Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

We collaborate with over 25 community partners where students obtain professional experience while serving the community.” To date, 391 students, 98.72% of them Latino, have collaborated with more than 25 non-profit organizations for a total of 6,782 hours.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. million) to low-income students facing modest financial hurdles to degree completion as they neared graduation. The lab launched this year, and we're excited to celebrate this hub where faculty and staff from our member universities can collaborate.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

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.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 5, 2024

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the means by which students obtain their fair share of the billions of dollars in Federal, state, and college financial aid to help defray the cost of college. They then can send Award Letters to admittees with all pertinent financial aid information.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 5, 2024

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the means by which students obtain their fair share of the billions of dollars in Federal, state, and college financial aid to help defray the cost of college. They then can send Award Letters to admittees with all pertinent financial aid information.

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COE

APRIL 16, 2024

We aim to demystify the graduate school application process, particularly for first-generation black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC, nontraditional, and low-income students who often lack access to essential resources. Plan, seek financial aid options and ensure a good fit with prospective programs.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Society was capable of showing more creativity, collaboration, and innovative leadership. Children’s Literacy Initiative: The Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) helps to ensure that low-income students are able to read at or above their grade level. CLI provides materials, workshops, and coaching.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 12, 2024

Burns prefers sharing the UIA’s vision and work rather than her personal journey, she explained how her experiences helped inform the Alliance’s goals: “A lot of first-generation and low-income students get bad advice. Everybody works in silos and there’s not enough collaboration. It’s a highly competitive environment.

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Student Research Foundation

AUGUST 7, 2024

For instance, students applying via the QuestBridge National Match Program , a scholarship program for first-generation and low-income students, will have to apply by September 26. When you stop to think about it, that’s a lot for an individual student to take on alone! For some students, this is easy.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

“When I came back to West Virginia, I wrote a Strengthening Community Colleges project in collaboration with colleagues in Parkersburg. Sometimes that collaborative approach will be more successful.” And that got us the grant. How do we fix it?’

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The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 13, 2024

A group of college presidents and chancellors united around a shared sense of urgency that we were doing a bad job of graduating students, especially low-income students. Everybody works in silos and there’s not enough collaboration. There are more collaboratives now doing similar work, groundbreaking initiatives.

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COE

MAY 10, 2024

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., Its membership includes more than 1,000 colleges and agencies.

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