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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Outreach efforts include education on financial aid options, including grants, scholarships and aid for undocumented students. This program paired faculty members with developmental education freshmen. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinx students has grown. In academic year 2021-22, 45.1%

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is currently engaged in working collaboratively with K-12, higher education, and business partners around dual credits. “We We have excellent outcomes on that; we have great support from our legislature that provides a dual credit scholarship that removes financial barriers,” says Ellis. “We

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Sometimes a Little Nudge Goes a Long Way

#RealCollege Blog

To see if nudging works for students, we randomly selected 1,000 students from two groups we thought would benefit most from visiting the ARC: students from low-income households and students enrolled in developmental education classes. ARC staff nudged the selected students. and toiletry items for all currently enrolled students.