Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. The grant is a California Student Aid Commission program.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

In reality, after grants and scholarships, one year of community college “now costs students an excess of $15,000 a year,” said Goldrick-Rab. Helping these students, she said, has become more of a social-work, case-management skill, and UW Tacoma is looking for social workers to help them better understand how to serve their students.

Community college 290

Community college Case manager Student affairs Higher education 290

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. We’ve also provided emergency housing, financial support for off-campus temporary housing and scholarships for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students,” says Morishita. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

We take a case management approach in that we look at individual students—their high school transcripts, if they had ESL (English as a Second Language) in school, if they self-designate as English language learners, and writing samples that they do to see if they need some language support,” Moreno says.

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Tutoring Retention Mentoring Faculty 321

Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2024

These strategies included providing financial incentives through grant funding, establishing a faculty mentor model, and creating diverse working groups to encourage shared decision-making—not just once, but consistently throughout the year. The 2023 Civitas Learning Impact Report analyzed over 500 initiatives affecting more than 3.9

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Student success Faculty Success Instruction 89

EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We built this to be long term, that we would be able to extend to Arkansas families that make $100,000 and below, if those students were admitted to university, that they would be able to have their unmet need mapped out for them through a series of scholarship and/or work/study options. You don't announce that to your public.

Scholarship 64

Scholarship Retention Case manager Success 64

EAB

AUGUST 23, 2023

Case Management & Basic Needs Specialists: Navigating public resources can be confusing, time consuming, and overwhelming for many students. Learn how Milwaukee Area Technical College increased persistence with micro-grants and registration hold reforms.

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Students Community college Collaboration Retention 52