as offensive by students (62%), administrators (57%), or other faculty members (57%). The research showed significant variations based on state legislative contexts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Generation Hope , a non-profit focusing on student parents, will be opening applications for the third cohort of its FamilyU technical assistance program, which aims to help higher ed institutions strengthen student-parent success. They also receive a $20,000 grant each upon completion to advance their student-parent work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

But, the sticker price published on college and university websites is not what many, or even most, students pay. You might understandably wonder why, then, dont colleges just publish what students actually end up paying? Let me be clear: no student or family should go into more debt than they feel an education is worth.

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JULY 2, 2025

Data from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) provide vital insights on key higher education issues that inform evidence-based policymaking across the country. Without the data, states could lose essential tools to make evidence-based decisions and promote student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

In 2024, White applicants received offers of admission at nearly twice the rate of their Black counterparts, with 79% of white applicants receiving at least one acceptance compared to just 45% of Black applicants. Asian applicants fared better with a 69% admission rate, but still below the overall average of 69%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Combined with the Apple App Store, which first debuted in 2008 with 500 phone applications, in less than 20 years, technology has revolutionized how the average consumer communicates, entertains themselves, and obtains information. Consequently, renormalizing consumer expectations for end-user experiences.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Department of Education has released the Application and Verification Guide of 2025-26 Federal Student Aid Handbook. The text is designed for financial aid professionals and counselors to help students file their FAFSA applications, make corrections, and verify information.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2025

Earlier this year, the tennis champion made headlines for becoming one of the youngest major gift donors in the United Negro College Fund's 80-year history with a groundbreaking $100,000 donation to support HBCU student-athletes who play competitive tennis. Applications for the Coco Gauff Scholarship Program are due July 1, 2025.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2025

By focusing on employer needs, we have launched eight bachelors degrees in crucial areas including nursing, education, information technology, and public safety administration. In only its second semester, nearly 100 students are enrolled in upper division courses this Spring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

Community college students in California will now have an easier time lining up their academic progress to transfer to a California State University (CSU) system school, now that CSU has opened up access to its recent Transfer Planner to even more students. They can earn badges saying you've completed [requirements and milestones.]

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ford and hearts as they seek to provide Black students with rigorous and relevant instructional styles and strategies. I want to inform and/or remind readers that Dr. James A. Specifically, whether intentional or unintentional, harm has been done to students/learners. As stated earlier, I write this piece as a tribute to Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

But like other free tuition initiatives for Native American students, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education website. Dr. Gresham D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Two new reports from The California Alliance for Student Parent Success (The Alliance) detail the challenges that student parents face at California institutions. Approximately 300,000 undergraduate student parents are currently enrolled at institutions of higher education in the state of California.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

As students get closer to graduation, most have accumulated an impressive high school education and some work experience. But, as students gain more experience, they may wonder how to best showcase it. Here are our tips for high school students on how to use LinkedIn. But, thats okay!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2024

In a few short weeks, fall term will be upon us and millions of students will flood classrooms. While their past transcripts, test scores, and applications indicate something about who they are and how they are doing, the truth is that we won’t know much about their lives without asking better questions.

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Student Research Foundation

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

From crafting your application essays to navigating standardized tests , there’s a lot to keep track of. Creating a college application checklist is a great way to stay on top of things—and we’ve got one to help you get started. However, actually fulfilling college application requirements requires some planning and forethought.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A proposed federal financial aid policy could change the lives of postsecondary students, particularly Black and Latinx students, by allowing them to spend less out-of-pocket for their degrees and prevent the accumulation of student debt, which remains financially crippling for many graduates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Excelencia in Education, an organization working for increased access and completion of Latinx students in postsecondary education, has released its latest report on programs that have qualitatively and quantitatively shown to improve and increase the success of Latinx students in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Obtaining an associate degree helps students climb higher on the economic mobility ladder than they would be able to with only a high school degree, and a bachelor’s degree enables them to climb much higher. Most community college students intend to transfer. What causes the disconnect between intention and reality? Dr. Linda L.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Looking for scholarships for Indian students? This guide covers the top options, their benefits, eligibility criteria, and application tips to help you get started. Key Scholarships for Indian Students in the U.S. This fellowship recognizes academic excellence and leadership qualities, making it highly competitive but rewarding.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic, most higher education institutions opted to eliminate the requirement that applicants submit standardized test scores such as the ACT and SAT. This was true even when breaking down student performance by race, gender, and other demographic subgroups. Dr. Suzanne M. Only about 40 percent do.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Adult community college students in degree-progressing English and math courses are nearing parity with their traditional-age student counterparts when it comes to course completion, according to a new report from California Competes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

What does student success mean? Some colleges associate student success with high graduation rates, others focus on alumni achievements, and then other colleges emphasize test scores and grades. Since institutions use different definitions regarding the term “student success,” it raises a critical question: Who are we leaving behind?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 25, 2025

She brought raw cotton bolls into her eighth-grade classroom and asked students to feel the sharp husks that once tore at the hands of enslaved people, hoping to deepen their understanding of slavery’s daily brutality. In other words, an inclusive environment increases the likelihood that students will be interested in the learning.

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Student Research Foundation

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

For many high school students, applying to colleges is the start of a new chapter—but it can be an intimidating process. Many students want to stand out on their college applications and make a good first impression, but they are unsure where to start and what to include. What Do Colleges Look for on College Applications?

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

A more efficient process is underway for filing the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Cordona, the new process is informed by conversations with and feedback from students, institutions, and other stakeholders following a challenging 2024-25 FAFSA cycle. Jeremy Singer According to U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A new National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) report analyzes a Unified Servicing and Data Solution (USDS) contract, set to go live in the spring, and its potential impact on student loan borrowers’ rights and experiences. Alpha Taylor The U.S.

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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. Amid news that the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2024

"The Asylum Law Clinic is a huge step in training law students to advocate effectively for marginalized groups," said Andrea Ramos, director of Southwestern’s Immigration Law Clinic. Our curriculum emphasizes both the knowledge and compassion needed for impactful legal representation and advocacy."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

This year, helping her high school seniors through the newly simplified FAFSA application process has been more stressful than simple. Traditionally, the FAFSA form opens on October 1, leaving students and their parents plenty of time to fill out the form. The student’s nerves are real.

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