The College Pod

MARCH 23, 2024

Define Your Financial Parameters When building an initial college list or making your final choice, assess your finances to set a clear budget, ensuring that you make a choice that supports your long-term financial well-being. Consider your income, savings, and potential grants or scholarships. Talk about saving a ton of money!

Financial aid

College Planners of America

APRIL 29, 2025

Scholarships and Grants: Research and apply for scholarships or grants to supplement savings and reduce college costs. Stay informed about financial aid opportunities available at colleges that can help offset rising costs. This helps planning for tax avoidance.

Scholarship

College Planners of America

JULY 25, 2025

Moreover, they do this cost effectively by paying an exam fee of $97 instead of the cost of college tuition for a three-credit course, which can range from $300 or so at community college to over $5,000 at top colleges. Review the college’s policies to verify that it will grant credits for specific exams.

Mathematics

The College Pod

MAY 4, 2024

So, when you see the COA for a college, it's the full price tag for attending that school for a year. This information is usually available on the college's website. Understanding the cost of attendance (COA) is crucial because it helps you plan financially for your child's college education. Why is it important?

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In October, State University of New York (SUNY) announced the Top 10% Promise Program, a direct admissions program that automatically grants acceptance to at least one SUNY institution for graduating high school seniors whose GPAs are in the top 10% of their class and meet specific academic readiness criteria.

Mental health

The College Pod

MARCH 7, 2025

Or perhaps that highly selective top 50 college you had your heart set on sent you the dreaded “We regret to inform you…” email. The most expensive school on paper might actually cost less after grants and scholarships. Grants and scholarships don't have to be repaid. Take a deep breath. Separate free money from loans.

Financial aid

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MARCH 10, 2025

Unlike datasets that only include information on students income level, NPSAS examines how students pay for college. NPSAS highlights key differences between veterans and their college-going peers: 63% of veterans are 30+ compared to 19% of nonveterans, and about half of student veterans are also parents.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2025

Private and public degree offerings will become increasingly disparate as private institutions attempt to safeguard liberal education and an informed, empowered citizenry, while public institutions, some of which have already been choked by political zealotry, are plunged into dystopiaor, in the wake of resistance, face the loss of accreditation.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2024

A new project by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) explores how states fund community colleges based on the enrollment for their students. Bumphus “There is no national data set that reflects the true scope of community college enrollments and curriculum,” said Dr. Walter G. Dr. Walter G.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

New Jersey Council of County Colleges members fear Gov. Phil Murphy is planning to cut about $20 million in state funding to community colleges. Aaron Fichtner, president of the New Jersey Council of County Colleges, noted in an interview with NJ.com that the state has been generous in expanding student financial aid programs.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. Moono, president of SUNY Schenectady County Community College. Felder, president of Harford Community College in Maryland, where Stout began her community college career in 1984.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2024

Community colleges have the ability to not only put students on the right path, but most importantly, ensure that students begin on the right foot. That right foot has so many implications, the first of which is the financial impact of attending a community college as the first step toward a bachelor ’ s degree.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 16, 2024

College-in-prison programs flourished in the 1970’s and 1980’s after the 1965 Higher Education Act made people who were incarcerated eligible for Pell Grants. Within a decade of the bill’s passage, in-prison college programs dwindled from over 700 to 12. He secured a job and gained full custody of two of his children.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Department of Education (ED) has awarded a $1 million grant to Pitt Community College to help boost college enrollment and completion rates among students in rural areas. Pitt Community College ED has presented a total of $44.5

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In 1856, Martin Henry Freeman became the first Black college president (Avery College). This was decades prior to the passage of the Second Morrill Act of 1890, which created separate land grant institutions for Black Americans. Today, the California Community College System, with more than 1.8 Dr. Kimberly R.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Most community college students intend to transfer. Sixty-seven percent of 2024 Community College Survey of Student Engagement ( CCSSE ) respondents across 164 institutions indicated that they were planning to transfer to a four-year college or university. What causes the disconnect between intention and reality?

Guided pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Assuming the position when the previous president resigned, she knew everyone was looking to her to bring stability to the community college. In California, we have great workforce needs across the board, and that’s a huge role for community colleges.” Also, the college’s nursing program is experiencing exciting growth.

Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva “Unfortunately, what we were hearing from our alliance members who were at HBCUs, and predominantly Black institutions and community colleges was that their literal functionality with hardware and software was difficult to navigate,” said Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva, President of CCA, in an interview with Diverse.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

However, there has been scant information on the specific impacts at a national level. Lower SAI numbers will lead to a greater number of students being eligible for Pell Grants. Keller also thought that the improved Pell access could also increase enrollment at community colleges, which has been damaged by the pandemic. “If

FAFSA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Others, alarmed by reports of the high cost of tuition, believe that going to college will require them to shoulder an oppressive debt burden. Still others, influenced by dangerous myths, are reluctant to attend an open-access institution like a community college. Despite the data, community colleges suffer from low prestige.

Community college

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.

FAFSA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This is the second consecutive year of undergraduate growth and third straight year of growth for community colleges. Despite that overall undergraduate growth, NSCRC’s “Stay Informed” report for fall 2024 shows a decline in freshman enrollment. The college has also experienced a slight decline in first-time freshmen.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab They’ll probably express concern, wonder why colleges aren’t mentioning this, and get confused when they find little information about affordable off-campus housing on school websites. and at the Community College of Philadelphia it is $7,500. This is a problem we can do something about.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

The project is funded by grants from Ascendium Education Group, College Futures Foundation, and Trellis Foundation and is a result of more than two years of discovery and design work among 26 community colleges, four-year institutions, and regional systems.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College. In many of our ACE programs, we grant academic credit. Our program directors and faculty chairs work closely to match them to existing courses.” Mamie Voight, president and CEO of IHEP.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

There are 116 community colleges in California. Carey Seventy percent of Black men in California pursuing higher education attend a community college, but degree attainment lags. One thing Compton College and President [Dr. There are also familial concerns that drive some of their fears.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

At for-profit colleges, 32% of students are affected by food insecurity, and at Historically Black Colleges and Universities the rate is 39%. Even at private nonprofit doctorate-granting universities, the most gated in the nation, 18% of students experience food insecurity. Government Accountability Office, demands it.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While overall enrollments are still down (with about 100,000 students missing from community college since the start of the pandemic), the data show that student mobility has increased, particularly transfers into very competitive or highly selective institutions. Six-year completion rates have also increased.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

advertisements air for Wenatchee Valley College (WVC). Brochures, fliers, and information sessions are bilingual, and intentional connections built with area Latinx community groups ensure that future students know they are welcome at WVC even before they graduate high school. On Spanish radio stations near Wenatchee, Wash.,

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

Current and former college presidents such as Dr. Harold Nolte, Dr. Adena Williams Loston, Dr. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. All those known and unknown realities become your responsibility as the college president once you accept the role.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The University of California, Irvine, will launch an interdisciplinary, pre-health professional development program, which aims to support students from underserved communities interested in healthcare careers. Dr. Belinda Campos UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways (UCPPP) – it is receiving funding from a five-year, $3.6

Students

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In Massachusetts , the state-funded Supporting Urgent Community College Equity Through Student Services (SUCCESS) program provides community college students with wraparound services including tutoring, academic advising, financial aid counseling, and career guidance.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

However, the Minority Male Success Initiative (MMSI), a three-year project from the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) and Watermark, an ed tech company, has offered a glimmer of hope: students who received success coaching using an online platform were 22.4% The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the trend.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

Timothy Alvarez From earning an associate degree to serving as president of a community college, Alvarez understands the value of higher education and the need to create pathways and support systems. As a result, the college received a Title V grant, $3.5 He has a deep connection to community colleges.

Mentoring

NACAC's Admitted

APRIL 16, 2023

Here are some factors to consider: Your competition: Who are the education competitors for your community college? Dual-enrollment options for high school students to complete college credit are growing in popularity. It is not uncommon for students to start college with between three and 12 credit hours already completed.

Community college

Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

The 1,038 community colleges in the U.S. play an important role for students and communities, providing a quality education that prepares students for jobs or to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. The average age of a community college student is 27, and 35% of students are between the ages of 22 and 39.

Community college