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From Past to Present: New Book Explores the Importance of HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But the book is not merely an exercise in nostalgia. Featured in the book are the voices of HBCU leaders who reflect on these challenges, as they work to foster an environment that supports student success. Gasman and Esters point out that the goal in writing the book was to “examine, in deep and meaningful ways, the power of HBCUs.”

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With Pell Grants Expanding to the Incarcerated, Experts Say Prisons Need To be Less Restrictive of Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Congress voted in December 2020 to restore Pell Grants for incarcerated Americans after a 26-year ban, advocates hailed the move as an opportunity for 760,000 people in prison to achieve a better life through education. In the prisons where I work, they’re limited to no more than 10 books total,” she said.

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Dr. Emily Bouck, Michigan State University

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Emily Bouck is actively involved in grant writing and leads such funded programs. Bouck is published in over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and has authored six books and over 30 book chapters. She examines such technological approaches as virtual manipulatives and the virtual manipulative-based instructional sequences.

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Unveiling An Accidental Triumph: The Improbable History of American Higher Education

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Sol Gittleman has penned a must-read book for anyone with a vested interest in the past, present, and future of American academia. Along the way, he touches on the Black land grant institutions authorized in 1890 by the Second Morrill Act.

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Creating Safe Spaces for Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She says the goal of her research is to help Black students to “freedom dream,” a term inspired by Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination , a 2002 book by Dr. Robin D.G. One of her fondest memories is of getting books from the library with her family and then discussing them in the living room. “I Nash Endowed Chair in U.S.

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New Analysis Shows Boost in Aid Eligibility from FAFSA Simplification

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Lower SAI numbers will lead to a greater number of students being eligible for Pell Grants. SHEEO calculated that almost 43% of the students in their data who were originally ineligible for Pell Grants would now qualify, an increase of over two million students. all covered by your Pell Grant.” At least 7.8%

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Historically Black Colleges, Family Sacrifices, and the American Dream

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After four years of effort, Dr. Alvin Schexnider has put the finishing touches on his latest book. This Black man in the 1960s was studying port observations that resulted in the implementation of greater automation, containerized cargo, which we take for granted now. This time, he turned the lens inward.

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