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Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Responding to a problem To help address these issues, the National Science Foundation has created the ADVANCE Adaptation track grants, which offer schools millions of dollars to implement tested programs to increase the representation of women in academic science and engineering careers. These are not programs that work right away.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Institutions that receive HSI designation are then eligible to apply for various federal grants in support of their programming. This includes working on retention strategies that emphasize information on financial aid and mental health services as well as continuing to build a sense of belonging. She notes it helps build community.

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Male Resource Centers Promote Success Among Men of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Addressing the need Queensborough Community College (QCC), a two-year institution in the City University of New York system, conducted an equity audit that showed there were retention and graduation disparities for male students overall, with Black and Latinx male students disproportionately impacted.

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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students receiving Pell grants have graduation rates 21 percentage points lower than students who are not Pell-eligible. Common recommendations included improved advising services, guided pathways for students, and proactive, targeted financial aid and completion grants.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). One secret of our program’s exponential growth is retention,” says Espiritu. In the last three years EPW’s fall to fall retention ranges from 93% to 96%. “I I track them in retention. I track them in graduation.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This can involve modernizing the Pell Grant program to allow for short-term program access and modernizing the work study program to allow for apprenticeship programs.” Innovations Smith said a rebound in community college enrollment is largely due to dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take community college courses.