Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“The North Star Promise program is open to all Minnesota residents with a family Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) below $80,000, as reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).” The state’s FAFSA filing rate is up 11% from last year. The Minnesota State system is seeing a 7% increase in enrollment.

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Higher education Education FAFSA Grant 272

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

We are implementing proven, promising practices to improve access and graduation rates for all students. One of the first significant initiatives the board undertook to improve student success was the development of a systemwide general education framework.

Guided pathways 274

Guided pathways Financial aid Low income student First generation 274

EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

Blogs The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success How EAB’s Navigate helps community colleges at every stage There is encouraging data showing that six-year completion rates have been rising across all community colleges, with a.9% rate for students starting in fall 2009, compared to 52.4%

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Student success Community college Success Retention 52

EAB

DECEMBER 15, 2023

You were especially interested in how to win over data skeptics and how to make practical use of your campus’s data: How will we measure student success in the 2020s? times this year What was on your mind in 2023 ChatGPT burst onto the scene this year, spurring countless questions about cheating, the future of work, and more.

Literacy 64

Literacy FAFSA Mental health Student success 64

EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

While loan payments will continue to be stalled for students actively enrolled at your institution, there are a number of ways they could negatively impact your students—and your retention rates— today. These concerns could impact retention as current students think critically about taking on more debt.

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Student loans Community college Students Mental health 59

The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 20, 2023

Students would come to orientation, sign up for classes, put down housing deposits, but the term would begin and they were nowhere to be found. So we looked at the data and found that the majority were getting tripped up by the bureaucracy: FAFSA, transcripts, immunization, deposits, registration, and so forth.

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Communication Humanities Teaching First generation 129