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Ending DEI in Higher Ed Has Larger Implications for our Nation’s Future - We Can Fight Back

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is in addition to the disastrous decision to dismantle the Department of Education, an agency created to provide access for students no matter where theyre from, including low-income students, those with learning disabilities, and students of color. For our youngest military leaders, the U.S.

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Report Presents New Approach to Increasing Completion Rates at Public Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The goal of virtually all colleges and universities is to increase retention and completion. While performance-based funding has brought increases in retention and completion, it has not had the desired effect. Typically, the current funding model involves receiving funding after the institution shows improvement.

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Consider Best Value Colleges

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Economic Mobility Index Measure of economic status change for low-income students. Average Net Price (ANP) Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college. Graduation Rate (6-year) Percent of undergraduate students who graduate within six years.

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Consider Best Value Colleges

College Planners of America

Economic Mobility Index Measure of economic status change for low-income students. Average Net Price (ANP) Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college. Graduation Rate (6-year) Percent of undergraduate students who graduate within six years.

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What Are the Big Higher Education Stories for 2024?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Smith University — an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in North Carolina — concurs that student debt and loan forgiveness will be big stories. Financial issues, along with enrollment, retention and graduation, will be newsworthy also. She adds that HBCU institutions have long dealt with being underfunded.

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New Pell Institute Report Shows Decline in the Global Position of the United States in Bachelor’s Attainment, Increasing Inequality of College Opportunity at Home

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The 2024 Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States report reveals alarming trends indicating increasing inequity of opportunity in higher education, particularly for low-income students. “The alarms are sounding for the U.S.,

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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

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Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services.