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Integrating Community Engagement into her Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

López — the daughter of immigrants — says the land-grant university was a promising choice, given its scholars and proximity to the U.S.-Mexico The University of Arizona is the first four-year public institution in the state to be federally recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

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For the Common Good

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Bronwyn Cross-Denny, Christina Gunther, Sofia Pendley, and Jacqueline Vernarelli — recently secured a $1,495,472 HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) grant titled “Public Health Scholarship Program to Strengthen the Emergency Preparedness Workforce.” The program has three areas of interest.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

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Institutions that receive HSI designation are then eligible to apply for various federal grants in support of their programming. GBC has an endowed scholarship fund from the Goizueta Foundation, and utilizing this fund, GBC began pursuing Hispanic students in the region. She notes it helps build community.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

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Interim Provost Dr. Rani Roy says the school has already applied for two HSI grants and will find out in October whether they’ve been accepted. The Mount has proudly been an HSI since the late 1990s, Burns says, and about 51% of its students are Pell Grant eligible.

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How to Debunk Dangerous College Myths

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The launch was assisted by a planning grant from the Kresge Foundation. The campaign continues to be student-led and supported by Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for community college students.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. We’ve also provided emergency housing, financial support for off-campus temporary housing and scholarships for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students,” says Morishita. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

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Those New York residents who make it receive full-tuition scholarships or tuition waivers (for individuals from out of state). Byrne is intent on increasing Macaulay’s already high graduation rate of approximately 80%, which continues to rise even as the number of Pell Grant recipients has risen.